隔靴掻痒 (かっかそうよう) — being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)

隔かっ靴か掻そう痒よう

being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe)

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隔靴搔痒

かっかそうようかくかそうよう

Noun

being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch

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隔

へだ.てる・へだ.たる…(1)

isolate・alternate・distance・separate・gulf

scratch・rake・comb・paddle・behead

痒

かゆ.がる・かさ・かゆ.い…(1)

itchy

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隔靴掻痒

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