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頂門の一針 (ちょうもんのいっしん) — painful reproach | Kumi Dictionary

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頂門の一針

頂門の一針

頂ちょう門もんの一いっ針しん

painful reproach

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頂門一針

ちょうもんのいっしん

Noun

1.

painful reproach, a needle in one's scalp

idiomatic expression

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Kanji that make up this word

いただ.く・いただき…(1)

place on the head・receive・top of head・top・summit…(1)

かど・と…(4)

gate・counter for cannons

ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)

one・one radical (no.1)

needle・pin・staple・stinger

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