二に束そくのわらじ
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. being engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats; having two irons in the fire; (lit.) two pairs of straw sandals
oft. as 〜を履く
Irregular kanji usage
Kanji used
two
bundle
Pitch accent
に
そくのわらじ
に
そくのわらじ
Composed of
two; 2
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows); fascicle
straw sandals
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to be engaged in two trades at the same time; to have two irons in the fire; (lit.) to wear two pairs of straw sandals