清水の舞台から飛び降りる – Vocabulary details

清きよ水みずの舞ぶ台たいから飛とび降おりる

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

Idiomatic

1. to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple

clean

water

traditional dance

pedestal

fly

descend

spring water; clear (pure) water

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

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