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出でばなをくじく
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, く)
Idiomatic
1. to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
Alt. forms
出で鼻ばなをくじく
47%
出で鼻ばなを挫くじく
42%
出で端ばなを挫くじく
3%
出で端ばなをくじく
3%
出でばなをくじく
2%
出ではなをくじく
出でばなを挫くじく
出ではなを挫くじく
Kanji used
出
exit
Conjugations...Used in: 18
Composed of
projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten