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フネニコクシテケンヲモトム
Meanings
Expression
Idiomatic
1. to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing
from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals
Alt. forms
舟
ふね
に
刻
こく
して
剣
けん
を
求
もと
む
フネニコクシテケンヲモトム
Composed of
フネ
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
コク
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty
ケン
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade