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フネニキザミテケンヲモトム
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
舟ふねに刻きざみて剣けんを求もとむ
フネニキザミテケンヲモトム
Composed of
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
mincing; cutting; rapping (a percussion instrument); beating; shredded tobacco; interval
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade