Word details

大山鳴動して鼠一匹

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 大山鳴動して鼠一匹.

Dictionary

Entry

大山鳴動して鼠一匹泰山鳴動して鼠一匹大山鳴動してねずみ一匹たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴきExpressionFreq #143838
1

Idiomatic expression

much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

large, big

3 strokesFrequency 7JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ダイタイ

Kun

おお-おお.きい-おお.いに

Nanori

うふおうたかしともはじめひろひろしまさまさるもと

mountain

3 strokesFrequency 131JLPT N4Grade 1

On

サンセン

Kun

やま

Nanori

やのやん

chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk

14 strokesFrequency 1,279JLPT N2Grade 2

On

メイ

Kun

な.くな.るな.らす

Nanori

なりなる

move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

11 strokesFrequency 73JLPT N3Grade 3

On

ドウ

Kun

うご.くうご.かす

Nanori

るぎ

rat, mouse, dark gray

13 strokes

On

ショ

Kun

ねずみねず

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth

4 strokesFrequency 1,384JLPT N2Grade 8

On

ヒツ

Kun

ひき

peaceful, calm, peace, easy, Thailand, extreme, excessive, great

10 strokesFrequency 1,281JLPT N1Grade 8

On

タイ

Nanori

はすひろやすやすしゆたかよし

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