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秋刀魚は目黒に限る
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 秋刀魚は目黒に限る.
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From a rakugo story; used ironically to poke fun at someone who makes an ignorant statement with confidence
Pacific saury is only good if it's from Meguro
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
秋
autumn
9 strokesFrequency 635JLPT N3Grade 2
On
シュウ
Kun
あきとき
Nanori
あい
刀
sword, saber, knife
2 strokesFrequency 1,794JLPT N1Grade 2
On
トウ
Kun
かたなそり
Nanori
きちとわき
魚
fish
11 strokesFrequency 1,208JLPT N4Grade 2
On
ギョ
Kun
うおさかな-ざかな
Nanori
い
目
eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
5 strokesFrequency 76JLPT N4Grade 1
On
モクボク
Kun
め-めま-
Nanori
さかんさがんさっかさつか
黒
black
11 strokesFrequency 573JLPT N3Grade 2
On
コク
Kun
くろくろ.ずむくろ.い
限
limit, restrict, to best of ability
9 strokesFrequency 405JLPT N2Grade 5
On
ゲン
Kun
かぎ.るかぎ.り-かぎ.り
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