Word details
退屈しのぎ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 退屈しのぎ.
Dictionary
Entry
1
killing time; staving off boredom
Examples
この頃私は退屈しのぎに庭造りをしています。
I am gardening these days just to kill time.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
退
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
8 strokesFrequency 424JLPT N2Grade 6
On
タイ
Kun
しりぞ.くしりぞ.けるひ.くの.くの.けるど.く
屈
yield, bend, flinch, submit
8 strokesFrequency 1,434JLPT N1Grade 8
On
クツ
Kun
かが.むかが.める
Nanori
くっ
凌
endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass
10 strokesFrequency 2,423JLPT N1Grade 9
On
リョウ
Kun
しの.ぐ
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