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水を得た魚

水を得た魚

Japanese

Kanji in this term
みず
Grade: 1

Grade: 4
うお
Grade: 2

Idiom

水を得た魚 (hiragana みずをえたうお, romaji mizu o eta uo)

  1. (idiomatic) "a fish who's found water" → In one's element, a duck to water.

Synonyms

  •  (みず) () (うお)よう (mizu o eta uo yō)

References

  • 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4000801112
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, ISBN 4469021067