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膝頭

膝頭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
膝	頭
ひざ Grade: S	かしら > がしら Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Noun

膝頭 ‎(hiragana ひざがしら, romaji hizagashira)

(anatomy) The front of the knee.
(anatomy) The kneecap, the patella.

Usage notes

This term is even more general in meaning than 膝の皿 ‎(hiza no sara) / 膝皿 ‎(hiza sara) or 膝蓋骨 ‎(shitsugaikotsu).

Synonyms

(kneecap): 膝蓋骨 (しつがいこつ) ‎(shitsugaikotsu)
(kneecap): 膝 (ひざ)の皿 (さら) ‎(hiza no sara)
(kneecap): 膝皿 (ひざさら) ‎(hizasara)

Idioms

Idioms

膝頭 (ひざがしら)で江戸 (えど)へ行 (い)く ‎(hizagashira de Edo e iku): "to go to Edo on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.
膝頭 (ひざがしら)で箱根 (はこね)は越 (こ)されぬ ‎(hizagashira de Hakone wa kosarenu): "one cannot get through Hakone (Pass) on one's knees" → To rush into something without taking time to prepare, and consequently work harder and get less done in the process.

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9