Results, 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる

問うに落ちず語るに落ちる【とうにおちずかたるにおちるtouniochizukataruniochiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion

Kanji definition:

問

モンMON・とうto.u・といto.i・とんton

question; ask; problem

➜
Strokes:
11
Radical:
口 mouth
SKIP:
3-8-3
UTF:
554f
JIS208:
44-68
Nanori:
はるharu
Hangul:
문 [mun]
Pinyin:
wèn
Stroke order:
Example words:
質問【しつもんshitsumon】
question; inquiry; enquiry
訪問【ほうもんhoumon】
call; visit
問題【もんだいmondai】
question (e.g. on a test); problem; / problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; / question (i.e. doubt); / public discussion; controversy; / trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty
問う【とうtou】
to ask; to inquire; / to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to pursue (question of responsibility); to charge with; / to care about; to regard as important; / to call into question; to doubt; to question
問い合わせ【といあわせtoiawase】
enquiry; inquiry; query; interrogation; ENQ
落

ラクRAKU・おちるo.chiru・おちo.chi・おとすo.tosu

fall; drop; come down; village; hamlet

Strokes:
12
Radical:
艹艸䒑 grass
SKIP:
2-3-9
UTF:
843d
JIS208:
45-78
Nanori:
おちochi
Hangul:
락 [rag]
Pinyin:
luò / là / lào
Stroke order:
Example words:
下落【げらくgeraku】
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
落ち着いた【おちついたochitsuita】
calm; composed; cool; / settled; fixed; established; / unobtrusive; quiet; subdued; low-key (color)
墜落【ついらくtsuiraku】
fall; crash (e.g. aircraft)
落ちる【おちるochiru】
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); / to be omitted; to be missing; / to decrease; to sink; / to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); / to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; / to become indecent (of a conversation); / to be ruined; to go under; / to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); / to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; / to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); / to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; / to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; / to come to (in the end); to end in; / to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); / to swoon (judo); / to consent; to understand; / to crash; to freeze; / to die; / to move to the depths
落語【らくごrakugo】
rakugo; traditional Japanese comic storytelling; comic story (told by a professional storyteller)
語

ゴGO・かたるkata.ru・かたらうkata.rau

word; speech; language

Strokes:
14
Radical:
言訁 speech
SKIP:
1-7-7
UTF:
8a9e
JIS208:
24-76
Hangul:
어 [eo]
Pinyin:
yǔ / yù
Stroke order:
Example words:
英語【えいごeigo】
English (language)
物語【ものがたりmonogatari】
tale; story; legend
日本語【にほんごnihongo】
Japanese (language)
言語【げんごgengo】
language
用語【ようごyougo】
term; terminology; / wording; choice of words; phraseology

Kanji

問

モンMON・とうto.u・といto.i・とんton

question; ask; problem

落

ラクRAKU・おちるo.chiru・おちo.chi・おとすo.tosu

fall; drop; come down; village; hamlet


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