がん
玩
ぶつ
物
そう
喪
し
志

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits, being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
がん
玩
ぶつ
物
そう
喪
し
志
 玩物喪志 がんぶつそうし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

play, take pleasure in, trifle with
ガン　もてあそ.ぶ　もちあそ.ぶ (11th)
king, rule, magnate
オウ　-ノウ　おお (1st, N3)
beginning, former time, origin
ゲン　もと　ガン (2nd, N4)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ　ふた　ふだ (1st, N5)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン　ニン　がい (Kentei 1)
thing, object, matter
もの　ブツ　モツ (3rd, N4)
cow
うし　ギュウ　ご (2nd, N4)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る　カン　ほ.す (6th, N2)
not, must not, do not
モチ　ブツ　ボツ (Kentei Pre-1)
wrapping enclosure, wrapping radical (no. 20)
ホウ　つつ.む (Kentei 1)
miss, mourning
ソウ　も (9th, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
accuse, argue, dispute
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
garment, clothes, dressing
イ　ころも　きぬ (4th, N2)
kettle lid radical (no. 8)
トウ (Kentei 1)
garment(衣) variant
intention, plan, resolve
シ　こころざし　こころざ.す (5th, N1)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (4th, N1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ　シン (2nd, N4)