おど
 
ほう
 
 
ほう

expression

From the first line of a song sung during the Awa Odori festival.
  1. you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; we're all fools, so let's dance.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
おど
 
ほう
 
 
ほう
踊る阿呆に見る阿呆 おどるあほうにみるあほう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

jump, dance, leap
おど.る ヨウ (7th, N2)
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
road with walls on both sides
ヨウ (Kentei 1)
ma
utilize, business, service
ヨウ もち.いる たから (2nd, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
Africa, flatter, fawn upon
おもね.る ア あわ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
can, passable, mustn't
カ コク -べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ テイ チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
be amazed, disgusted, shocked
ぼ.ける あき.れる ホウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
see, hopes, chances
み.る ケン (1st, N5)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)