| か | っ | 
|---|---|
| 隔 | 
| か | 
|---|
| 靴 | 
| そ | う | 
|---|---|
| 掻 | 
| よ | う | 
|---|---|
| 痒 | 
noun
Messages.yoji.- being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch.
Variations
| Pronunciation | Kanji | Kana | Is Common | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 
 
 
 
 | 隔靴掻痒 | かっかそうよう | ||||||||||||
| 
 
 
 
 | 隔靴掻痒 | かくかそうよう | ||||||||||||
| 
 
 
 
 | 隔靴搔痒 | かっかそうよう | ||||||||||||
| 
 
 
 
 | 隔靴搔痒 | かくかそうよう | 
Contained Kanji Breakdown
isolate, alternate, distance
カク へだ.てる (8th, N1)
shoes
くつ カ (9th, N3)
scratch, rake, comb
か.く ソウ (Kentei Pre-1)