藪蛇

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
藪	蛇
やぶ Hyōgaiji	へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
やぶ蛇薮蛇

Etymology edit

From the proverb 藪をつついて蛇を出す.

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) やぶへび [yàbúhébí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ja̠bɯ̟ᵝhe̞bʲi]

Noun edit

藪(やぶ)蛇(へび) • (yabuhebi)

(idiomatic) unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest

References edit

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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