Last Updated:2025/11/21

(literally) To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.

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step on a rake

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step on a rake

Verb
literally figuratively idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
庭用の熊手のとげに足を踏み入れることで、柄が急に跳ね上がり、自分の顔に当たるという、文字通りの意味 / 比喩的には、自らの不注意や小さなミスが、予想外の不運や反作用を引き起こす状況を指す
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毎夏、なぜか庭の熊手の爪を踏んでしまい、柄が勢いよく跳ね上がって顔を打たれてしまう。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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