うかうか三十きょろきょろ四十

Japanese
Kanji in this term
三 十 四 十
さん
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 1		 し
Grade: 1		 じゅう
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

Consisting of うかうか +‎ 三十 +‎ きょろきょろ +‎ 四十. Literally "muddle along at age of thirty, (then) restless at forty."

Proverb

うかうか三(さん)十(じゅう)きょろきょろ四(し)十(じゅう) • (ukauka sanjū kyorokyoro shijū) 

  1. (idiomatic) living a life without achieving anything great
    Synonym: 光陰矢の如し
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