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jmdict 2834566 Active (id: 2152273)
<entry>
<ent_seq>2834566</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>剣を落として舟を刻む</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>けんをおとしてふねをきざむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<s_inf>from a story in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals</s_inf>
<gloss>to not be getting with the times</gloss>
<gloss>to be unaware that things are changing</gloss>
<gloss g_type="lit">to drop one's sword (in the river) and carve (a mark) on the boat (to mark the spot where the sword was dropped)</gloss>
</sense>
</entry>



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