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雲をつかむよう； 雲を掴むよう； 雲をつかむ様 [sK] ； 雲を掴む様 [sK]
【 くもをつかむよう 】
1. [exp,adj-na] [id]
▶ vague
▶ unclear
▶ elusive
▶ hazy



History:
5. A 2023-02-27 03:46:39  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-02-27 03:37:33  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
〈雲／くも／クモ〉を〈掴／つか〉む〈よう／様〉

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 雲をつかむよう　 │ 14,694 │ 71.3% │ - (sankoku)
│ 雲を掴むよう　　 │  5,192 │ 25.2% │
│ 雲をつかむ様　　 │    327 │  1.6% │ - add
│ 雲を掴む様　　　 │    306 │  1.5% │ - sK
│ くもを掴むよう　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ クモを掴むよう　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ くもを掴む様　　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ クモを掴む様　　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ くもをつかむ様　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ クモをつかむ様　 │      0 │  0.0% │
│ くもをつかむよう │     70 │  0.3% │
│ クモをつかむよう │     26 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
  Comments: 
Not even the jitsuyou entry displays the 様 form
  Diff: 
@@ -10,0 +11,4 @@
+<keb>雲をつかむ様</keb>
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -11,0 +16 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
3. A 2021-12-06 04:32:26  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Diff: 
@@ -18,0 +19 @@
+<misc>&id;</misc>
2. A 2021-05-23 00:11:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
中辞典
雲を掴む様	306
雲を掴むよう	5192
雲をつかむよう	14694
  Diff: 
@@ -4,0 +5,3 @@
+<keb>雲をつかむよう</keb>
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
@@ -5,0 +9,3 @@
+</k_ele>
+<k_ele>
+<keb>雲を掴む様</keb>
@@ -11,2 +17,6 @@
-<pos>&n;</pos>
-<gloss>vague, unclear, too abstract</gloss>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
+<gloss>vague</gloss>
+<gloss>unclear</gloss>
+<gloss>elusive</gloss>
+<gloss>hazy</gloss>
1. A* 2021-05-22 17:08:43 
  Refs: 
https://www.weblio.jp/content/雲を掴むような
https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/雲を掴む/
https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/kumowotukamu/

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