JMdict: 2009110
無いものねだり 【ないものねだり】
- [exp,n] asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
Kanji in this word:
Kanji | Meanings | On Readings | Kun Readings |
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無 | Nothingness, None, Ain't, Nothing, Nil, Not | ム, ブ | な.い |