expression, noun

  1. minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse), horse's legs.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
馬の足 うまのあし
 
馬の脚 うまのあし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

horse
ま バ うま (2nd, N3)
three
サン み みっ.つ (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
fire, fire radical (no. 86)
ヒョウ カ
leg, foot, be sufficient
あし た.りる ソク (1st, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
stop, halt
と.まる シ どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)