隔靴 かっか掻痒 そうよう
kakkasōyō

Noun

1. being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch

Yojijukugo
もっと単刀 たんとう直入 ちょくにゅう ってくれないかな。隔靴 かっか掻痒 そうよう かんなきにしもあらずだよ。
motto tantōchokunyūni itte kurenaikana. kakkasōyōno kan nakini shimo arazudayo.
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
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