清水の舞台から飛び降りる – Vocabulary details

清きよ水みずの舞ぶ台たいから飛とび降おりる

Expression

Verb (1-dan)

Idiomatic

1. to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; (lit.) to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

clean

water

traditional dance

pedestal

fly

descend

the veranda of Kiyomizu Temple (located on a steep hillside overlooking Kyoto)

to jump down; to leap down; to jump off; to leap off

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