かいていろうげつ

海底撈月

totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

N3Noun

Noun

totally useless (fruitless) effort•wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea)

Related Kanji

sea, ocean

カイ / うみ

bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort

テイ / そこ

catch fish

ロウ / —

month, moon

ゲツ / つき