かっぱ

[河童] kappa【C】.

▲like a fish out of water 《やや略式》まるで陸(^おか)に上がったカッパのような［に］；場違いな.

cucumber (sushi)
河童
water demon
excellent swimmer
喝破
proclamation
合羽
pluvial
raincoat

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かっぱ【河童】

kappa〖C〗.

▲like a fish out of water 《やや略式》まるで陸(^おか)に上がったカッパのような［に］；場違いな.

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I

かっぱ【河童】

1 〔水にすむ想像上の生物〕 a kappa; a water spirit [sprite, imp, goblin] haunting mainly rivers; 〔水泳のうまい人〕 an excellent swimmer; 〔水泳をしている子供〕 a swimming child.

●陸(_おか)に上がったかっぱ a fish out of water; a person out of his element.

●今日は夏休み最初の日曜日でプールは大勢のかっぱたちでにぎわった. Today is the first Sunday of the summer vacation and (the public swimming) pools were packed with swimming children.

●かっぱの皿 the concave crown of the mythical kappa's head that holds water, permitting it to be active on land

・かっぱの川流れ. Even a kappa can sometimes be carried away by the river's current. | Even the best swimmer can drown. | Even a monkey can fall from a tree.

●そんなことは屁のかっぱだ. Nothing could be easier. | 《米》 《口》 It's a cinch. | It's a piece of cake. | It's as easy as pie.

2 〔寿司屋で, キュウリ〕 a cucumber.

河童巻き a small roll of sushi wrapped in dried laver, with wedges of cucumber in the middle of the roll.

II

かっぱ【喝破】

〔真実を鋭く指摘すること〕

～する expound 《a law, a teaching》; astutely observe 《that…》.

●真実を喝破する expound the truth

・「生きるとは死ぬことなり」と彼は喝破した. “To live is to die,” he astutely observed.