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十(とお)日(か)の菊(きく)

とおかのきくtookanokiku

Rare or specialisedNoun

Meanings

Meanings are shown in English (JMdict).

  1. expressionnoun

    something that comes too late and is useless; chrysanthemum blooming on the 10th (i.e. one day too late for the Chrysanthemum Festival)

    idiomatic expression

    See also: 重(ちょう)陽(よう)

    長(なが)年(ねん)の努(ど)力(りょく)の末(すえ)に完(かん)成(せい)したプロジェクトが、市(し)場(じょう)のニーズが変(か)わってしまったことで十(とお)日(か)の菊(きく)になってしまった。

    • The project, completed after years of effort, has become useless because market needs have changed.

    彼(かれ)が提(てい)案(あん)した新(あたら)しいアイデアは、すでに同(おな)じものが発(はっ)表(ぴょう)されていたため、十(とお)日(か)の菊(きく)という評(ひょう)価(か)しか得(え)られなかった。

    • Since the new idea he proposed had already been announced, it received nothing but a very poor evaluation.

Example sentences 2

長(なが)年(ねん)の努(ど)力(りょく)の末(すえ)に完(かん)成(せい)したプロジェクトが、市(し)場(じょう)のニーズが変(か)わってしまったことで十(とお)日(か)の菊(きく)になってしまった。

  • The project, completed after years of effort, has become useless because market needs have changed.

彼(かれ)が提(てい)案(あん)した新(あたら)しいアイデアは、すでに同(おな)じものが発(はっ)表(ぴょう)されていたため、十(とお)日(か)の菊(きく)という評(ひょう)価(か)しか得(え)られなかった。

  • Since the new idea he proposed had already been announced, it received nothing but a very poor evaluation.

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