うかうか三十きょろきょろ四十

うかうかさんじゅうきょろきょろしじゅう

Kanji in this term 三 十 四 十 さん Grade: 1 じゅう Grade: 1 し Grade: 1 じゅう Grade: 1 on'yomi

Etymology

Consisting of うかうか +‎ 三十 +‎ きょろきょろ +‎ 四十. Literally “muddle along at age of thirty, (then) restless at forty.”

Proverb

うかうか三|さん十|じゅうきょろきょろ四|し十|じゅう

romaji ++|(ukauka sanjū kyorokyoro shijū) ++

(idiomatic) living a life without achieving anything great

Synonym: 光陰矢の如し