焼け石に水

やけいしにみずyakeishinimizu

expression

  1. a drop in the bucket
  2. a drop in the ocean
  3. pointless exercise
  4. waste of time
  5. (something that is) too little, too late
  6. (pouring) water on a hot stone

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences