清水の舞台から飛び降りる
きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
Also written 清水の舞台から飛び下りる
Meanings
- Expression, Ichidan verb to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end (literally: to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple)
Kanji
- 清 clean. Read as きよい.
- 水 water. Read as みず.
- 舞 dance
- 台 platform. Read as タイ.
- 飛 fly. Read as とぶ.
- 降 descend. Read as おりる.