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Japanese
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| 疊の上の水練 (kyūjitai)
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Pronunciation
Noun
畳の上の水練 • (tatami no ue no suiren)
- theoretical knowledge without practical experience; Literally, “swimming lessons on a tatami floor”
- 教科書を読むだけは畳の上の水練のようだ。理論がしているが、活用できない。
- Kyōkasho o yomu dake wa tatami no ue no suiren no yō da. Riron ga shiteiru ga, katsuyō dekinai.
- Just reading the textbook is like swimming in a dry river bed. You understand the theory, but you can’t put it to use.
2014, Washida Koyata, ‘Jibun’ de kangaeru gijutsu [The technique of thinking ‘oneself’], page 32:
- 学校で留った知識は、実際の社会では役立たない、畳の上の水練だ、といわれたり、いったりしたことがない人はいない、と思います。
- Gakkō de tomatta chishiki wa, jissai no shakai de wa yakudatanai, tatami no ue no suiren da, to iwaretari, ittari shita koto ga nai hito wa inai, to omoimasu.
- I think that everyone has heard or even said that the knowledge gained in school is unhelpful, practically useless in the real world.