十日の菊（とおかのきく）

Japanese vocabulary

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

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• Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
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