| Subject | English | Japanese |
| proverb | exp to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method | 木に縁りて魚を求む from Mencius |
| proverb | exp to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method | 木に縁って魚を求む variant of 木に縁りて... |
| gen. | exp unable to accomplish | 力及ばず |