快かい刀とう乱らん麻ま

noun

cutting through difficulties with decisive skill

A yojijukugo describing swift, sharp resolution of a tangled problem, like cutting through a knotted rope with a fine blade. Often used in the phrase 快刀乱麻を断つ.

• 彼かれの決けつ断だんはまさに快かい刀とう乱らん麻まだった。

  His decision truly cut through the confusion like a sharp knife.

• 複ふく雑ざつな問もん題だいを快かい刀とう乱らん麻まのごとく解かい決けつした。

  He solved the complex problem as if cutting through a tangled mess with a sharp blade.