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單槍匹馬【たんそうひつばtansouhitsuba】単槍匹馬: expression:
doing something on one's own without another's help - four character idiom
泰山圧卵【たいざんあつらんtaizan'atsuran】: expression / noun:
the strong overwhelming the weak; completing various things without difficulty; Mt. Tai crushes an egg [literal] - four character idiom
叶わぬ夢【かなわぬゆめkanawanuyume】かなわぬ夢・適わぬ夢: expression / noun:
impossible dream
何かの拍子【なにかのひょうしnanikanohyoushi】: expression:
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance - usu. ~に or ~で
幕を下ろす【まくをおろすmakuwoorosu】幕を降ろす・幕をおろす・幕を下す^irr. Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to come to an end; to lower the curtain ➜ 幕を閉じる【まくをとじる】
喪に服する【もにふくするmonifukusuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (spec.):
to go into mourning ➜ 喪に服す【もにふくす】
どう考えても【どうかんがえてもdoukangaetemo】: expression:
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
考えもつかない【かんがえもつかないkangaemotsukanai】考えも付かない Inflection: expression / adjective:
unthinkable; unimaginable; inconceivable; unclassifiable; never dreamt of ➜ 考えつく【かんがえつく】
身動きが取れない【みうごきがとれないmiugokigatorenai】身動きがとれない Inflection: expression / adjective:
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
鼻にかかった【はなにかかったhananikakatta】鼻に掛かった: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
nasal (voice); twangy ➜ 鼻にかかる
からすればkarasureba: expression:
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of ➜ からすると
からしたらkarashitara: expression:
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of ➜ からすると
どないdonai Inflection: expression / adjectival noun / adverb:
what kind; what sort; how; in what way - Kansai dialect ➜ どんな・如何【どう】・どの様に【どのように】
鼻にかかる【はなにかかるhananikakaru】鼻に掛かる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to speak through the nose; to nasalize ➜ 鼻にかかった
理解の範疇を超える【りかいのはんちゅうをこえるrikainohanchuuwokoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension
損者三友【そんしゃさんゆうsonshasan'yuu】: noun / expression:
three kinds of harmful friends: hypocritical, sycophantic, and glib-talking ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 益者三友
資源の呪い【しげんののろいshigennonoroi】: expression / noun:
resource curse; paradox of plenty
豊穣の角【ほうじょうのつのhoujounotsuno】豊饒の角: expression / noun:
cornucopia; horn of plenty ➜ コルヌコピア
あるべき姿【あるべきすがたarubekisugata】在るべき姿: expression / noun:
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
予想に反して【よそうにはんしてyosounihanshite】: expression / adverb:
contrary to one's expectations
根本的な帰属の誤り【こんぽんてきなきぞくのあやまりkonpontekinakizokunoayamari】: expression / noun:
fundamental attribution error; correspondence bias; attribution effect
顎をしゃくる【あごをしゃくるagowoshakuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at ➜ 決る【しゃくる】
足を向ける【あしをむけるashiwomukeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
剣を交える【けんをまじえるkenwomajieru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to cross swords (with)
味がする【あじがするajigasuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

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