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声が裏返る【こえがうらがえるkoegauragaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to crack (person's voice); to squeak ➜ 裏返る【うらがえる】
木の皮【きのかわkinokawa】: expression / noun:
bark (of tree)
耳に挟む【みみにはさむmiminihasamu】耳にはさむ Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to happen to hear; to overhear
心が洗われる【こころがあらわれるkokorogaarawareru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to feel refreshed; to feel soothed
愛の鞭【あいのむちainomuchi】愛のむち: expression / noun:
(lesson in) tough love - idiom
王手をかける【おうてをかけるoutewokakeru】王手を掛ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to check (in chess)
to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom
尾ひれがつく【おひれがつくohiregatsuku】尾鰭が付く・尾ひれが付く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished - idiom
虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す【とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこすtorahashishitekawawotodomehitohashishitenawonokosu】: expression:
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name [literal] - proverb
損して得取れ【そんしてとくとれsonshitetokutore】: expression:
sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb
なすべきことnasubekikoto《成すべきこと・成すべき事・なす可きこと・なす可き事》: expression / noun:
things to do; must-do items; one's duty; what is required
臭い物に蓋をする【くさいものにふたをするkusaimononifutawosuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to look the other way; to hush up a problem - idiom
五本の指に入る【ごほんのゆびにはいるgohonnoyubinihairu】５本の指に入る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom
地獄で仏に会ったよう【じごくでほとけにあったようjigokudehotokeniattayou】: expression / adverb:
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; as if having met a Buddha in hell [literal] - idiom
つむじを曲げる【つむじをまげるtsumujiwomageru】旋毛を曲げる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be contrary - idiom
長い物には巻かれろ【ながいものにはまかれろnagaimononihamakarero】: expression:
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb
長い物には巻かれよ【ながいものにはまかれよnagaimononihamakareyo】: expression:
if you can't beat them; join them; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb
無くて七癖有って四十八癖【なくてななくせあってしじゅうはっくせnakutenanakuseatteshijuuhakkuse】なくて七癖あって四十八癖: expression:
every person has their eccentricities - proverb
螺子を巻く・ねじを巻く【ねじをまくnejiwomaku】ネジを巻く【ネジをまくNEJIwomaku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to wind (e.g. a watch)
to give (somebody) a good prodding; to make (somebody) shape up - idiom
お猪口になる【おちょこになるochokoninaru】御猪口になる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup [literal] - idiom
口も八丁手も八丁【くちもはっちょうてもはっちょうkuchimohatchoutemohatchou】 Inflection: expression / adjectival noun / noun:
both eloquent and skilled - idiom
牛にひかれて善光寺参り【うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいりushinihikaretezenkoujimairi】牛に引かれて善光寺参り: expression / noun:
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom
雪隠で饅頭【せっちんでまんじゅうsetchindemanjuu・せんちでまんじゅうsenchidemanjuu】: expression:
if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom
足るを知る者は富む【たるをしるものはとむtaruwoshirumonohatomu】: expression:
content is the philosopher's stone, that turns all it touches into gold - proverb ➜ 足るを知る
雀の千声鶴の一声【すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえsuzumenosenkoetsurunohitokoe】: expression:
the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane [literal] - proverb
名馬に癖あり【めいばにくせありmeibanikuseari】: expression:
great men have eccentricities; fine horses have quirks - proverb

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