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- 図星を指す【ずぼしをさす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to hit the nail on the head; to guess exactly right
- 水をさす【みずをさす】水を注す・水を差す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to pour water (into); to dilute with water
- to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)
- 雀の涙・すずめの涙【すずめのなみだ】スズメの涙【スズメのなみだ】
expression / noun:
- drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; sparrow tears [literal] - idiom
雀の涙ほどの給料では何の役にも立たない。 The chicken feed I get for a salary is good for nothing.
- 世に立つ【よにたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to establish oneself in life; to achieve success; to reach a high position
- to begin life (as an adult); to step out into the world
- 世事に疎い【せじにうとい】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- inexperienced; unrealistic; knowing but little of the world
- 世話になる【せわになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted ➜ お世話になる
- 世話を焼く【せわをやく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful - idiom
- 盛んになる【さかんになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to blossom; to put on steam; to become popular ➜ 盛ん
- 青天の霹靂【せいてんのへきれき】晴天の霹靂・青天のへきれき
expression / noun:
- a bolt out of the blue - idiom
彼女が突然死んだという知らせが青天のへきれきのように訪れた。 The news of her sudden death came like a bolt from the blue.
- 籍を置く【せきをおく】籍をおく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
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