Results, #idiom

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足を洗う【あしをあらうashiwoarau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight - idiom
to wash one's feet
甘い汁を吸う【あまいしるをすうamaishiruwosuu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom
一矢を報いる【いっしをむくいるisshiwomukuiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort - idiom
腕を振るう【うでをふるうudewofuruu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability - idiom
裏をかく【うらをかくurawokaku】裏を掻く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to defeat - idiom ➜ 裏かく
to pierce something all the way through
運を天に任せる【うんをてんにまかせるunwotennimakaseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven - idiom
襟を正す【えりをただすeriwotadasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude - idiom
顔に泥を塗る【かおにどろをぬるkaonidorowonuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame - idiom
格物致知【かくぶつちちkakubutsuchichi】: noun:
gaining a perfect knowledge of natural laws - four character idiom
華を去り実に就く【かをさりじつにつくkawosarijitsunitsuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit [literal] - idiom
木に竹を接ぐ【きにたけをつぐkinitakewotsugu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom
肝に銘じる【きもにめいじるkimonimeijiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind - idiom
九死に一生を得る【きゅうしにいっしょうをえるkyuushiniisshouwoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have a narrow escape from death - idiom
言葉を濁す【ことばをにごすkotobawonigosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to be vague; to speak ambigously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself - idiom
欣求浄土【ごんぐじょうどgongujoudo】: noun:
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land - four character idiom
三舎を避ける【さんしゃをさけるsanshawosakeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom
尸位素餐【しいそさんshiisosan】: noun:
neglecting the duties of an office while taking pay - four character idiom
朱を入れる【しゅをいれるshuwoireru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to retouch; to correct - idiom
尽忠報国【じんちゅうほうこくjinchuuhoukoku】: noun:
loyalty and patriotism - four character idiom
掌を指す【たなごころをさすtanagokorowosasu・しょうをさすshouwosasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to be obvious; to be obviously correct; to point to one's palm [literal] - idiom
血の通った【ちのかよったchinokayotta】: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; blood-circulating [literal] - idiom
手の込んだ【てのこんだtenokonda】手の混んだ: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex - idiom
手を変え品を変え【てをかえしなをかえtewokaeshinawokae】手を替え品を替え: expression / adverb:
by hook or by crook; by all possible means - idiom
点数を稼ぐ【てんすうをかせぐtensuuwokasegu】点数をかせぐ Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to score points with (a person) - idiom
峠を越える【とうげをこえるtougewokoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
to cross a pass - orig. meaning

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