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期待をかける【きたいをかけるkitaiwokakeru】期待を掛ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to hang one's hopes on; to expect from

逃げを打つ【にげをうつnigewoutsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)

穴があったら入りたい【あながあったらはいりたいanagaattarahairitai】

expression:

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear

先を争って【さきをあらそってsakiwoarasotte】先をあらそって

expression:

fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead

吹き流す【ふきながすfukinagasu】吹流す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift ➜ 吹き流し

目が見える【めがみえるmegamieru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to be able to see (oft. used in the negative) ➜ 見える【みえる】・目【め】

飛ぶように売れる【とぶようにうれるtobuyouniureru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

膝が笑う【ひざがわらうhizagawarau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

to have one's knees be about to give way - idiom

のどに詰まる【のどにつまるnodonitsumaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

to stick in one's throat; to choke on something

マジ受ける【マジうけるMAJIukeru】マジウケるMAJIUKEru Inflection

ichidan verb:

to be amused; to find something interesting - slang

引っ立てる【ひったてるhittateru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)

大和琴【やまとごとyamatogoto】倭琴

noun:

ancient Japanese koto (thought to be native to Japan) ➜ 和琴

胸を躍らせる【むねをおどらせるmunewoodoraseru】胸をおどらせる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to make one's heart flutter; to be excited

にらまれるniramareru《睨まれる》 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

to have an eye kept on one; to be watched ➜ 睨む

負け嫌い【まけぎらいmakegirai】負けぎらい Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

hating to lose; always wanting to win; unyielding; competitive ➜ 負けず嫌い

勉強になる【べんきょうになるbenkyouninaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

enlightening; informative; illuminating; educational

泣きを入れる【なきをいれるnakiwoireru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to cry and beg for mercy; to apologize in tears

お腹を壊す【おなかをこわすonakawokowasu】おなかを壊す・お腹をこわす Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

to get an upset stomach; to have diarrhea

襟鞭毛虫門【えりべんもうちゅうもんeribenmouchuumon】

noun:

Choanozoa; phylum of protists closer to animals than to fungi

牙を剥く【きばをむくkibawomuku】牙をむく・牙を剝く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

to bare one's fangs; to snarl at

無理が利く【むりがきくmurigakiku】無理がきく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

to be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)

背中を向ける【せなかをむけるsenakawomukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to turn one's back on
to be uninterested in

取っ散らかる【とっちらかるtotchirakaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to be in disorder; to have stuff lying scattered around ➜ 取り散らかる

盛り下がる【もりさがるmorisagaru】盛りさがる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to have one's enthusiasm dampened; to become subdued - colloquialism Antonym: 盛り上がる【もりあがる】

頭が回る【あたまがまわるatamagamawaru】頭がまわる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

to get one's head around; to think about

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