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通を気取る【つうをきどるtsuuwokidoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to pretend to know everything; to pretend to be an expert ➜ 知ったかぶり
上品ぶる【じょうひんぶるjouhinburu】上品振る Inflection: godan ~る verb:
to give oneself airs; to be prudish
癒える【いえるieru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to recover; to be healed
一頭地を抜く【いっとうちをぬくittouchiwonuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
空になる【からになるkaraninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to become empty; to be emptied
命を惜しむ【いのちをおしむinochiwooshimu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
見劣りがする【みおとりがするmiotorigasuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to compare unfavorably (unfavourably, poorly) with; to be not so good as
綱を張る【つなをはるtsunawoharu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to become a yokozuna; to be a yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】
理に落ちる【りにおちるriniochiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting
吊り下げる【つりさげるtsurisageru】つり下げる・釣り下げる・釣下げる Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
木を見て森を見ず【きをみてもりをみずkiwomitemoriwomizu】: expression:
to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb
咽び泣く【むせびなくmusebinaku】むせび泣く Inflection: godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
to sob; to be choked with tears
一命を取り留める【いちめいをとりとめるichimeiwotoritomeru】一命を取りとめる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to escape death; to be saved from death
湛える【たたえるtataeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to fill (with); to be filled with
to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
清濁併呑【せいだくへいどんseidakuheidon】: noun:
being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades - four character idiom
蕾む【つぼむtsubomu】莟む Inflection: godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
to bud; to be budding - archaism
言葉を呑む【ことばをのむkotobawonomu】言葉をのむ・言葉を吞む・言葉を飲む^irr. Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
to hold one's tongue - idiom
どさ回りをやる【どさまわりをやるdosamawariwoyaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to go on tour; to be on the road (e.g. theatre troupe) (theater)
産す【さんすsansu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
to bear (a child); to be born ➜ 産する
to produce; to yield; to be produced; to be yielded
猛る【たけるtakeru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to rage; to be fierce
to be excited
説明がつく【せつめいがつくsetsumeigatsuku】説明が付く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to explain adequately; to be accountable
煮上がる【にあがるniagaru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
大風呂敷を広げる【おおぶろしきをひろげるooburoshikiwohirogeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to talk big; to be bombastic
認めがたい【みとめがたいmitomegatai】認め難い Inflection: adjective:
unapprovable; unable to be confirmed
戦えばすなわち勝つ【たたかえばすなわちかつtatakaebasunawachikatsu】戦えば乃ち勝つ Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to win every battle (that is fought); to be ever victorious - obscure term

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