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- 落花枝に帰らず破鏡再び照らさず【らっかえだにかえらずはきょうふたたびてらさず】
expression:
- fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb
- 舟に刻して剣を求む【ふねにこくしてけんをもとむ】
expression:
- to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom
- 剣を落として舟を刻む【けんをおとしてふねをきざむ】
expression:
- to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - idiom
- 舟に刻みて剣を求む【ふねにきざみてけんをもとむ】
expression:
- to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom
- エーコッコシー
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment - Kansai dialect
- 裏山死刑【うらやましけい】うらやま死刑
expression:
- being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students) - slang - humorous term
- 引きずられる【ひきずられる】引き摺られる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to let oneself be persuaded; to be influenced ➜ 引き摺る
- 死に変わる【しにかわる】死に変る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to die and be reborn as something else
- ことここに至る【ことここにいたる】事ここに至る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
- 下意上達【かいじょうたつ】
noun:
- conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom
- 瓜田李下【かでんりか】
expression:
- Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom
- 留守を使う【るすをつかう】留守をつかう Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out
- 苦手意識【にがていしき】
noun:
- awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
- 問うは一旦の恥問わぬは末代の恥【とうはいったんのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじ】
expression:
- better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb
- 李下瓜田【りかかでん】
expression:
- Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal - four character idiom
- 抜け替わる【ぬけかわる】抜け変わる・抜け代わる・抜けかわる・抜け替る・抜け代る・抜け変る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall out and be replaced; to shed; to moult (molt)
- 愛し愛される【あいしあいされる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to love and be loved back; to love and be loved in return; to give and receive love
- よくある《良くある》 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):
- to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
- 下手な考え休むに似たり【へたなかんがえやすむににたり】
expression:
- It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり
- 下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたり】
expression:
- It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり
- 水に流す【みずにながす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
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