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うだつが上がらない【うだつがあがらないudatsugaagaranai】卯建が上がらない・梲が上がらない^old Inflection: expression / adjective:
no hope of getting ahead - idiom ➜ うだつの上がらない
親のすねをかじる【おやのすねをかじるoyanosunewokajiru】親の脛をかじる・親の脛を齧る・親の脛を囓る・親のすねを囓る・親の臑を噛る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins [literal] - idiom
手が空く【てがあくtegaaku・てがすくtegasuku】手があく【てがあくtegaaku】手がすく【てがすくtegasuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be free; to be available - idiom Antonym: 手が塞がる
生き馬の目を抜く【いきうまのめをぬくikiumanomewonuku】: expression:
to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [literal] - idiom - sensitive - obsolete term
後ろ髪を引かれる【うしろがみをひかれるushirogamiwohikareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom
うまい汁を吸う【うまいしるをすうumaishiruwosuu】旨い汁を吸う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom
江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ【えどのかたきをながさきでうつedonokatakiwonagasakideutsu】江戸の敵を長崎でうつ・江戸の敵を長崎で討つ・江戸の仇を長崎で討つ・江戸の仇を長崎でうつ Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom
灸を据える【きゅうをすえるkyuuwosueru】灸をすえる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning
同じ釜の飯を食う【おなじかまのめしをくうonajikamanomeshiwokuu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to live together; to be close friends; to eat out of the same pot [literal] - idiom
尾ひれをつける【おひれをつけるohirewotsukeru】尾鰭を付ける・尾ひれを付ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.) - idiom
飼い犬に手をかまれる【かいいぬにてをかまれるkaiinunitewokamareru】飼い犬に手を噛まれる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be betrayed by a trusted follower - idiom
肩で風を切る【かたでかぜをきるkatadekazewokiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to swagger; to strut; to be confident; to have no worries - idiom
火中の栗を拾う【かちゅうのくりをひろうkachuunokuriwohirou】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to take a risk for someone; to endanger oneself for someone; to gather chestnuts from the fire [literal] - orig. from the fable The Monkey and the Cat by Jean de La Fontaine - idiom
仮面をかぶる【かめんをかぶるkamenwokaburu】仮面を被る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to wear a mask
to hide one's true intentions - idiom
木で鼻をくくる【きではなをくくるkidehanawokukuru】木で鼻を括る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to give a blunt answer; to be curt - idiom
錦上花を添える【きんじょうはなをそえるkinjouhanawosoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to crown beauty with even greater glory - idiom ➜ 錦上添花
白羽の矢が立つ【しらはのやがたつshirahanoyagatatsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to be selected (from among many people) - idiom
白羽の矢を立てる【しらはのやをたてるshirahanoyawotateru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to select someone (out of many people) - idiom ➜ 白羽の矢が立つ
旧婚旅行【きゅうこんりょこうkyuukonryokou】: noun:
second honeymoon - four character idiom
腕が立つ【うでがたつudegatatsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to be talented; to be able - idiom
いずれ菖蒲か杜若【いずれあやめかかきつばたizureayamekakakitsubata】何れ菖蒲か杜若: expression:
(of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom
文房四宝【ぶんぼうしほうbunboushihou】: noun:
in calligraphy, the four important tools of brush, ink stone, ink stick, and paper - four character idiom
一暴十寒【いちばくじっかんichibakujikkan】: expression:
bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)
戦意高揚【せんいこうようsen'ikouyou】: noun:
increasing one's fighting spirit - four character idiom
青年客気【せいねんかっきseinenkakki】: noun / ~の noun:
youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth - four character idiom ➜ 年少客気

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