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年齢相応【ねんれいそうおうnenreisouou】: noun / ~の noun:
(appropriate for) one's age - four character idiom
足るを知る【たるをしるtaruwoshiru】: expression:
to know one has enough; to be satisfied with one's lot in life - idiom
閑寂枯淡【かんじゃくこたんkanjakukotan】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:
aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂
破廉恥漢【はれんちかんharenchikan】: noun:
shameless man; knave - four character idiom
屁理屈屋【へりくつやherikutsuya】: noun:
sophist; quibbler - four character idiom
目に角を立てる【めにかどをたてるmenikadowotateru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes - idiom
金魚の糞【きんぎょのふんkingyonofun・きんぎょのうんこkingyonounko】: expression / noun:
person who tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; goldfish feces [literal] - idiom
目から鼻へ抜ける【めからはなへぬけるmekarahanahenukeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be very shrewd; to be highly intelligent; to be very smart - idiom
役割演技【やくわりえんぎyakuwariengi】: noun:
role-playing - four character idiom
世を渡る【よをわたるyowowataru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live - idiom
路頭に迷う【ろとうにまようrotounimayou】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom
労多くして功少なし【ろうおおくしてこうすくなしrouookushitekousukunashi】: expression:
all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain - idiom
前轍を踏む【ぜんてつをふむzentetsuwofumu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ... - idiom ➜ 轍を踏む
女性天皇【じょせいてんのうjoseitennou】: noun:
female emperor of Japan (historical or postulated) - four character idiom
犬猫【いぬねこinuneko】: noun:
dogs and cats; pets
something trivial; worthless thing - idiom; お願いonegai ですからdesukara犬猫inuneko扱いatsukai するsuru のno やめてyamete 貰えますmoraemasu かka。 I'm begging you, could you stop treating me like a pet?
女系天皇【じょけいてんのうjokeitennou】: noun:
matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇
以て瞑すべし【もってめいすべしmottemeisubeshi】もって瞑すべし・以って瞑すべし^irr.: expression:
being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished - idiom
教外別伝【きょうげべつでんkyougebetsuden】: noun:
Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字
石にかじりついても【いしにかじりついてもishinikajiritsuitemo】石に齧りついても: expression:
come hell or high water - idiom
価格破壊【かかくはかいkakakuhakai】: noun / ~の noun:
sudden, wide-spread drop in prices - four character idiom
顔が広い【かおがひろいkaogahiroi】顔がひろい: expression:
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances - idiom ➜ 顔の広い
二階から目薬【にかいからめぐすりnikaikaramegusuri】: expression:
something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom
煙に巻く【けむにまくkemunimaku・けむりにまくkemurinimaku^irr.】けむに巻く【けむにまくkemunimaku】烟に巻く【けむにまくkemunimaku・けむりにまくkemurinimaku^irr.】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to confuse someone; to befuddle someone; to create a smokescreen; to surround with smoke [literal] - idiom
鶴の一声【つるのひとこえtsurunohitokoe】: expression / noun:
final word; voice of authority; authoritative pronouncement - idiom
青菜に塩【あおなにしおaonanishio】: expression:
feeling sad or downhearted; down in the dumps - idiom

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