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天に唾する【てんにつばするtennitsubasuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (spec.):
to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom
一を聞いて十を知る【いちをきいてじゅうをしるichiwokiitejuuwoshiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom
雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが【あめがふろうがやりがふろうがamegafurougayarigafurouga】: expression:
come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] - idiom ➜ 雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと
破竹の勢い【はちくのいきおいhachikunoikioi】: expression:
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force - idiom
飛ぶ鳥も落とす勢い【とぶとりもおとすいきおいtobutorimootosuikioi】: expression:
great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い
舌を巻く【したをまくshitawomaku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be astonished - idiom
足が早い【あしがはやいashigahayai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
to be fast at walking and running
to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs) - idiom
頭をかかえる【あたまをかかえるatamawokakaeru】頭を抱える Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled - idiom
猫をかぶる【ねこをかぶるnekowokaburu】猫を被る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫被り
手が塞がる【てがふさがるtegafusagaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be busy; to be tied up doing something - idiom Antonym: 手が空く
奥歯に物が挟まる【おくばにものがはさまるokubanimonogahasamaru】奥歯にものが挟まる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom
内疎外親【ないそがいしんnaisogaishin】: expression:
superficially cordial but actually uninterested - four character idiom
重箱の隅をつつく【じゅうばこのすみをつつくjuubakonosumiwotsutsuku】重箱の隅を突く・重箱のすみをつつく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to nitpick; to complain about trifles - idiom
手が届く【てがとどくtegatodoku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
to be near (a certain age) - idiom
バトンを渡す【バトンをわたすBATONwowatasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race)
to pass the baton; to hand on the torch - idiom
泥を塗る【どろをぬるdorowonuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to besmirch; to sully - idiom ➜ 顔に泥を塗る
蓋を開ける【ふたをあけるfutawoakeru】ふたを開ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to open the lid; to lift a lid Antonym: 蓋を閉める
to open the lid (on); to make public - idiom
to start (something) - idiom
to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something - idiom
to open (of a theatre) - idiom
故郷へ錦を飾る【こきょうへにしきをかざるkokyouhenishikiwokazaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る
一難去ってまた一難【いちなんさってまたいちなんichinansattemataichinan】: expression:
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom
ウの目タカの目【ウのめタカのめUnomeTAKAnome】鵜の目鷹の目【うのめたかのめunometakanome】: expression:
eyes of a predator; keen eyes; eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk [literal] - idiom
足が棒になる【あしがぼうになるashigabouninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom
見る影もない【みるかげもないmirukagemonai】見る影も無い Inflection: expression / adjective:
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom
見るに堪えない【みるにたえないmirunitaenai】: expression:
so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch - idiom
見るに忍びない【みるにしのびないmirunishinobinai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch - idiom
頭が切れる【あたまがきれるatamagakireru】頭がきれる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever - idiom

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