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運勢判断【うんせいはんだんunseihandan】: noun:
fortune-telling - four character idiom
盲亀浮木【もうきふぼくmoukifuboku】: expression:
unlikely event; rare occurrence - idiom - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 盲亀の浮木
盲亀の浮木【もうきのふぼくmoukinofuboku】: expression:
unlikely event; rare occurrence - idiom - Buddhism term
はてさてhatesate: expression:
Let me see - idiom
火の用心【ひのようじんhinoyoujin】火廼要慎^old・火迺要慎^old: expression:
be careful about fire; watch out for fire - idiom
叶わぬ時の神頼み【かなわぬときのかみだのみkanawanutokinokamidanomi】: expression:
turning to God only in one's trouble - idiom
管の穴から天を覗く【くだのあなからてんをのぞくkudanoanakaratenwonozoku】: expression:
to have a narrow view of things - idiom
気は持ちよう【きはもちようkihamochiyou】気は持ち様: expression:
Everything depends on how you look at it - idiom
求めよさらば与えられん【もとめよさらばあたえられんmotomeyosarabaataeraren】求めよ然らば与えられん: expression:
Ask, and it shall be given you - idiom
泣く子と地頭には勝てぬ【なくことじとうにはかてぬnakukotojitounihakatenu】: expression:
you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】
ばかりが能ではない【ばかりがのうではないbakariganoudehanai】許りが能ではない: expression:
it is not everything to ... - after verb - idiom
金の世の中【かねのよのなかkanenoyononaka】: expression / noun:
money rules the world; rich man's world - idiom
群羊を駆って猛虎を攻む【ぐんようをかってもうこをせむgun'youwokattemoukowosemu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to group together against a stronger enemy - idiom
古い革袋に新しい酒を盛る【ふるいかわぶくろにあたらしいさけをもるfuruikawabukuroniatarashiisakewomoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to pour new wine into old wineskins; to give something unorthodox an orthodox presentation - idiom
後が無い【あとがないatoganai】後がない Inflection: expression / adjective:
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance - idiom
後門の虎前門の狼【こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみkoumonnotorazenmonnoookami】: expression:
between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】
お手柔らかに【おてやわらかにoteyawarakani】御手柔らかに: expression:
don't be too hard on me (us, them) - idiom
お鉢が回る【おはちがまわるohachigamawaru】御鉢が回る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
(for one's turn) to come round - idiom ➜ お鉢が回ってくる【おはちがまわってくる】
功罪相償う【こうざいあいつぐなうkouzaiaitsugunau】: expression:
the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom
口に蜜あり腹に剣あり【くちにみつありはらにけんありkuchinimitsuariharaniken'ari】口に蜜有り腹に剣有り: expression:
honey in one's mouth but a razor in one's belt - idiom
骨折り損の草臥れ儲け【ほねおりぞんのくたびれもうけhoneorizonnokutabiremouke】: expression:
going through great pains in vain - idiom
此処が思案のし所【ここがしあんのしどころkokogashiannoshidokoro】: expression:
This is the point we need to think about - idiom
こちら持ち【こちらもちkochiramochi】此方持ち: expression:
It's on me - idiom
歳月流るる如し【さいげつながるるごとしsaigetsunagarurugotoshi】: expression:
Time flies - idiom
山が見える【やまがみえるyamagamieru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

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