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一顧傾城【いっこけいせいikkokeisei】: noun:
woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】
金箔が剥げる【きんぱくがはげるkinpakugahageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to reveal one's true colors - idiom ➜ メッキが剥げる【メッキがはげる】
文武不岐【ぶんぶふきbunbufuki】: expression:
scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path - four character idiom
草木もなびく【くさきもなびくkusakimonabiku】草木も靡く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom
桁が違う【けたがちがうketagachigau】けたが違う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom
指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのますyubikirigenman'usotsuitaraharisenbonnomasu】: expression:
Finger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles [literal]; words said when making a pinky swear - idiom ➜ 指切り【ゆびきり】
一線を越える【いっせんをこえるissenwokoeru】一線を超える Inflection: ichidan verb / expression:
to cross the line; to go too far - idiom
犬の遠吠え【いぬのとおぼえinunotooboe】: expression / noun:
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser - idiom
愛の鞭【あいのむちainomuchi】愛のむち: expression / noun:
(lesson in) tough love - idiom
王手をかける【おうてをかけるoutewokakeru】王手を掛ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to check (in chess)
to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom
尾ひれがつく【おひれがつくohiregatsuku】尾鰭が付く・尾ひれが付く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to become exaggerated (of rumours, etc.); to become embellished - idiom
臭い物に蓋をする【くさいものにふたをするkusaimononifutawosuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to look the other way; to hush up a problem - idiom
五本の指に入る【ごほんのゆびにはいるgohonnoyubinihairu】５本の指に入る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom
地獄で仏に会ったよう【じごくでほとけにあったようjigokudehotokeniattayou】: expression / adverb:
with great relief; as if meeting a friend in need; as if having met a Buddha in hell [literal] - idiom
つむじを曲げる【つむじをまげるtsumujiwomageru】旋毛を曲げる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be contrary - idiom
螺子を巻く・ねじを巻く【ねじをまくnejiwomaku】ネジを巻く【ネジをまくNEJIwomaku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to wind (e.g. a watch)
to give (somebody) a good prodding; to make (somebody) shape up - idiom
お猪口になる【おちょこになるochokoninaru】御猪口になる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be blown inside out (of an umbrella); to become (the shape of) a sake cup [literal] - idiom
口八丁手八丁【くちはっちょうてはっちょうkuchihatchoutehatchou】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
both eloquent and skilled - idiom
口も八丁手も八丁【くちもはっちょうてもはっちょうkuchimohatchoutemohatchou】 Inflection: expression / adjectival noun / noun:
both eloquent and skilled - idiom
牛にひかれて善光寺参り【うしにひかれてぜんこうじまいりushinihikaretezenkoujimairi】牛に引かれて善光寺参り: expression / noun:
doing or receiving something good by accident or through the invitation of somebody else; being pulled to the Zenkoji temple by a cow [literal] - idiom
雪隠で饅頭【せっちんでまんじゅうsetchindemanjuu・せんちでまんじゅうsenchidemanjuu】: expression:
if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom
垣を作る【かきをつくるkakiwotsukuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to put up an (emotional) wall (between two people); to become distant - idiom
to form a wall (of people) - idiom
アルファにしてオメガARUFUAnishiteOMEGA: expression:
the Alpha and the Omega - idiom
アルファでありオメガであるARUFUAdeariOMEGAdearu: expression:
the Alpha and the Omega - idiom
醜いアヒルの子【みにくいアヒルのこminikuiAHIRUnoko・みにくいあひるのこminikuiahirunoko】醜い家鴨の子: expression / noun:
ugly duckling - idiom

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