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白い目で見る【しろいめでみるshiroimedemiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
腹を抱える【はらをかかえるharawokakaeru】腹をかかえる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
大きな顔をする【おおきなかおをするookinakaowosuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to look as if one is important; to swagger around
顔がきく【かおがきくkaogakiku】顔が利く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to have a lot of influence; to have clout; to be well known
最終更新【さいしゅうこうしんsaishuukoushin】: expression:
last-update(d)
手を焼く【てをやくtewoyaku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out - idiom
喉から手が出る【のどからてがでるnodokarategaderu】のどから手が出る・咽から手が出る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
足元を見る【あしもとをみるashimotowomiru】足下を見る・足もとを見る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price) - from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly - idiom
足元をすくう【あしもとをすくうashimotowosukuu】足元を掬う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under - incorr. var. of 足を掬う ➜ 足をすくう【あしをすくう】
ごろりと横になる【ごろりとよこになるgororitoyokoninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to throw oneself down; to lie down ➜ ごろりと・横になる
あくを取る【あくをとるakuwotoru】灰汁を取る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to skim the scum from broth or liquid; to skim (a liquid) ➜ 灰汁
痺れを切らす【しびれをきらすshibirewokirasu】しびれを切らす・痺れをきらす Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
身を引く【みをひくmiwohiku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away; to lean back; to back away; to pull back
胸を張る【むねをはるmunewoharu】胸をはる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
よくなるyokunaru《良くなる》 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to become better; to improve ➜ 良い・成る
悪事千里【あくじせんりakujisenri】: expression:
bad news traveling fast; ill news spreading like wildfire - four character idiom
医食同源【いしょくどうげんishokudougen】: expression:
a balanced diet leads to a healthy body; healthy food both prevents and cures sickness - four character idiom
一諾千金【いちだくせんきんichidakusenkin】: expression:
one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom
会者定離【えしゃじょうりeshajouri】: expression:
those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part - four character idiom
鶏口牛後【けいこうぎゅうごkeikougyuugo】: expression:
better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom
古今独歩【ここんどっぽkokondoppo】: expression:
unsurpassed in history - four character idiom
古今無双【ここんむそうkokonmusou】: expression:
unparalleled in history - four character idiom
四海兄弟【しかいけいていshikaikeitei】: expression:
people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood - four character idiom
春宵一刻【しゅんしょういっこくshunshouikkoku】: expression:
a moment of time in a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold) - four character idiom
小人閑居【しょうじんかんきょshoujinkankyo】: expression:
a small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil) - proverb ➜ 小人閑居して不善をなす

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