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底をつく【そこをつくsokowotsuku】底を突く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted
  • to hit the bottom; to bottom out
何かいい手はないか【なにかいいてはないかnanikaiitehanaika】なにかいい手はないか・何かいい手は無いか

expression:

  • what would be a good way to do it?
手が早い【てがはやいtegahayai】

expression:

  • to be a quick worker - idiom ➜ 手の早い
  • to be fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
  • to be quick to resort to violence - idiom
気が置けない【きがおけないkigaokenai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • easy to get on with; not needing reserve or formality; personable; affable; approachable ➜ 気の置けない
うだつが上がらない【うだつがあがらないudatsugaagaranai】卯建が上がらない・梲が上がらないold Inflection

expression / adjective:

親のすねをかじる【おやのすねをかじるoyanosunewokajiru】親の脛をかじる・親の脛を齧る・親の脛を囓る・親のすねを囓る・親の臑を噛る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to depend on one's parents' (financial) support; to nibble at one's parents' shins [literal] - idiom
もしかしmoshikashi

expression / adverb:

もしかしなくてもmoshikashinakutemo

expression / adverb:

  • no need to guess; certainly - colloquialism ➜ もしかし
戻ってくる【もどってくるmodottekuru】戻って来る・もどって来る Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • to come back

戻ってくるmodottekuruとto彼kareはha、「すてきなsutekina旅tabiでしたdeshita」とto言ったitta。 He said on his return, "It has been a wonderful tour."

手が空く【てがあくtegaaku・てがすくtegasuku】手があく【てがあくtegaaku】手がすく【てがすくtegasuku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

雨後の筍・雨後の竹の子【うごのたけのこugonotakenoko】雨後のタケノコ【うごのタケノコugonoTAKENOKO】雨後のたけのこ【うごのたけのこugonotakenoko】

expression:

  • similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain [literal]
弘法にも筆の誤り【こうぼうにもふでのあやまりkoubounimofudenoayamari】

expression:

  • Homer sometimes nods; even Kōbō Daishi's handwriting contains mistakes [literal] - proverb
紺屋の白袴【こうやのしろばかまkouyanoshirobakama】

expression:

  • "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves
ごまをするgomawosuru《胡麻をする・胡麻を擂る》ゴマをするGOMAwosuru《ゴマを擂る》 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
釈迦に説法【しゃかにせっぽうshakaniseppou】

expression:

  • teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha [literal]
敵は本能寺にあり【てきはほんのうじにありtekihahonnoujiniari】敵は本能寺に在り

expression:

  • one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変
ノーチェックNOOCHEKKU・ノー・チェックNOO/CHEKKU

expression / ~の noun:

  • (going) unchecked - From English "no check"
真昼の夢【まひるのゆめmahirunoyume】

expression:

  • daydream
こりゃkorya

expression:

  • hey there; I say; see here - from これは
わが社【わがしゃwagasha】我が社・我社

expression / pronoun:

  • our company; my company
待ちに待つ【まちにまつmachinimatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
菩提を弔う【ぼだいをとむらうbodaiwotomurau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term
めくらへびmekurahebi《盲蛇》メクラヘビMEKURAHEBI

noun:

  • blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

expression:

盲蛇に怖じず【めくらへびにおじずmekurahebiniojizu】

expression:

  • fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb
脚がある【あしがあるashigaaru】足がある Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

  • to have legs; to be able to get around; to be a good runner
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