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鬼の首を取ったよう【おにのくびをとったようoninokubiwotottayou】 Inflection: expression / adjectival noun:
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]
お百度を踏む【おひゃくどをふむohyakudowofumu】御百度を踏む Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to visit repeatedly (to request) - obsolete term
尾ひれをつける【おひれをつけるohirewotsukeru】尾鰭を付ける・尾ひれを付ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.) - idiom
おべっかを使う【おべっかをつかうobekkawotsukau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to suck up to; to curry up to someone ➜ おべっか
おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ【おぼれるものはわらをもつかむoborerumonohawarawomotsukamu】おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ・溺れる者は藁をも掴む: expression:
a drowning man will catch at a straw - proverb
汚名をそそぐ【おめいをそそぐomeiwososogu】汚名を雪ぐ【おめいをそそぐomeiwososogu・おめいをすすぐomeiwosusugu】汚名をすすぐ【おめいをすすぐomeiwosusugu】汚名を濯ぐ【おめいをそそぐomeiwososogu・おめいをすすぐomeiwosusugu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to clear one's name ➜ 濯ぐ【すすぐ】
お目玉を食らう【おめだまをくらうomedamawokurau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to get a good scolding ➜ 大目玉を食らう
思いを晴らす【おもいをはらすomoiwoharasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to get one's revenge
親風を吹かす【おやかぜをふかすoyakazewofukasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to exercise parental authority
折り紙を付ける【おりがみをつけるorigamiwotsukeru】折紙を付ける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse ➜ 太鼓判を押す
恩返しをする【おんがえしをするongaeshiwosuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to return a favor (favour); to repay
音頭をとる【おんどをとるondowotoru】音頭を取る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to lead a group of people
恩を売る【おんをうるonwouru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
恩を着せる【おんをきせるonwokiseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to make one feel grateful
飼い犬に手をかまれる【かいいぬにてをかまれるkaiinunitewokamareru】飼い犬に手を噛まれる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be betrayed by a trusted follower - idiom
快気祝をする【かいきいわいをするkaikiiwaiwosuru】快気祝いをする Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to celebrate one's recovery from illness
怪気炎を上げる【かいきえんをあげるkaikienwoageru】怪気炎をあげる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to speak flamboyantly
諧謔を弄する【かいぎゃくをろうするkaigyakuworousuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (spec.):
to crack jokes - obscure term
会心の笑みを浮かべる【かいしんのえみをうかべるkaishinnoemiwoukaberu】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to smile a smile of satisfaction
顔を売る【かおをうるkaowouru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to make oneself known to the public; to become popular; to gain influence
顔を貸す【かおをかすkaowokasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to grant a person a moment
顔を利かす【かおをきかすkaowokikasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to use one's influence
顔を付き合わせる【かおをつきあわせるkaowotsukiawaseru】顔を突き合わせる・顔をつき合わせる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to meet face to face ➜ 突き合せる【つきあわせる】
顔をつなぐ【かおをつなぐkaowotsunagu】顔を繋ぐ Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to keep up acquaintance
顔を直す【かおをなおすkaowonaosu】顔をなおす Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to touch up one's makeup

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