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飯の食い上げ【めしのくいあげmeshinokuiage】: expression:
losing the means of livelihood ➜ 食い上げ
おまんまの食い上げ【おまんまのくいあげomanmanokuiage】: expression:
losing the means of livelihood ➜ 食い上げ
若い燕【わかいつばめwakaitsubame】若いツバメ【わかいツバメwakaiTSUBAME】: expression / noun:
young lover of an older woman
脈がある【みゃくがあるmyakugaaru】脈が有る Inflection: godan ~る verb (irregular) / expression:
to have a pulse; to be alive
to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
是非も無い【ぜひもないzehimonai】是非もない: expression:
unavoidable; inevitable
是非に及ばず【ぜひにおよばずzehinioyobazu】: expression:
unavoidable; inevitable; cannot be helped; of necessity
声を呑む【こえをのむkoewonomu】声を吞む・声をのむ・声を飲む^irr. Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to choke up; to be speechless - idiom
to hold one's tongue - idiom
何はさておき【なにはさておきnanihasateoki】何は扨措き: expression:
before anything else; first of all
悪の枢軸【あくのすうじくakunosuujiku】: expression:
Axis of Evil (Iran, Iraq & North Korea)
いい頃【いいころiikoro】: expression / noun:
high time; about time
尻尾を出す【しっぽをだすshippowodasu】しっぽを出す Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
尻尾を巻く【しっぽをまくshippowomaku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run) - idiom
寝首をかく【ねくびをかくnekubiwokaku】寝首を掻く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while he sleeps
to catch someone off his guard by setting traps
風雲急を告げる【ふううんきゅうをつげるfuuunkyuuwotsugeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
何はともあれ【なにはともあれnanihatomoare】: expression:
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
何は無くとも【なにはなくともnanihanakutomo】何はなくとも: expression:
even if nothing else; more than anything else
何人たりとも【なんぴとたりともnanpitotaritomo・なにびとたりともnanibitotaritomo・なんびとたりともnanbitotaritomo】: expression:
no one at all; no one, who he or she may be
何をかいわんや【なにをかいわんやnaniwokaiwan'ya】何をか言わんや: expression:
what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
学者貧乏【がくしゃびんぼうgakushabinbou】: expression:
good scholars are seldom rich - four character idiom
お預けを食う【おあずけをくうoazukewokuu】御預けを食う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
痩せても枯れても【やせてもかれてもyasetemokaretemo】やせても枯れても: expression:
even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
世が世なら【よがよならyogayonara】: expression:
if I had my due; if times were better
よそにするyosonisuru《余所にする》 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to neglect; to ignore; to slight; to be indifferent to
席を立つ【せきをたつsekiwotatsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to leave one's seat
後を絶たず【あとをたたずatowotatazu】: expression:
never ceasing; never ending

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