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後を絶たない【あとをたたないatowotatanai】跡を絶たない: expression:
never ceasing; never ending; endless
手っ取り早く言えば【てっとりばやくいえばtettoribayakuieba】: expression:
in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば
早く言えば【はやくいえばhayakuieba】: expression:
in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 手っ取り早く言えば
夜の目も寝ず【よのめもねずyonomemonezu】: expression:
sitting up all night; staying up all night
お預けを食らう【おあずけをくらうoazukewokurau】御預けを食らう Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone
年貢の納め時【ねんぐのおさめどきnengunoosamedoki】: expression:
time to pay the piper; time to pay the land tax (in kind) [literal]
目に物見せる【めにものみせるmenimonomiseru】目にもの見せる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom
目先が利く【めさきがきくmesakigakiku】目先がきく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to have foresight; to be farsighted; to be nimble-witted
冷や飯を食う【ひやめしをくうhiyameshiwokuu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to depend on somebody for food and lodging - idiom
to be treated coldly; to be kept in a low position - idiom
氷山の一角【ひょうざんのいっかくhyouzannoikkaku】: expression / noun:
tip of the iceberg - idiom
ふいになるfuininaru・フイになるFUIninaru Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to come to nothing; to be wasted; to fall through; to end without result
ふいにするfuinisuru・フイにするFUInisuru Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
不興を買う【ふきょうをかうfukyouwokau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
見切りを付ける【みきりをつけるmikiriwotsukeru】見切りをつける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
水と油【みずとあぶらmizutoabura】: expression:
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water - idiom
やらずの雨【やらずのあめyarazunoame】遣らずの雨: expression:
rain that starts to fall as though trying to prevent a guest from leaving
止むに止まれず【やむにやまれずyamuniyamarezu】已むに已まれず: expression:
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれない・止むに止まれぬ
呼び声が高い【よびごえがたかいyobigoegatakai】: expression:
being widely talked about as a prominent prospect (for) ➜ 呼び声の高い
理に落ちる【りにおちるriniochiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to become overly logical; to be hairsplitting
愛想が尽きる【あいそがつきるaisogatsukiru】愛想がつきる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with
人のことを言う【ひとのことをいうhitonokotowoiu】人のことをいう・人の事を言う・人の事をいう Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
本来なら【ほんらいならhonrainara】: expression:
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
肩の荷が下りる【かたのにがおりるkatanonigaoriru】肩の荷がおりる・肩の荷が降りる・肩のにがおりる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind - idiom
青くなる【あおくなるaokunaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to become blue; to turn green
to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
足が地に着かない【あしがちにつかないashigachinitsukanai】足が地に付かない・足が地につかない: expression:
losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

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