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影を潜める【かげをひそめるkagewohisomeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to disappear; to vanish
明るみに出る【あかるみにでるakaruminideru】明るみにでる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to come to light
風上にも置けない【かざかみにもおけないkazakaminimookenai】風上にもおけない: expression:
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
笠に着る【かさにきるkasanikiru】かさに着る・嵩に着る^irr. Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
河岸を変える【かしをかえるkashiwokaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to try a new venue for eating, drinking, night amusement, etc.
どこ吹く風【どこふくかぜdokofukukaze】何処吹く風: expression:
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
刀折れ矢尽きて【かたなおれやつきてkatanaoreyatsukite】: expression:
having exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows [literal]
語るに落ちる【かたるにおちるkataruniochiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag ➜ 問うに落ちず語るに落ちる
寝相がいい【ねぞうがいいnezougaii】寝相が好い Inflection: expression / adjective:
sleeping without turning over ➜ 寝相が悪い
寝相が悪い【ねぞうがわるいnezougawarui】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
tossing and turning while asleep ➜ 寝相がいい
ほったらかしにするhottarakashinisuru《放ったらかしにする》 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to neglect; to let alone
取っておく【とっておくtotteoku】取って置く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb / transitive:
to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
噛んで含めるように【かんでふくめるようにkandefukumeruyouni】かんで含めるように: expression:
in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way
噛んで吐き出すように【かんではきだすようにkandehakidasuyouni】かんで吐き出すように: expression:
curtly, in a displeased manner
一つとっても【ひとつとってもhitotsutottemo】: expression:
one example of (when there are more examples)
徒労に終わる【とろうにおわるtorouniowaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
まったくもうmattakumou《全くもう》: expression / interjection:
good grief (expression of exasperation)
聞きしに勝る【ききしにまさるkikishinimasaru】聞きしにまさる: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
気脈を通じる【きみゃくをつうじるkimyakuwotsuujiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have secret communication with; to have a tacit understanding with
三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすきsandonomeshiyorisuki】三度のめしより好き・三度のめしよりすき: expression:
very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day [literal]
急場をしのぐ【きゅうばをしのぐkyuubawoshinogu】急場を凌ぐ Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
ぐうの音も出ない【ぐうのねもでないguunonemodenai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
lost for words; not knowing what to say by way of excuse (refutation)
食うや食わず【くうやくわずkuuyakuwazu】: expression / ~の noun:
(living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistance
櫛の歯が欠けたよう【くしのはがかけたようkushinohagakaketayou】: expression:
missing important things here and there; full of gaps; as if the teeth of a comb were missing [literal]
口が酸っぱくなる【くちがすっぱくなるkuchigasuppakunaru】口がすっぱくなる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

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