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士族の商法【しぞくのしょうほうshizokunoshouhou】: expression:
amateurish and haughty way of doing business; venturing into an unfamiliar line of business (and often failing) ➜ 士族
実のない【みのないminonai】実の無い Inflection: expression / adjective:
insubstantial; pointless
下にも置かない【したにもおかないshitanimookanai】下にもおかない: expression:
giving a royal welcome; extending every courtesy
死に水を取る【しにみずをとるshinimizuwotoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments
科を作る【しなをつくるshinawotsukuru】しなを作る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
示しがつかない【しめしがつかないshimeshigatsukanai】: expression:
setting a bad example to others
愁眉を開く【しゅうびをひらくshuubiwohiraku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to feel relieved
尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむshiriwomochikomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)
そこへ持ってきて【そこへもってきてsokohemottekite】: expression:
what is worse; to make matters worse
ぞっとしないzottoshinai Inflection: expression / adjective:
not very appealing; pretty disgusting ➜ ぞっと
その手は食わない【そのてはくわないsonotehakuwanai】その手はくわない・其の手は食わない: expression:
I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】
杖とも柱とも頼む【つえともはしらともたのむtsuetomohashiratomotanomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to count on someone as the only support
つぼを心得る【つぼをこころえるtsubowokokoroeru】壺を心得る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to understand the essence; to catch the main points ➜ 壷【つぼ】
つぶしが利く【つぶしがきくtsubushigakiku】潰しが利く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
詰め腹を切らされる【つめばらをきらされるtsumebarawokirasareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office
手が後ろに回る【てがうしろにまわるtegaushironimawaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
手の施しようがない【てのほどこしようがないtenohodokoshiyouganai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done - idiom
手が離せない【てがはなせないtegahanasenai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
being unable to leave the work at hand; being right in the middle of something - idiom
手の内を見せる【てのうちをみせるtenouchiwomiseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards - idiom
良いお年を【よいおとしをyoiotoshiwo】よいお年を: expression:
Have a good New Year - abbreviation ➜ 良いお年をお迎え下さい【よいおとしをおむかえください】
出る所に出る【でるところにでるderutokoronideru】出るところに出る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
出る幕ではない【でるまくではないderumakudehanai】: expression:
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something - idiom
伝家の宝刀を抜く【でんかのほうとうをぬくdenkanohoutouwonuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom
同日の談ではない【どうじつのだんではないdoujitsunodandehanai】: expression:
bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as
どさくさ紛れに【どさくさまぎれにdosakusamagireni】: expression / adverb:
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

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