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足が付く【あしがつくashigatsuku】足がつく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom
速戦即決【そくせんそっけつsokusensokketsu】: noun:
quick battle for a quick victory; blitzkrieg - four character idiom
他人行儀【たにんぎょうぎtaningyougi】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal - four character idiom; 彼女kanojo はha ずっとzutto他人行儀taningyougiだったdatta。 She kept conversation on a formal plane.
他流試合【たりゅうじあいtaryuujiai】: noun:
contest between different schools (of fencing, etc.) - four character idiom
他力本願【たりきほんがんtarikihongan】: noun:
salvation by faith in Amitabha - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀
relying upon others for attaining one's own objective - four character idiom; 他力本願tarikihonganじゃja だめdame だda よyo。自分でjibunde なんとかnantoka しようshiyou というtoiu 気持ちkimochi がga なくちゃnakucha。 You shouldn't rely on others. It's important to want to help yourself.
多事多端【たじたたんtajitatan】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
eventfulness; pressure of business - four character idiom
体を惜しむ【からだをおしむkaradawooshimu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to be lazy - idiom
体を粉にする【からだをこにするkaradawokonisuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; to make (grind) one's body into dust [literal] - idiom ➜ 身を粉にする【みをこにする】
体外離脱【たいがいりだつtaigairidatsu】: noun / ~の noun:
out-of-body experience; astral projection; sensation of physically leaving your body - four character idiom
耐乏生活【たいぼうせいかつtaibouseikatsu】: noun:
hard life; life of austerity - four character idiom
泰然自若【たいぜんじじゃくtaizenjijaku】 Inflection: ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed - four character idiom
大器晩成【たいきばんせいtaikibansei】: expression:
Great talents mature late - four character idiom
大言壮語【たいげんそうごtaigensougo】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
big talk; boasting; bragging - four character idiom ➜ 大言・壮語
大虎【おおとらootora】: noun:
big tiger
drinker; staggering drunkard - idiom
大同小異【だいどうしょういdaidoushoui】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
essentially the same with only minor differences - four character idiom; このkono 二つfutatsu はha大同小異daidoushouiだda。 There isn't much difference between the two.
大風呂敷【おおぶろしきooburoshiki】: noun:
large furoshiki - four character idiom
big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade
どんぐりの背比べ【どんぐりのせいくらべdongurinoseikurabe】ドングリの背比べ【ドングリのせいくらべDONGURInoseikurabe】団栗の背比べ【どんぐりのせいくらべdongurinoseikurabe】: expression / noun:
having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom
竹馬の友【ちくばのともchikubanotomo】: expression / noun:
childhood friend; old playmate - idiom
茶番狂言【ちゃばんきょうげんchabankyougen】: noun:
farce; burlesque; low comedy - four character idiom
中肉中背【ちゅうにくちゅうぜいchuunikuchuuzei】: noun / ~の noun:
medium build - four character idiom
仲間同士【なかまどうしnakamadoushi】: noun:
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades - four character idiom; 進路shinro をwo 開拓kaitaku するsuruとtoいうiu 同じonaji 目標mokuhyou をwo 持ったmotta仲間同士nakamadoushiがga 協力kyouryoku するsuru。 Companions with the same aim, to carve out their own future, cooperate with each other.
昼行灯【ひるあんどんhiruandon】: noun:
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (a) lantern at noon [literal] - derogatory term - idiom
昼夜兼行【ちゅうやけんこうchuuyakenkou】: noun:
around-the-clock; (working) day and night - four character idiom; 昼夜兼行chuuyakenkouでde 働くhataraku とto 身体を壊すshintaiwokowasu よyo。 If you work day and night, you will lose your health.
猪突猛進【ちょとつもうしんchototsumoushin】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
headlong; foolhardy; reckless - four character idiom
丁稚奉公【でっちぼうこうdetchiboukou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
apprenticeship - four character idiom

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