Results, wraith-like
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- よこえび《横海老・横蝦》ヨコエビ
noun:
- gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)
- 提灯に釣鐘【ちょうちんにつりがね】提灯に釣り鐘
expression:
- paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】
- 便乗商法【びんじょうしょうほう】
noun:
- piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon (like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.) - four character idiom
- 海底撈月【かいていろうげつ】
noun:
- totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom
- 飛んで火に入る夏の虫【とんでひにいるなつのむし】
expression:
- rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom
- 俎上の魚【そじょうのうお】
expression / noun:
- being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom
- そそり勃つ【そそりたつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to become erect (penis, nipple, etc.); to tower (like an erection) - pun on そそり立つ ➜ そそり立つ【そそりたつ】
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