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気が回らない【きがまわらないkigamawaranai】

expression:

  • not getting around to (as far as) considering Antonym: 気が回る
針ほどのことを棒ほどに言う【はりほどのことをぼうほどにいうharihodonokotowobouhodoniiu】

expression:

  • exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill - idiom ➜ 針小棒大
渋皮がむける【しぶかわがむけるshibukawagamukeru】渋皮が剥ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking; to become experienced in worldly affairs
渋皮のむけた女【しぶかわのむけたおんなshibukawanomuketaonna】渋皮の剥けた女

expression / noun:

知らんかった【しらんかったshirankatta】

expression:

  • didn't know; was unaware - colloquialism ➜ 知る
好奇心は猫をも殺す【こうきしんはねこをもころすkoukishinhanekowomokorosu】

expression:

甘い物は別腹【あまいものはべつばらamaimonohabetsubara】

expression:

  • there's always room for dessert; there's another stomach for dessert [literal]
通用しない【つうようしないtsuuyoushinai】

expression:

  • to not apply; to be proof against
いい線【いいせんiisen】

expression / noun:

  • more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線行く
枯れ木も山の賑わい【かれきもやまのにぎわいkarekimoyamanonigiwai】

expression:

  • half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb
いい線行く【いいせんいくiisen'iku】 Inflection

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

  • to be on the right track; to go well
でなくてなんだろうdenakutenandarou《でなくて何だろう》

expression:

  • if not ... then what is it?; (this) is nothing other than ...
血がつながる【ちがつながるchigatsunagaru】血が繋がる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be related (by blood)
計画を実行する【けいかくをじっこうするkeikakuwojikkousuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to carry out a scheme
規模に関する収穫【きぼにかんするしゅうかくkibonikansurushuukaku】

expression / noun:

  • returns to scale - Economics term
割礼を施す【かつれいをほどこすkatsureiwohodokosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to circumcise (someone)
割礼を受ける【かつれいをうけるkatsureiwoukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to undergo circumcision; to be circumcised
芸がない【げいがないgeiganai】芸が無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain) ➜ 芸のない
囚人のジレンマ【しゅうじんのジレンマshuujinnoJIRENMA】

expression / noun:

  • prisoner's dilemma; prisoners' dilemma
投資の限界効率【とうしのげんかいこうりつtoushinogenkaikouritsu】

expression / noun:

  • marginal efficiency of investment
後ろ指を指す【うしろゆびをさすushiroyubiwosasu】後指を指す Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to talk about someone behind their back; to backbite - obscure term
本当のところ・本当の所【ほんとうのところhontounotokoro】ホントの所【ホントのところHONTOnotokoro】

expression / adverb:

  • in truth; in actuality; at heart

expression / noun:

  • the truth; the real story

本当の所hontounotokoroをwo読みとらyomitoraなきゃnakya。 Read between the lines.

知る由もない【しるよしもないshiruyoshimonai】知る由も無い・知るよしもない・知るよしも無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
番茶も出花【ばんちゃもでばなbanchamodebana】

expression:

  • even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly-brewed [literal] - abbreviation ➜ 鬼も十八番茶も出花
鬼も十八番茶も出花【おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばなonimojuuhachibanchamodebana】

expression:

  • just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth ➜ 番茶も出花
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