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- 大山鳴動して鼠一匹【たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき】泰山鳴動して鼠一匹・大山鳴動してねずみ一匹
expression:
- much ado about nothing; The mountains have brought forth a mouse (Aesop)
- 揚げ足【あげあし】挙げ足・上げ足・揚足・挙足・上足
noun:
- raised leg; lifting a leg
- upturn (in the market) [上げ足・上足] Antonym: 下げ足
- sitting cross-legged - archaism
- 何かの縁【なにかのえん】
expression / noun:
- chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
- 倶利迦羅紋紋【くりからもんもん】倶利迦羅紋々・俱利迦羅紋紋・俱利迦羅紋々・俱梨伽羅紋紋・俱梨伽羅紋々
noun:
- tattoo (esp. a tattoo of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo ➜ 倶利迦羅
- 号する【ごうする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- 親しき仲にも礼儀あり【したしきなかにもれいぎあり】親しき仲にも礼儀有り・親しき中にも礼儀あり・親しき中にも礼儀有り
expression:
- good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb
- ど演歌【どえんか】ド演歌【ドえんか】
noun:
- quintessential enka; enka with age-old lyrical themes set to a haunting traditional-style melody ➜ 演歌
- ポケモンショック・ポケモン・ショック
noun:
- Pokemon seizure incident (Dec. 16, 1997); incident in which flashing lights in a Pokemon episode induced seizures in hundreds of viewers - From English "Pokemon shock"
- 弾みがつく【はずみがつく】弾みが付く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to gain traction; to develop momentum; to get a boost; to pick up steam
- 内剛外柔【ないごうがいじゅう】
noun:
- gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove - four character idiom
- 気分を高める【きぶんをたかめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to raise somebody's spirits; to enhance a mood
- 不意を打つ【ふいをうつ】不意を討つ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to take (a person) unawares; to make a surprise attack ➜ 不意をつく
- KY【ケーワイ・ケイーワイ・ケイワイ】
noun:
- being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気(が)読めない - abbreviation ➜ 空気が読めない
- 切れ上がる【きれあがる】切れ上る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to turn up (at the edge); to leave a clean aftertaste
- お気の毒【おきのどく】 Inflection
expression / adjectival noun:
- I am sorry (to hear, to say, etc.); a pity - polite language ➜ 気の毒
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