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甘い言葉【あまいことばamaikotoba】: expression:
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery; cajolery ➜ おだて
うれしい悲鳴【うれしいひめいureshiihimei】嬉しい悲鳴: expression / noun:
shriek of delight; cry of joy
寿命を縮める【じゅみょうをちぢめるjumyouwochijimeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to shorten one's life ➜ 命を縮める
悲鳴を上げる【ひめいをあげるhimeiwoageru】悲鳴をあげる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to scream ➜ 上げる
to whine; to grumble; to complain
年が明ける【としがあけるtoshigaakeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
年が改まる【としがあらたまるtoshigaaratamaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
新年になる【しんねんになるshinnenninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺せ【だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころせdainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorose】: expression:
sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb
幕を切る【まくをきるmakuwokiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)
責任校了【せきにんこうりょうsekininkouryou】: expression / noun:
leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了
幕を切って落とす【まくをきっておとすmakuwokitteotosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.) ➜ 幕を切る
櫛の歯が抜けたよう【くしのはがぬけたようkushinohaganuketayou】: expression:
missing important things here and there; full of gaps - unorthodox version of 櫛の歯が欠けたよう ➜ 櫛の歯が欠けたよう
弘法筆を選ばず【こうぼうふでをえらばずkouboufudewoerabazu】弘法筆を択ばず: expression:
a good workman does not blame his tools - proverb
口をつぐむ【くちをつぐむkuchiwotsugumu】口を噤む Inflection: godan ~む verb / expression:
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
わきが甘い【わきがあまいwakigaamai】脇が甘い Inflection: expression / adjective:
preventing one's opponent from getting an underarm grip - Sumo term
having weak defenses
是生滅法【ぜしょうめっぽうzeshoumeppou】: expression:
the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term
生滅滅已【しょうめつめついshoumetsumetsui】: expression:
going beyond life and death and entering Nirvana - Buddhism term
玉の肌【たまのはだtamanohada】玉の膚: expression / noun:
skin as beautiful as a gem; beautiful skin
語呂のよさ【ごろのよさgoronoyosa】語呂の良さ: expression:
euphony
水心あれば魚心【みずごころあればうおごころmizugokoroarebauogokoro】: expression:
if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心
顔を曇らす【かおをくもらすkaowokumorasu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / expression:
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look ➜ 曇らす
目端が利く【めはしがきくmehashigakiku】目端がきく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be quick-witted; to be tactful; to be sensible
やや大きい【ややおおきいyayaookii】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
biggish; largish
身の置き所もない【みのおきどころもないminookidokoromonai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
(so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place ➜ 身の置き所がない
やや小さい【ややちいさいyayachiisai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
smallish; on the small side Antonym: やや大きい

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