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精も根も尽き果てる【せいもこんもつきはてるseimokonmotsukihateru】精も魂も尽き果てる^irr. Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
精魂を込める【せいこんをこめるseikonwokomeru】精根を込める Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to pour one's heart and soul into
尺が伸びる【しゃくがのびるshakuganobiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to extend in length (esp. parts of television programs) ➜ 尺【しゃく】
逆捩じを食わせる【さかねじをくわせるsakanejiwokuwaseru】逆ねじを食わせる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to retort; to turn the tables (on someone)
座を取り持つ【ざをとりもつzawotorimotsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to keep everybody entertained
座を外す【ざをはずすzawohazusu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to withdraw from someone's presence; to leave the room
死に水を取る【しにみずをとるshinimizuwotoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments
科を作る【しなをつくるshinawotsukuru】しなを作る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
愁眉を開く【しゅうびをひらくshuubiwohiraku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to feel relieved
尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむshiriwomochikomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to bring a complaint to a person (who is responsible for the problem)
杖とも柱とも頼む【つえともはしらともたのむtsuetomohashiratomotanomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to count on someone as the only support
つぼを心得る【つぼをこころえるtsubowokokoroeru】壺を心得る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to understand the essence; to catch the main points ➜ 壷【つぼ】
つぶしが利く【つぶしがきくtsubushigakiku】潰しが利く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
詰め腹を切らされる【つめばらをきらされるtsumebarawokirasareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be forced to bear the responsibility and resign; to be driven out of office
手が後ろに回る【てがうしろにまわるtegaushironimawaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
手の内を見せる【てのうちをみせるtenouchiwomiseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to reveal one's true intentions; to show one's cards - idiom
出る所に出る【でるところにでるderutokoronideru】出るところに出る Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to go wherever one has to go (to get a matter settled, e.g. the court)
伝家の宝刀を抜く【でんかのほうとうをぬくdenkanohoutouwonuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom
ばつを合わせる【ばつをあわせるbatsuwoawaseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ 辻褄を合わせる
腹に据えかねる【はらにすえかねるharanisuekaneru】腹に据え兼ねる・腹にすえかねる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
cannot suppress one's anger; cannot stomach
腹を拵える【はらをこしらえるharawokoshiraeru】腹をこしらえる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have a meal (before doing something); to fortify oneself with a meal
人目に立つ【ひとめにたつhitomenitatsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to be conspicuous; to attract public attention
人目を忍ぶ【ひとめをしのぶhitomewoshinobu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~ぶ verb:
to avoid being seen; to be clandestine
人を食った【ひとをくったhitowokutta】: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
arrogant; insolent; disdainful
含むところがある【ふくむところがあるfukumutokorogaaru】含む所がある Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):
to harbor ill feeling

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