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子で子にならぬほととぎす【こでこにならぬほととぎすkodekoninaranuhototogisu】子で子にならぬ時鳥: expression:
no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term
傷弓の鳥【しょうきゅうのとりshoukyuunotori】傷弓之鳥: expression / noun:
(person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience - idiom - four character idiom
他の追随を許さない【たのついずいをゆるさないtanotsuizuiwoyurusanai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)
薪を抱いて火を救う【たきぎをいだいてひをすくうtakigiwoidaitehiwosukuu】: expression:
having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom
恐れ入谷の鬼子母神【おそれいりやのきしぼじんosoreiriyanokishibojin・おそれいりやのきしもじんosoreiriyanokishimojin】: expression:
sorry; beg pardon; much obliged - humorous term ➜ 恐れ入る【おそれいる】・鬼子母神【きしもじん】
弓は袋に太刀は鞘【ゆみはふくろにたちはさやyumihafukuronitachihasaya】: expression:
the world is at peace; bows in bags and swords in sheaths [literal] - proverb
次々週【じじしゅうjijishuu】: expression / noun:
the week after next
とこらへんtokorahen: expression / noun:
vicinity; area - Kansai dialect ➜ そこら辺【そこらへん】
他人のふんどしで相撲を取る【たにんのふんどしですもうをとるtaninnofundoshidesumouwotoru】他人の褌で相撲を取る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money ➜ 人のふんどしで相撲を取る【ひとのふんどしですもうをとる】
編みのかご【あみのかごaminokago】編みのカゴ【あみのカゴaminoKAGO】編みの籠【あみのかごaminokago】: expression / noun:
wicker basket; wickerwork basket
別れを告げる【わかれをつげるwakarewotsugeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
捕われの身【とらわれのみtorawarenomi】囚われの身: expression / noun:
captive; prisoner
豚も煽てりゃ木に登る【ぶたもおだてりゃきにのぼるbutamoodateryakininoboru】豚もおだてりゃ木に登る: expression:
even those of low ability can outdo themselves when flattered - proverb
ガイド付きツアー【ガイドつきツアーGAIDOtsukiTSUAA】: expression / noun:
guided tour
とのことtonokoto《との事》: expression:
I'm told; I'm passing on a message; he was informed - used to indicate that one has heard the preceding information from somebody
尻に火がつく【しりにひがつくshirinihigatsuku】尻に火が付く・尻にひがつく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
予測がつく【よそくがつくyosokugatsuku】予測が付く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to estimate; to make a prediction
鰯の頭も信心から【いわしのあたまもしんじんからiwashinoatamamoshinjinkara・いわしのかしらもしんじんからiwashinokashiramoshinjinkara】: expression:
faith is mysterious; through faith, even something trivial (like a pilchard's head) seems valuable - proverb
むべなるかなmubenarukana・うべなるかなubenarukana《宜なるかな》: expression:
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
ロケ中【ロケちゅうROKEchuu】: expression:
on location
雪を欺く【ゆきをあざむくyukiwoazamuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be as white as snow ➜ 欺く【あざむく】
死んだも同然【しんだもどうぜんshindamodouzen】: expression:
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
ノー勉【ノーべんNOOben】: expression:
without having studied - slang
撫で付け髪【なでつけがみnadetsukegami】撫でつけ髪: expression / noun:
hair that is smoothed down
核心に触れる【かくしんにふれるkakushinnifureru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point

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