idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to weigh (one thing against another), to compare (the relative merits of two options), to weigh (something) on scales
- to try to have it both ways, to play a double game, to have two strings to one's bow
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- slight amount, just a hair, hair of a rabbit
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- long ears, gossiper
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to astonish, to astound, to stupefy, to flabbergast, to strike a person dumb, to dumbfound, to take (someone) aback, to boggle the mind (of someone)
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- burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed), exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself, hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to distinguish oneself, to stand out
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to pass the peak (of something), to get through the most difficult part, to be over the worst (e.g. an illness)
- to cross a pass
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a talented child despite being untalented, a black hen lays a white egg, a kite gives birth to a hawk
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- casting pearls before swine
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- fish large enough to swallow a whole boat, colossal fish
- great man, notorious man