List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do something impossible, to disembowel oneself with a ladle
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- drop in the bucket, drop in the ocean, one grain of millet in a vast ocean
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- crow's feet (wrinkles)
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to make a blunder, to blunder, to have one's kettle stolen on a moonlit night
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to go from (using, etc.) something bad to something good, to change (from riding) a cow to (riding) a horse
idiomatic expression expression
- being ignorant of the ways of the world, knowing nothing, not being able to tell if a yam is boiled or not
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- doing something without having decided what one's goal for it is, a rifle in the dark
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- narrow victory
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to give one's first cry (of a newborn baby)
- to be born, to come into being, to be formed, to first see the light of day
idiomatic expression expression
- taking whatever one can get one's hands on, being greedy, accepting a padded silk sleeve even in summer