List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
search-only kana form rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone idiomatic expression noun noun (generic) historical term
- going round in circles, game of cat and mouse, pointless and repetitive back-and-forth
- itachi-gokko, Edo-period children's game in which two players alternately pinch the back of the other's hands and stack them on top of each other while saying "itachi-gokko, nezumi-gokko"
gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- wild rose, bramble
- briar patch
- obstacle, source of difficulty, thorn
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake, to trip someone up, to find fault with something someone says
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to manipulate figures to one's advantage, to count wrongly on purpose, to inflate or deflate one's age
idiomatic expression noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic)
- jam-packed, packed in like sardines
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- fly in the ointment, small flaw in otherwise perfect object, only trouble, only fault
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- calm before the storm, lull before the storm
expression ใ adjective adjective (generic) idiomatic expression
- having a headache
- racking one's brains, troubling over something
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to waste, to sacrifice, to spoil, to ruin, to lose, to forfeit, to throw away
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to go too far, to go to excess, to carry too far