List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- account of a dream
- fantastic story, wild tale, empty dream, pipe dream
popular expression noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- flame, blaze, fire
- attack, aggression
popular search-only kana form ateji JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone ใ adjective adjective (generic) idiomatic expression
- cute, adorable, charming, lovely, pretty
- dear, precious, darling, pet
- innocent, childlike, childish, lovable
- dainty, little, tiny
- precious to oneself, dear (to one)
popular Buddhism expression noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- fiery chariot (that carries the souls of sinners into hell)
- desperate financial situation, dire straits
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- under the veranda, under the floor
- out of sight, in the background, unnoticed
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- green light (traffic)
- green light, go-ahead signal, permission to go ahead (with something)
popular idiomatic expression noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, double-tongued
popular idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- lesson learned from someone's else mistake, object lesson, food for thought, stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)
popular idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic) archaic
- ace up one's sleeve, trump card, last resort
- secret skills, secret, mystery
- left hand
popular obsolete reading rarely used kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- profiting while others fight, fisherman's profit