List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to leave to chance, to resign oneself to one's fate, to leave the rest to heaven
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to straighten oneself, to straighten one's clothes and one's posture, to adopt a more serious attitude
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do something useless, to gild the lily, to gild refined gold, to build a roof atop the roof
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be widely known, to be famous
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on, to fling mud at, to put to shame
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to live on air, to live on nothing, to live without a means of income
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to call someone's ability into question, to doubt a ruler's competence
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to seek results, not show, to discard the flower for the fruit
irregular reading idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to pass away, to join the majority, to enter the death register
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to sew a fox's skin to the lion's, to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree