List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
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
irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to be deeply impressed, to take to heart, to engrave on one's heart, to bear in mind, to engrave on one's liver
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to have a narrow escape from death
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to give a warning, to remind (a person) of, to drive in a nail
search-only kana form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to babble in one's cups, to ramble drunkenly
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- cats and dogs (as an example of a bad relationship), dogs and monkeys
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to weigh on one's mind, to trouble one
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to worry (about), to be worried (about), to be troubled (by), to be pained (by), to be distressed (by)
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be vague, to speak ambiguously, to be evasive, to not commit oneself