List: idiomatic expression

idiomatic expression  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• skill learned in one's former days, using one's experience from the past

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• to turn out just as one wished, to come up to one's expectations, to play into the hands (of)

idiomatic expression  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• bolt from the blue, great surprise

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• bubble on the surface of water
• (coming to) nothing, naught
• something short-lived

idiomatic expression  expression 

• having one misfortune after another, insult to injury

rarely used kanji form  idiomatic expression  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• fighting with one's back to the wall, having burnt one's bridges, last stand, last-ditch effort

idiomatic expression  expression  Ichidan verb  verb (generic) 

• to give up (something as hopeless), to throw in the towel

idiomatic expression  expression 

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree

usually written using kana alone  idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to be settled, to be brought to an end

idiomatic expression  expression  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic) 

• to die a natural death, to die in one's own bed