List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression
- to be shrewd, to be sharp, to keep your wits about you, to pluck out the eye of a live horse
idiomatic expression expression suru verb verb (generic)
- take the world by storm, to hold sway over the minds of the people
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- with people jostling against one another, teeming, heaving, jam-packed
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to perform the last rites over the deceased
- to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them), to give someone the final word
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to do something with painful reluctance, to have one's hair pulled from behind
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be onto a good thing, to make money without working, to line one's pockets
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to hit someone where they least expect it, to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place, to get revenge on someone in a different contest, to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
archaic idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to make drastic cuts, to take an axe to
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to beat someone at their own game, to outdo someone in their specialty
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to rake over the coals, to scold, to chastise, to roast
- to burn moxa on the skin