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 look angrily at, to look with anger in one's eyes
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- person who just tags along, hanger-on, person who follows someone around like a shadow, clingy person, mindless follower, goldfish feces
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression suru verb verb (generic)
- to open one's eyes wide
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to be very shrewd, to be highly intelligent, to be very smart
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to make one's way in the world, to earn one's living, to live
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to try to have it both ways, to play a double game, to have two strings to one's bow
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to try to have it both ways, to play a double game, to have two strings to one's bow
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be left without means of sustenance, to be turned adrift in the streets, to be rendered homeless, to be out in the cold, to be down and out
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to repeat someone's mistake, to make the same mistake as one's predecessor, to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
idiomatic expression expression
- all pain and no gain, lots of pain and not much gain