List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to let your hair down, to have fun after a period of work or stress
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- cornering someone by lying in wait, e.g. for an unexpected interview or photograph, doorstepping
- hanging, dangling
search-only kanji form expression idiomatic expression
- came here, coming here
- recently
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression interjection
- you'll regret this!, I'll get you for this!, just you wait!
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to throw the baby out with the bath water, to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel, to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point, to straighten the horns and kill the cow
idiomatic expression expression noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- outblooming even a flower (of a young girl), even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
idiomatic expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb expression
- to act on one's emotions, to be carried away by one's feelings, to get emotional
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to coo at, to behave like a spoiled child
- to snort, to sniff
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- a fish out of water, a kappa up on land
idiomatic expression expression suru verb verb (generic)
- to eke out a living, to barely manage to get by