List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- useless messenger, doing only as one is told, fool's errand
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to resort to violence, to use force, to get physical
- to be able to get, to be able to afford, to be within one's reach
- to jab, to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
- to reach for (a snack, etc.)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion, to push someone around
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- halting speech, stammering, (like) rain water (slowly) dripping off a horizontal board
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to have a narrow view of things, to peek at the ceiling through the pith of a reed
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to expedite, to encourage, to spur (on)
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be greedy
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- one's stomach rumbles, one's stomach growls
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- one's stomach rumbles, one's stomach growls
idiomatic expression expression
- clear as day, plain as day, patently obvious, clearer than watching a fire