List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression
- having gone too far to turn back
idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- inflexible people, heartless people, Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to create a stir, to make waves, to raise a question about, to cause a sensation
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to be shameless, to have a lot of nerve, to have nerves of steel, to have hair on one's heart
idiomatic expression expression
- brazen-faced, completely impudent
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to be in a tizzy, to be in a frenzy, to have one's eyes light up, to have a different look in one's eyes
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to attack all in a bunch, to attack all at once
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to lead a stingy life, to scrimp and save, to pinch pennies, to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to conceal one's true nature or feelings, to feign friendliness, to play the hypocrite
idiomatic expression expression
- clear as day, plain as day, patently obvious, clearer than watching a fire