List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
ateji idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- looking on from afar, being a spectator
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to get (someone's) help, to ask for help
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to keep one's feet on the ground, to be down to earth
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents')
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- sponging off one's parents
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- what a joke!, don't make me laugh!
- to split one's sides laughing, to be convulsed with laughter, to boil tea with one's navel (using the heat generated by laughing)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to spew venom, to speak ill (of people)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to head towards, to be inclined to go towards, to head for a place naturally
expression suru verb verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to have as a side order (with drinks)
- to make fun of someone, to laugh at someone's expense
idiomatic expression proverb expression
- single mistake which ruins all one's hard work, one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless, one fart in a hundred days of sermons