List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- something that looks difficult but actually isn't, swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- having a happy and harmonious relationship (of a husband and wife)
idiomatic expression expression
- following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to reveal one's true colors
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- true love, deep love, love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority, to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive, even the plants yield
idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- sea of fire, sea of flames, blazing inferno
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be on a (completely) different level, to be on a different scale, to be in a different league, to be of a different order of magnitude, to stand no comparison
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression
- cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye, pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles
idiomatic expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) expression
- to cross the line, to go too far