List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
children's language expression
- go away, germs!, no cooties on me!
expression noun noun (generic)
- bed of nails, bed of thorns, bed of needles
idiomatic expression expression
- exaggeration, making a mountain out of a molehill
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- (a woman) to lose her roughness and become urbane and good-looking, to become experienced in worldly affairs
expression noun noun (generic)
- urbane and good-looking woman
colloquial expression
- didn't know, was unaware
proverb expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- curiosity killed the cat
proverb expression
- there's always room for dessert, there's another stomach for dessert
rarely used kanji form expression noun noun (generic)
- (on the) right track, (on the) right lines
proverb expression
- half a loaf is better than none, even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain