List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
colloquial expression
- zip it!, shut it!, be quiet!
- I'll shut up
polite language expression
- may I ask (for), might I ask (that)
rarely used kanji form usually written using kana alone expression
- and they all lived happily ever after
- having a happy ending, ending without incident
idiomatic expression expression
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes, being the apple of one's eye
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to set one's hand to, to start work on
- to embezzle, to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
- to have sexual relations, to have an affair
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bring up a subject, to touch on a matter
jocular, humorous term euphemistic expression noun noun (generic)
- fly (on trousers), flies, zipper
colloquial expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to flare up, to fly into a rage
usually written using kana alone expression Osaka-ben
- Are you making money?
polite language expression Kansai-ben
- suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense