List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
proverb expression
- faith will move mountains
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth
proverb expression
- show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
proverb expression
- there's no flying from fate, you can't fight fate
proverb expression
- a neighbour is better than a relative living far
proverb expression
- it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one, they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep, inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
proverb expression
- poor speakers make long speeches, brevity is the soul of wit
usually written using kana alone expression
- both are bad, neither is good, one's as bad as the other, both are to blame, six of one, half a dozen of the other
expression
- what kind of business, what sort of matter
proverb expression
- the greatest hate proceeds from the greatest love