List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
idiomatic expression expression
- teaching your grandmother to suck eggs, teaching something to someone who knows more than you, preaching to the choir, lecturing to the Buddha
idiomatic expression expression
- his true objective lies elsewhere, there are ulterior motives at play, the enemy is at Honnลji
expression
- daydream
expression pronoun
- our company, my company
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to wait for a long time, to wait and wait, to eagerly await
Buddhism expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
historical term expression noun noun (generic)
- Hamaguri Rebellion (1864), Kinmon incident
historical term expression noun noun (generic)
- Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation expression
- blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus), worm snake
- fools rush in
sensitive proverb expression
- fools rush in where angels fear to tread, the blind don't fear snakes