List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
rare term expression
- parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night)
search-only kanji form proverb expression
- you get what you pay for, wasting money on a cheap item
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression
- a drop in the bucket, a drop in the ocean, pointless exercise, waste of time, (something that is) too little, too late, (pouring) water on a hot stone
proverb expression
- it often takes time for one's actions to bear fruit, planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight
proverb expression
- the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
proverb expression
- one man's meat is another man's poison, one man's medicine is another man's poison
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to inject with a syringe
proverb expression
- of soup and love, the first is the best, one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bury the hatchet, to make up, to be reconciled, to be reunited (e.g. couple), to be reinstated
idiomatic expression expression
- to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it), a monkey wearing a crown