List: expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)
Words or phrases, used to convey an idea.
expression
- dogged persistence, determined pursuit, pushing forward
expression noun noun (generic)
- tendency to see one's loved one as better than they really are, seeing someone through rose-colored glasses because of love
expression adverb
- implicitly, in an unspoken manner, hinting at, in an implied fashion
abbreviation expression
- ending up right back where one started
proverb expression
- one dog barks at a shadow, and a hundred bark at the sound, it takes one person to start a rumor for the masses to tell it as the truth, gossip travels faster than the truth, when one dog barks at nothing, ten thousand dogs will pass it on as fact
rare term expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to put one's heart (into something), to dedicate (to)
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be impetuous, to carried away by youthful ardor, to be overly eager for action, to act rashly out of hot-bloodedness
search-only kanji form expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to cast a net, to stretch a net
- to keep a sharp lookout (e.g. for a criminal), to cast a wide net (e.g. for information), to set up an ambush
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to tread on thin ice, to walk on thin ice, to take a grave risk, to be in a precarious situation
search-only kanji form idiomatic expression expression noun noun (generic)
- sense of impending doom, foreboding, feeling of grave danger