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abatamoekubo; abatamoekubo あばたもえくぼ; アバタもエクボ |
(expression) (kana only) (proverb) love is blind; (when in love) even pockmarks are dimples |
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shintaihappukoreofuboniukuaetekishousezaruhakounohajimenari / shintaihappukoreofuboniukuaetekishosezaruhakonohajimenari しんたいはっぷこれをふぼにうくあえてきしょうせざるはこうのはじめなり |
(expression) (proverb) (from The Classic of Filial Piety) filial piety begins with not harming one's own body (as one's entire body was given by one's parents) |
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itachinosaigoppe いたちのさいごっぺ |
(exp,n) (idiom) final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered |
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kuishibaru くいしばる |
(transitive verb) (as 歯を〜) to clench (one's teeth); to grit; to set; to clamp |
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nomikomu のみこむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to swallow; to gulp down; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn; (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (4) to be filled with (people); to contain; (transitive verb) (5) to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back |
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omoutsubonihamaru / omotsubonihamaru おもうつぼにはまる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to turn out just as one wished; to come up to one's expectations; to play into the hands (of) |
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tabinohajihakakisute たびのはじはかきすて |
(expression) (proverb) once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away |
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soumatounoyounikakemeguru / somatonoyonikakemeguru そうまとうのようにかけめぐる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) (See 走馬灯・2) to flash before one's eyes (of memories, etc.) |
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tsukekuwaeru つけくわえる |
(transitive verb) to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.) |
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uchidenokozuchi うちでのこづち |
magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave |
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tachiagaru たちあがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to stand up; to get up; to rise (to one's feet); (v5r,vi) (2) to recover; to regain one's energy; to rise; (v5r,vi) (3) to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to start (doing); (v5r,vi) (4) {sumo} to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge; (v5r,vi) (5) {comp} to start up; to boot up; (v5r,vi) (6) to be established; to be set up; to be formed; to be created; (v5r,vi) (7) to rise (of steam, smoke, etc.) |
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nasusubemonai なすすべもない |
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end |
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鐃旬dewa申鐃初i鐃緒申; 鐃旬dewa申鐃緒申鐃初i鐃緒申; 鐃旬dewa申鐃緒申鐃初i鐃緒申; 鐃旬dewa申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃初i鐃緒申 鐃旬デワ申鐃初イ鐃緒申; 鐃旬デワ申鐃緒申鐃初イ鐃緒申; 鐃旬デワ申鐃緒申鐃初イ鐃緒申; 鐃旬デワ申鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃初イ鐃緒申 |
contours of one's body (eng: body line); figure |
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harawataganiekurikaeru はらわたがにえくりかえる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling |
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hikkoshisoba ひっこしそば |
(from おそばに参りました) (See 蕎麦・2) soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in |
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tachidomaru(p); tachitomaru(ok) たちどまる(P); たちとまる(ok) |
(v5r,vi) to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still |
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bakyakuoarawasu ばきゃくをあらわす |
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.) |
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nekonotemokaritai ねこのてもかりたい |
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) extremely busy; short-handed; wanting even the help of a cat |
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rikutsutokouyakuhadokohedemotsuku / rikutsutokoyakuhadokohedemotsuku りくつとこうやくはどこへでもつく |
(exp,v5k) (proverb) one can give a plausible argument for anything |
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tsukaegatoreru つかえがとれる |
(exp,v1) (idiom) (often 胸の...) to get a load off one's chest; to be relieved of a worry |
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karadagaikutsuattemotarinai からだがいくつあってもたりない |
(expression) (idiom) being stretched too thin; being pulled in all directions; even with several bodies it wouldn't be enough |
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yomeiikubakumonai / yomekubakumonai よめいいくばくもない |
(exp,adj-i) having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered |
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nodokarategaderu のどからてがでる |
(exp,v1) (idiom) (as ~ほど, 〜くらい, etc.) (wanting something so badly that) one can almost taste it; a hand reaches out from one's throat |
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鐃循￥申鐃準gu鐃初u鐃緒申鐃?p); 鐃循￥申鐃準gu鐃緒申鐃緒申; 鐃循￥申鐃準 鐃緒申鐃初u鐃緒申鐃?鐃循￥申鐃準 鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申 鐃循￥申鐃準グ鐃初ウ鐃緒申鐃?P); 鐃循￥申鐃準グ鐃緒申鐃緒申; 鐃循￥申鐃準・鐃緒申鐃初ウ鐃緒申鐃?鐃循￥申鐃準・鐃緒申鐃緒申鐃緒申 |
(1) {sports} home ground; home field; (2) one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain; one's turf |
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kuisagaru くいさがる |
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (v5r,vi) (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (v5r,vi) (3) {sumo} to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips |
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bakyakuoarawasu ばきゃくをあらわす |
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to reveal one's true nature; to show one's true colours; to give oneself away; to be exposed (of a lie, etc.) |
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hisashiokashiteomoyaotorareru ひさしをかしておもやをとられる |
(exp,v1) (1) (idiom) to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house taken; (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) to have a favor returned with spite |
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souhatonyagaorosanai / sohatonyagaorosanai そうはとんやがおろさない |
(expression) (idiom) things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; the wholesaler won't sell it like that |
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wanchippumaikurokonpyuuta; wanchippumaikurokonpyuutaa; wan chippu maikurokonpyuuta; wan chippu maikurokonpyuutaa / wanchippumaikurokonpyuta; wanchippumaikurokonpyuta; wan chippu maikurokonpyuta; wan chippu maikurokonpyuta ワンチップマイクロコンピュータ; ワンチップマイクロコンピューター; ワン・チップ・マイクロコンピュータ; ワン・チップ・マイクロコンピューター |
{comp} one-chip microcomputer |
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shirimochiotsuku しりもちをつく |
(exp,v5k) to fall on one's backside; to land on one's rear |
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gooingumaiwei; gooingumaiuei; gooingumaiuee; gooingu mai wei; gooingu mai uei; gooingu mai uee / gooingumaiwe; gooingumaiue; gooingumaiuee; gooingu mai we; gooingu mai ue; gooingu mai uee ゴーイングマイウェイ; ゴーイングマイウエイ; ゴーイングマイウエー; ゴーイング・マイ・ウェイ; ゴーイング・マイ・ウエイ; ゴーイング・マイ・ウエー |
(expression) (from the 1944 American musical comedy-drama) going one's own way (without caring about what others think) (eng: going my way); laid-back lifestyle |
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ikkasho いっかしょ |
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage |
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tatsutoriatoonigosazu たつとりあとをにごさず |
(expression) (proverb) (See 跡を濁す) it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order |
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suneokajiru; suneokajiru すねをかじる; スネをかじる |
(exp,v5r) (idiom) (kana only) (See 親のすねをかじる) to depend on someone else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents') |
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katasukashiokurau かたすかしをくらう |
(exp,v5u) (1) (idiom) to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; (exp,v5u) (2) (idiom) to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip |
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nasusubemonai なすすべもない |
(exp,adj-i) (kana only) having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless |
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tatekomoru; tategomoru(rk) たてこもる; たてごもる(rk) |
(v5r,vi) (1) to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); (v5r,vi) (2) to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.) |
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toranutanukinokawazanyou(捕ranu狸no皮算用, 取ranu狸no皮算用, 獲ranu狸no皮算用, toranu狸no皮算用); toranutanukinokawazanyou(捕ranutanukino皮算用, 取ranutanukino皮算用, 獲ranutanukino皮算用, toranutanukino皮算用) / toranutanukinokawazanyo(捕ranu狸no皮算用, 取ranu狸no皮算用, 獲ranu狸no皮算用, toranu狸no皮算用); toranutanukinokawazanyo(捕ranutanukino皮算用, 取ranutanukino皮算用, 獲ranutanukino皮算用, toranutanukino皮算用) とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう(捕らぬ狸の皮算用, 取らぬ狸の皮算用, 獲らぬ狸の皮算用, とらぬ狸の皮算用); とらぬタヌキのかわざんよう(捕らぬタヌキの皮算用, 取らぬタヌキの皮算用, 獲らぬタヌキの皮算用, とらぬタヌキの皮算用) |
(expression) (idiom) counting one's chickens before they've hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught |
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shimikomu しみこむ |
(v5m,vi) (1) to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to permeate; (v5m,vi) (2) to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled; to be embedded; to be impressed |
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tsukekaeru つけかえる |
(transitive verb) (1) to replace; to change (for a new one); to renew; (transitive verb) (2) {bus} to reassign (an expense); to charge (to a different account); to shift (a loss) |
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kurikaramonmon くりからもんもん |
(kana only) (See 倶利迦羅) tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo |
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ningenitarutokoroseizanari; jinkanitarutokoroseizanari / ningenitarutokorosezanari; jinkanitarutokorosezanari にんげんいたるところせいざんあり; じんかんいたるところせいざんあり |
(expression) (proverb) home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places |
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toranutanukinokawazanyou / toranutanukinokawazanyo とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう |
(expression) (idiom) counting one's chickens before they're hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught |
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akanbee; akanbe; akkanbee; akkanbe(sk); akkanbee(sk); akanbee(sk); akkanbee(sk); akanbei(sk); akanbee(sk); akkanbeェ(sk); akanbee(sk); akanbee(sk) / akanbee; akanbe; akkanbee; akkanbe(sk); akkanbee(sk); akanbee(sk); akkanbee(sk); akanbe(sk); akanbee(sk); akkanbeェ(sk); akanbee(sk); akanbee(sk) あかんべえ; あかんべ; あっかんべー; あっかんべ(sk); あっかんべぇ(sk); あかんべー(sk); あっかんべえ(sk); あかんべい(sk); アカンベー(sk); あっかんべェ(sk); アッカンベー(sk); あかんべぇ(sk) |
(1) (from 赤目) (See 赤目) pulling down one's lower eyelid and sticking out one's tongue (as a taunt or gesture of contempt or rejection); (interjection) (2) no way!; no!; get lost! |
Information about this dictionary:
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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.
Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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