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明日の事を言えば鬼が笑う

see styles
 asunokotooiebaonigawarau
    あすのことをいえばおにがわらう
(expression) (proverb) nobody knows the morrow; speak of tomorrow and the ogres laugh

Variations:
時間をつぶす
時間を潰す

 jikanotsubusu
    じかんをつぶす
(exp,v5s) to kill time

来年の事を言うと鬼が笑う

see styles
 rainennokotooiutoonigawarau
    らいねんのことをいうとおにがわらう
(expression) (proverb) nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh

Variations:
機嫌を直す
機嫌をなおす

 kigenonaosu
    きげんをなおす
(v5s,exp) to put back in a good mood; to cheer up

Variations:
毛氈をかぶる
毛氈を被る

 mousenokaburu / mosenokaburu
    もうせんをかぶる
(exp,v5r) (1) (archaism) to blunder; to bungle; to fail; (exp,v5r) (2) (archaism) to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes)

Variations:
気を緩める
気をゆるめる

 kioyurumeru
    きをゆるめる
(exp,v1) to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ

see styles
 edonokatakionagasakideutsu
    えどのかたきをながさきでうつ
(exp,v5t) (idiom) to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest

Variations:
浮き名を流す
浮名を流す

 ukinaonagasu
    うきなをながす
(exp,v5s) to get a reputation as a philanderer

渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず

see styles
 kasshitemotousennomizuonomazu / kasshitemotosennomizuonomazu
    かっしてもとうせんのみずをのまず
(expression) (proverb) better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty

火を見るより明らかである

see styles
 hiomiruyoriakirakadearu
    ひをみるよりあきらかである
(exp,v5r-i) to be as plain as daylight; to be as clear as day

Variations:
点数を稼ぐ
点数をかせぐ

 tensuuokasegu / tensuokasegu
    てんすうをかせぐ
(exp,v5g) (idiom) to score points with (a person)

Variations:
焼印を押す
焼き印を押す

 yakiinoosu / yakinoosu
    やきいんをおす
(exp,v5s) to brand (cattle, etc.)

Variations:
片棒を担ぐ
片棒をかつぐ

 katabouokatsugu / katabookatsugu
    かたぼうをかつぐ
(exp,v5g) to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in

Variations:
物議を醸す
物議をかもす

 butsugiokamosu
    ぶつぎをかもす
(exp,v5s) to cause controversy; to be controversial; to arouse criticism; to raise a storm; to cause a stir

Variations:
留守を使う
留守をつかう

 rusuotsukau
    るすをつかう
(exp,v5u) to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out

Variations:
目をかすめる
目を掠める

 meokasumeru
    めをかすめる
(exp,v1) to do in secret

Variations:
目をくらます
目を眩ます

 meokuramasu
    めをくらます
(exp,v5s) to deceive; to blind the eyes of

Variations:
相好を崩す
相好をくずす

 sougouokuzusu / sogookuzusu
    そうごうをくずす
(exp,v5s) to smile broadly; to grin widely

Variations:
破綻をきたす
破綻を来す

 hatanokitasu
    はたんをきたす
(exp,v5s) to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt

Variations:
神経を使う
神経をつかう

 shinkeiotsukau / shinkeotsukau
    しんけいをつかう
(exp,v5u) to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise

Variations:
粗熱を取る
あら熱を取る

 aranetsuotoru
    あらねつをとる
(exp,v5r) to let something (e.g. frypan, pot) cool down

Variations:
約束を守る
約束をまもる

 yakusokuomamoru
    やくそくをまもる
(exp,v5r) (See 約束を破る) to keep a promise; to keep one's word

Variations:
約束を破る
約束をやぶる

 yakusokuoyaburu
    やくそくをやぶる
(exp,v5r) (See 約束を守る) to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege

Variations:
縁起を担ぐ
縁起をかつぐ

 engiokatsugu
    えんぎをかつぐ
(exp,v5g) to be superstitious; to believe in omens

Variations:
罫線を引く
けい線を引く

 keisenohiku / kesenohiku
    けいせんをひく
(exp,v5k) to rule a line; to draw a line

Variations:
耳を揃えて
耳をそろえて

 mimiosoroete
    みみをそろえて
(expression) (to pay off) in full

Variations:
耳を揃える
耳をそろえる

 mimiosoroeru
    みみをそろえる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)

Variations:
肌を合わせる
肌を合せる

 hadaoawaseru
    はだをあわせる
(exp,v1) to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to bring one's bodies together (e.g. for warmth)

Variations:
肝を冷やす
きもを冷やす

 kimoohiyasu
    きもをひやす
(exp,v5s) to be struck with terror; to be terrified; to be scared to death

Variations:
肩をすくめる
肩を竦める

 kataosukumeru
    かたをすくめる
(exp,v1) to shrug one's shoulders

Variations:
肩を並べる
肩をならべる

 kataonaraberu
    かたをならべる
(exp,v1) (1) to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; (exp,v1) (2) to be on a par with

Variations:
胃袋をつかむ
胃袋を掴む

 ibukurootsukamu
    いぶくろをつかむ
(exp,v5m) to attract someone with food

Variations:
胸を冷やす
むねを冷やす

 muneohiyasu
    むねをひやす
(exp,v5s) (See 肝を冷やす) to be frightened

Variations:
腰をかがめる
腰を屈める

 koshiokagameru
    こしをかがめる
(exp,v1) to bend forward; to stoop; to bow

Variations:
腹を抱える
腹をかかえる

 haraokakaeru
    はらをかかえる
(exp,v1) to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter

Variations:
膝を抱える
膝をかかえる

 hizaokakaeru
    ひざをかかえる
(exp,v1) to hug one's knees; to clasp one's arms around one's knees; to be lonely

Variations:
膝を落とす
ひざを落とす

 hizaootosu
    ひざをおとす
(exp,v5s) to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees

Variations:
臍を固める
ほぞを固める

 hozookatameru
    ほぞをかためる
(exp,v1) to make up one's mind (to do something); to resolve firmly (to do something)

Variations:
臍を曲げる
へそを曲げる

 hesoomageru
    へそをまげる
(exp,v1) to get angry; to become perverse

至弱をもって至強にあたる

see styles
 shijakuomotteshikyouniataru / shijakuomotteshikyoniataru
    しじゃくをもってしきょうにあたる
(exp,v5r) (proverb) (rare) attack your enemy's strength with your weakness

Variations:
色目を使う
色目をつかう

 iromeotsukau
    いろめをつかう
(exp,v5u) (1) to make eyes at; to leer; to ogle; (exp,v5u) (2) to ingratiate oneself; to toady; to flatter

Variations:
草鞋を脱ぐ
わらじを脱ぐ

 warajionugu
    わらじをぬぐ
(exp,v5g) to complete one's journey

Variations:
蓋を閉める
ふたを閉める

 futaoshimeru
    ふたをしめる
(exp,v1) (ant: 蓋を開ける・1) to shut the lid

Variations:
蓋を開ける
ふたを開ける

 futaoakeru
    ふたをあける
(exp,v1) (1) (ant: 蓋を閉める) to open the lid; to lift a lid; (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) to open the lid (on); to make public; (exp,v1) (3) (idiom) to start (something); (exp,v1) (4) (idiom) to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect); to look at the condition of something; (exp,v1) (5) (idiom) to open (of a theatre)

Variations:
藁をもすがる
藁をも縋る

 waraomosugaru
    わらをもすがる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) (non-standard variant of 藁にもすがる) (See 藁にもすがる) to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

Variations:
藁をも掴む
藁をもつかむ

 waraomotsukamu; waraomotsukamu(sk)
    わらをもつかむ; ワラをもつかむ(sk)
(exp,v5m) (idiom) (See 藁にもすがる) to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

Variations:
融和を図る
融和をはかる

 yuuwaohakaru / yuwaohakaru
    ゆうわをはかる
(exp,v5r) to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation

蟹は甲羅に似せて穴を掘る

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 kanihakouraniniseteanaohoru / kanihakoraniniseteanaohoru
    かにはこうらににせてあなをほる
(exp,v5r) (proverb) to each their own; different strokes for different folks; cut your coat to suit your cloth; a crab digs a hole like its own shell

Variations:
行水を使う
行水をつかう

 gyouzuiotsukau / gyozuiotsukau
    ぎょうずいをつかう
(exp,v5u) to have a tub-bath

Variations:
襟首を掴む
襟首をつかむ

 erikubiotsukamu
    えりくびをつかむ
(exp,v5m) to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

Variations:
言葉をもじる
言葉を捩る

 kotobaomojiru
    ことばをもじる
(exp,v5r) to make a pun on a word

Variations:
言葉を紡ぐ
言葉をつむぐ

 kotobaotsumugu
    ことばをつむぐ
(exp,v5g) (poetic term) to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words

Variations:
記憶をたどる
記憶を辿る

 kiokuotadoru
    きおくをたどる
(exp,v5r) to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

Variations:
証拠を掴む
証拠をつかむ

 shoukootsukamu / shokootsukamu
    しょうこをつかむ
(exp,v5m) to obtain evidence

Variations:
誤りを犯す
誤りをおかす

 ayamariookasu
    あやまりをおかす
(exp,v5s) to make a mistake; to commit an error; to commit a fault

Variations:
足元をすくう
足元を掬う

 ashimotoosukuu / ashimotoosuku
    あしもとをすくう
(exp,v5u) (incorr. var. of 足を掬う) (See 足をすくう・あしをすくう) to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

Variations:
跡をくらます
跡を暗ます

 atookuramasu
    あとをくらます
(exp,v5s) (rare) (See 行方をくらます) to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

Variations:
身をかがめる
身を屈める

 miokagameru
    みをかがめる
(exp,v1) to stoop; to bend over

Variations:
身をひそめる
身を潜める

 miohisomeru
    みをひそめる
(exp,v1) (See 潜める) to hide oneself

Variations:
身を切るよう
身を切る様

 miokiruyou / miokiruyo
    みをきるよう
(exp,adj-na) piercing (cold); biting (wind)

Variations:
身を委ねる
身をゆだねる

 mioyudaneru
    みをゆだねる
(exp,v1) to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)

Variations:
輿望を担う
輿望をになう

 yobouoninau / yobooninau
    よぼうをになう
(exp,v5u) to enjoy the trust and confidence of

門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む

see styles
 monzennokozounarawanukyouoyomu / monzennokozonarawanukyooyomu
    もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ
(exp,v5m) (proverb) you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate will recite sutras untaught

Variations:
陰口をたたく
陰口を叩く

 kageguchiotataku
    かげぐちをたたく
(exp,v5k) to backbite

Variations:
難を逃れる
難をのがれる

 nanonogareru
    なんをのがれる
(exp,v1) to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

Variations:
雨露をしのぐ
雨露を凌ぐ

 ametsuyuoshinogu
    あめつゆをしのぐ
(exp,v5g) to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

Variations:
雪崩を打つ
なだれを打つ

 nadareoutsu / nadareotsu
    なだれをうつ
(exp,v5t) to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

Variations:
靴紐を結ぶ
靴ひもを結ぶ

 kutsuhimoomusubu
    くつひもをむすぶ
(exp,v5b) to do up one's shoelaces; to tie one's shoes; to lace up one's shoes

Variations:
頭をかかえる
頭を抱える

 atamaokakaeru
    あたまをかかえる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

Variations:
頭をもたげる
頭を擡げる

 atamaomotageru
    あたまをもたげる
(exp,v1) to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head

Variations:
顔をしかめる
顔を顰める

 kaooshikameru
    かおをしかめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to frown

Variations:
顔をゆがめる
顔を歪める

 kaooyugameru
    かおをゆがめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to make a wry face

Variations:
顔を出す
顔をだす

 kaoodasu
    かおをだす
(exp,v5s) to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

Variations:
顔を揃える
顔をそろえる

 kaoosoroeru
    かおをそろえる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to all be in attendance (at a meeting, etc.); to all gather together

Variations:
顔を歪める
顔をゆがめる

 kaooyugameru
    かおをゆがめる
(exp,v1) to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face

Variations:
顔を背ける
顔をそむける

 kaoosomukeru
    かおをそむける
(exp,v1) to turn one's face away

Variations:
風邪をうつす
風邪を移す

 kazeoutsusu / kazeotsusu
    かぜをうつす
(exp,v5s) to give a cold (to someone)

Variations:
首をかしげる
首を傾げる

 kubiokashigeru
    くびをかしげる
(exp,v1) to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled

Variations:
首をすくめる
首を竦める

 kubiosukumeru
    くびをすくめる
(exp,v1) (See 竦める・すくめる) to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders

Variations:
首をもたげる
首を擡げる

 kubiomotageru
    くびをもたげる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to rise into importance; to gain strength; to raise one's head

Variations:
骨を埋める
骨をうずめる

 honeouzumeru / honeozumeru
    ほねをうずめる
(exp,v1) (1) (idiom) to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

Variations:
眉をしかめる
眉を顰める

 mayuoshikameru
    まゆをしかめる
(exp,v1) (misreading of 顰める) (See 眉をひそめる) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

Variations:
眉をひそめる
眉を顰める

 mayuohisomeru
    まゆをひそめる
(exp,v1) to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown

Variations:
アイドルヲタ
アイドルオタ

 aidoruota; aidoruota
    アイドルヲタ; アイドルオタ
(slang) (abbreviation) (See アイドルオタク) (masculine speech) otaku obsessed with (female) idols

Variations:
アニオタ
アニヲタ

 aniota; aniota(ik)
    アニオタ; アニヲタ(ik)
(slang) (abbreviation) (See アニメ,オタク) anime otaku

Variations:
いい年をして
いい歳をして

 iitoshioshite / itoshioshite
    いいとしをして
(expression) (See いい年して) (in spite of) being old enough to know better

おいしいところを持っていく

see styles
 oishiitokoroomotteiku / oishitokoroomotteku
    おいしいところをもっていく
(exp,v5k) (1) to take a big bite; (2) to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show

おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ

see styles
 oborerumonohawaraomotsukamu
    おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ
(expression) (proverb) A drowning man will catch at a straw

Variations:
お世話をする
御世話をする

 osewaosuru
    おせわをする
(exp,vs-i) to take care of

Variations:
お世辞を言う
お世辞をいう

 osejioiu
    おせじをいう
(exp,v5u) to flatter; to pay empty compliments

Variations:
お初をいただく
お初を頂く

 ohatsuoitadaku
    おはつをいただく
(exp,v5k) to eat something for the first time in the season

Variations:
お百度を踏む
御百度を踏む

 ohyakudoofumu
    おひゃくどをふむ
(exp,v5m) (1) to visit repeatedly (to make a request); (exp,v5m) (2) to walk back and forth in front of a shrine, praying a hundred times

Variations:
お腹を空かす
お腹をすかす

 onakaosukasu
    おなかをすかす
(exp,v5s) (See お腹を空かせる) to feel hungry; to get hungry

Variations:
お金を下ろす
お金をおろす

 okaneoorosu
    おかねをおろす
(exp,v5s) to withdraw money; to take money out

Variations:
お預けを食う
御預けを食う

 oazukeokuu / oazukeoku
    おあずけをくう
(exp,v5u) to have to wait (for the realization of something hoped for); to be forced to postpone

Variations:
ガノタ
ガンオタ
ガンヲタ

 ganota; ganota; ganota
    ガノタ; ガンオタ; ガンヲタ
(slang) (from ガンダム + オタク) Gundam otaku; Gundam fan

Variations:
ギアを上げる
ギヤを上げる

 giaoageru(giao上geru); giyaoageru(giyao上geru)
    ギアをあげる(ギアを上げる); ギヤをあげる(ギヤを上げる)
(exp,v1) to take things to the next level (e.g. skill); to move into a higher gear

Variations:
ケチを付ける
けちを付ける

 kechiotsukeru(kechio付keru); kechiotsukeru(kechio付keru)
    ケチをつける(ケチを付ける); けちをつける(けちを付ける)
(exp,v1) (1) (kana only) to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to complain; to pick holes (in); (exp,v1) (2) (kana only) to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx; to cast a bad omen (on)

Variations:
ケリを付ける
けりを付ける

 keriotsukeru; keriotsukeru
    けりをつける; ケリをつける
(exp,v1) (kana only) to settle; to finish; to bring to an end

Variations:
ご意見を伺う
御意見を伺う

 goikenoukagau / goikenokagau
    ごいけんをうかがう
(exp,v5u) to ask the opinion of (a superior)

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

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

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.

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