Words containing 寸

寸 — readings, stroke count and radical

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• 一寸逃れいっすんのがれquibbling, prevarication
• 一寸法師いっすんぼうしdwarf, midget, elf, Tom Thumb
• 九寸五分くすんごぶdagger
• 三寸の舌さんずんのしたeloquent tongue
• 人物寸描じんぶつすんびょうthumb-nail sketch
• 寸詰まりすんづまりa little short, sawed-off (pants)
• 寸足らずすんたらずa little too short, slightly worse, a bit inferior
• 寸借詐欺すんしゃくさぎpetty swindling, petty swindler
• 舌先三寸したさきさんずんeloquence or flattery designed to deceive
• 一寸したちょっとしたslight, minor, trifling, trivial
• 寸進尺退すんしんしゃくたいone step forward, many steps backward, little to gain and much to lose
• 寸善尺魔すんぜんしゃくまin evil, there is odds, there is more evil than good in this world, one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen
• 餓死寸前がしすんぜんbeing on the verge of starvation, being about to starve
• 絶滅寸前ぜつめつすんぜんCritically Endangered (conservation status), CE
• 崩壊寸前ほうかいすんぜんon the brink of collapse, in a state of near-collapse
• 胸先三寸むなさきさんずんone's mind, one's inner feelings, (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it
• 外形寸法がいけいすんぽうexternal dimensions
• 寸法記入すんぽうきにゅうdimensioning
• 霊台方寸れいだいほうすんheart, soul
• 破産寸前はさんすんぜんnear bankruptcy, edge of bankruptcy, bumper-to-bumper
• 口先三寸くちさきさんずんglib tongue, eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
• もう一寸もうちょっとa bit more, a bit longer
• 一寸刻みいっすんきざみ(at a) snail's pace, inch by (painful) inch
• 寸門多羅すもたらincense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Sumatra)