慣用句
2つ以上の言葉が結びついて、全体で決まった意味を表す言い回しです。
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- 口が回るくちがまわるto speak fluently, to be a good talker
- 枕を高くして寝るまくらをたかくしてねるto sleep in peace, to sleep without fear
- 口から先に生まれるくちからさきにうまれるto be of an overly talkative disposition since birth
- 口から生まれるくちからうまれるto be of an overly talkative disposition since birth
- 芋の子を洗うよういものこをあらうようwith people jostling against one another, teeming, heaving, jam-packed
- 引きが強いひきがつよいhaving good luck (e.g. in drawing a card or tile in a game)
- 魔女の一撃まじょのいちげきstrained back, lower back pain
- あさっての方向を向くあさってのほうこうをむくto face the wrong way, to go in the wrong direction
- 尻を持つけつをもつto take responsibility for, to take the blame for
- 火にかけるひにかけるto heat on a fire (e.g. a frying pan)
- 一目も二目も置くいちもくもにもくもおくto take off one's hat to a person, to acknowledge another's superiority
- 筆を起こすふでをおこす文書を書き始める。to start writing (e.g. a book)
- 肩をそびやかすかたをそびやかすto square one's shoulders (in order to intimidate)
- 酒に飲まれるさけにのまれるto drink too much and lose self-control
- 煙を立てるけむりをたてるto make a living, to earn a livelihood
- 貝になるかいになるto keep one's mouth shut, to clam up, to be silent, to say nothing
- 狼煙を上げるのろしをあげるto start a signal fire, to use a smoke signal, to initiate an action, to start a campaign
- 一線を退くいっせんをしりぞくto step back, to retire
- 森のバターもりのバターavocado
- 右に出る者はいないみぎにでるものはいないbeing second to none, being in a league of one's own
- 化けの皮が剥がれるばけのかわがはがれるto betray oneself, to reveal one's true colors, to show the cloven hoof, to throw off the mask
- 蓋をするふたをするto cover (a hole, a saucepan), to put on a lid (top, cap), to conceal an inconvenient truth, to pretend to not see something troublesome
- 色をなすいろをなすto turn red (with anger), to be furious, to be livid
- サバ読むさばよむto manipulate figures to one's advantage, to count wrongly on purpose, to inflate or deflate one's age
- 暁鐘ぎょうしょう夜明けに鳴らされる鐘。bell rung to announce daybreak, morning bell, something that ushers in a new age
- 殻に閉じこもるからにとじこもるto withdraw into oneself, to shut oneself away, to seclude oneself
- 目にも止まらぬめにもとまらぬextremely fast, in a flash, too quick for the eye to catch
- 画像はイメージですがぞうはイメージですimage is for illustrative purposes only
- 我が身可愛さわがみかわいさlooking out for oneself, putting one's own skin first, prioritizing one's own safety above all else
- 頬をつねるほおをつねるto pinch someone's cheek, to pinch one's cheek (to make sure one isn't dreaming, esp. upon hearing good news, experiencing something fortunate, etc.)
- 獅子に鰭ししにひれmaking something strong even stronger
- 体がいくつあっても足りないからだがいくつあってもたりないbeing stretched too thin, being pulled in all directions
- 背筋が凍るせすじがこおるto have a chill run down one's spine
- 鞭をくれるむちをくれるto whip, to lash, to give the rod, to spur on
- 目が泳ぐめがおよぐ詰問などをされた際に、隠し事や心にやましいことがあるため、詰問者と目を合わせることができず、目の焦点が定まらずきょろきょろすること。to dart around (of one's eyes), to be shifty
- 泥中の蓮でいちゅうのはすsomething pure amidst filth, a rose among nettles
- 会に合わぬ花えにあわぬはなsomething that comes too late to be of any use, arriving after the ship has sailed
- 骸骨を乞うがいこつをこうto tender one's resignation
- 行き大名の帰り乞食ゆきだいみょうのかえりこじきspending lavishly on the outward journey and having nothing left for the return
- 兜の緒を締めるかぶとのおをしめるto brace oneself (e.g. for battle), to pull oneself together, to focus one's mind
- 死者に鞭打つししゃにむちうつto speak ill of the dead, to criticize the dead
- くちばしを入れるくちばしをいれるto meddle (e.g. in a conversation), to butt in, to interfere, to interrupt
- 触手を伸ばすしょくしゅをのばすあるものを得ようと野心を抱き、探りながらそのものに接近する。to reach out (for), to extend one's reach (towards), to set one's sights (on), to work towards (getting, becoming, etc.)
- 胡蝶の夢こちょうのゆめbeing half awake and half asleep
- 元が取れるもとがとれるto recover (one's) costs, to break even, to pay off (e.g. hard work), to be worth the effort
- 仏作って魂入れずほとけつくってたましいいれずso near, yet so far, ploughing the field and forgetting the seed
- 痰を切るたんをきるto break mucus (from one's throat), to clear one's throat, to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument), to talk pompously
- トンネルの先に光トンネルのさきにひかりlight at the end of the tunnel
- 膝を折るひざをおるto surrender, to give in, to yield, to concede
- 膝を屈するひざをくっするto surrender, to give in, to yield, to submit
- 冬の時代ふゆのじだいdark age, hard times, winter years
- カードの切り方カードのきりかたhow one plays one's cards, card-playing strategy, how one uses one's resources or options, how one plays one's hand
- 火蓋が切られるひぶたがきられるto be started, to begin (of a battle, contest, campaign, etc.)
- 指をさすゆびをさすto point at, to talk about someone behind their back, to backbite
- 身の丈に合うみのたけにあうto fit (e.g. of clothing), to be the right size, to be appropriate (for one's position), to be within one's means
- 矛を交えるほこをまじえるto fight, to cross swords, to engage in battle
- 土をつけるつちをつけるto defeat, to beat
- 火事場の馬鹿力かじばのばかぢから危機が迫った状況になると、普段は発揮できない力を発揮することのたとえ。extraordinary strength displayed in an emergency, surge of power beyond one's normal capacity, great strength exerted at risk
- 飛んで火に入るとんでひにいるrushing to one's doom
- 夏の虫なつのむしsummer insect, (like a) moth flying into the flame