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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- 顔に泥を塗るかおにどろをぬるto bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on, to fling mud at, to put to shame
- 霞を食うかすみをくうto live on air, to live on nothing, to live without a means of income
- 鼎の軽重を問うかなえのけいちょうをとう上位の者の権威を疑って、地位を奪おうとすること。 他人の実力や権威などを疑う事。特に地位の高い人に用いられる。to call someone's ability into question, to doubt a ruler's competence
- 華を去り実に就くかをさりじつにつくto seek results, not show
- 鬼籍に入るきせきにいる鬼籍に姓名を記入される。 死ぬ。死去する。 廃止される。to pass away, to join the majority
- 木に竹を接ぐきにたけをつぐ性質の全く異なる木と竹を無理やりつなぎ合わせること。 前後のつじつまが合わないこと、調和がとれていないこと、不自然で筋が通らないこと。to sew a fox's skin to the lion's
- 肝に銘じるきもにめいじる深く記憶に止め、忘れない。to be deeply impressed, to take to heart, to engrave on one's heart, to bear in mind
- 九死に一生を得るきゅうしにいっしょうをえる死に至る寸前の所から奇跡的に助かる。to have a narrow escape from death
- 釘を刺すくぎをさすto give a warning, to remind (a person) of
- くだを巻くくだをまくto babble in one's cups, to ramble drunkenly
- 心にかかるこころにかかるto weigh on one's mind, to trouble one
- 心を痛めるこころをいためる非常に心配する。to worry (about), to be worried (about), to be troubled (by), to be pained (by)
- 言葉を濁すことばをにごすto be vague, to speak ambiguously, to be evasive, to not commit oneself
- 業を煮やすごうをにやす物事が上手く進まず、腹を立てる。to lose one's temper, to lose patience, to have enough, to be exasperated
- 三舎を避けるさんしゃをさけるto keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior)
- 朱を入れるしゅをいれるto retouch, to correct
- 生を受けるせいをうけるto be born, to come into this world
- たたらを踏むたたらをふむto stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop), to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward, to totter
- 掌を指すたなごころをさすto be obvious, to be obviously correct
- 血の通ったちのかよったflesh-and-blood, human, warm, compassionate
- ツケを払うつけをはらうto pay a bill, to pay one's debt, to pay one's tab, to settle a deferred bill
- 手を変え品を変えてをかえしなをかえby hook or by crook, by all possible means
- 手を差し伸べるてをさしのべるto lend a hand, to give a hand, to help, to extend a helping hand
- 手を染めるてをそめるそれまでしていなかった悪いことをする。またするようになる。to get involved (with), to begin (with), to have a hand (in)
- 手を携えててをたずさえて(acting) together, jointly, cooperatively, in partnership
- 手を出すてをだす物事に新たに関わる。 暴力を振るう。 盗んだり奪ったりする。to reach out one's hand, to extend one's arm, to get involved in, to embark on
- 手を伸べるてをのべるto lend a hand, to give a hand, to help, to extend a helping hand
- 点数を稼ぐてんすうをかせぐto score points with (a person)
- 峠を越えるとうげをこえるto pass the peak (of something), to get through the most difficult part, to be over the worst (e.g. an illness), to cross a pass
- 虎を野に放つとらをのにはなつto let loose something dangerous
- 度を失うどをうしなうto lose one's presence of mind, to lose one's composure, to lose one's head, to get flustered
- 涙をのむなみだをのむto swallow one's tears, to choke back one's tears, to hold back one's disappointment, to suppress one's mortification
- 煮え湯を飲まされるにえゆをのまされるto be betrayed, to be brought to grief (by an enemy), to be given a hard time
- 熱を上げるねつをあげるto become enthusiastic, to have a crush (on), to lose one's head (to), to become earnest
- 話の腰を折るはなしのこしをおるto interfere, to butt in, to interrupt someone
- 花を持たせるはなをもたせるto let (someone) have the credit (for)
- 歯に衣を着せないはにきぬをきせないoutspoken, forthright, frank, direct
- 腹鼓を打つはらつづみをうつto eat to one's heart's content
- 腹を痛めるはらをいためるto give birth to, to have a stomachache
- 化けの皮を現すばけのかわをあらわすto show one's true colors, to expose one's true character
- 恨みを買ううらみをかうto incur someone's enmity
- 保険をかけるほけんをかけるto insure (something), to come up with a back-up plan, to hedge one's bets, to play it safe
- 骨を埋めるほねをうずめるその地で一生を終える。 ある事に生涯を捧げる。to make (somewhere) one's final home, to make (a place) one's final resting place, to do (something) for the rest of one's life, to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
- 骨を折るほねをおる骨折する。 ある問題を解決するために苦労する。to make efforts, to take pains, to break a bone
- 本腰を入れるほんごしをいれるto set about in earnest, to make a strenuous effort, to put one's back into (doing)
- 見得を切るみえをきるto strike a pose (in kabuki), to assume a posture, to make a proud gesture, to put on an air of confidence
- 右に出るみぎにでるto be superior (to), to surpass, to outdo
- 水をかけるみずをかけるto sprinkle water on (something), to spray water on, to splash water on, to squirt water on
- 身を入れるみをいれるto put one's heart (into), to apply oneself (to), to devote oneself (to), to take an interest (in)
- 飯を食うめしをくうto have a meal, to eat, to make a living, to earn one's bread
- 弓を引くゆみをひく悪霊などを払うために弓の弦をはじいて鳴らす。弓を鳴らす。 弓に矢をつがえ射る。弓を射る。 懲らしめる。やっつける。上司や目上の人などに対する反逆の意味で使用する語。to draw a bow, to oppose, to defy, to disobey one's superiors
- へそを曲げるへそをまげるto (go into a) sulk, to get cranky, to get cross, to become perverse
- 虫も殺さぬむしもころさぬ防備が厳重であること。innocent-looking, looking as though one wouldn't hurt a fly, looking as though butter would not melt in one's mouth
- 虫唾が走るむしずがはしるto be disgusted, to be repulsed, to get the creeps
- 後釜に座るあとがまにすわるto succeed to someone's post, to take someone's place, to take over someone's position, to step into someone's shoes
- 茶を濁すちゃをにごすto evade (questions), to reply evasively, to beat around the bush, to throw up a smoke screen
- 馬脚を現すばきゃくをあらわすto reveal one's true nature, to show one's true colours, to give oneself away, to be exposed (of a lie, etc.)
- オブラートに包むオブラートにつつむ相手を刺激しないよう婉曲にする。遠回しな言い方をする。to say in a round-about way (not to upset), to cushion the blow, to sugarcoat
- コップの中の嵐コップのなかのあらしstorm in a teacup, tempest in a teapot
- シャッポを脱ぐシャッポをぬぐ降参する。兜を脱ぐ。to concede defeat, to surrender