List: idiomatic expression
Expressions, words, or phrases that have a figurative meaning conventionally understood by native speakers.
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to retaliate, to return a blow, to strike back (at), to retort
expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) idiomatic expression
- to take a step backward
- to step back (i.e. to re-think something), to distance oneself (from), to take a back seat
- to behave humbly
- to budge (a little), to make one concession
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to exercise one's talent, to display one's ability
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to outwit, to outsmart, to counterplot, to defeat
- to pierce something all the way through
idiomatic expression expression Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to leave to chance, to resign oneself to one's fate, to leave the rest to heaven
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to straighten oneself, to straighten one's clothes and one's posture, to adopt a more serious attitude
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to do something useless, to gild the lily, to gild refined gold, to build a roof atop the roof
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to be widely known, to be famous
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on, to fling mud at, to put to shame
idiomatic expression expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to live on air, to live on nothing, to live without a means of income