Words — 106 found
1. low fence flanking a gate or entrance
1. waist-high fence
1. bamboo fence (hedge)
な
無いものねだり
1. asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossibleUsually written using kana alone
無い物ねだり 【ないものねだり】、ない物ねだり 【ないものねだり】、無いもの強請り 【ないものねだり】、無い物強請り 【ないものねだり】
もようなが
模様眺め
1. wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows
いぬやらい
犬矢来
1. short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)
1. iron railing; iron fence
ませ
籬
1. short roughly woven fenceArchaic, usu. not 間狭
2. divider between boxes (i.e. for box seats) in a theatre, etc.
間狭 【ませ】、笆 【ませ】、架 【ませ】
1. short roughly woven fenceRare term
1. over a wall; crossing a fence
となりしばふあお
隣の芝生は青い
1. the grass is always greener on the other side of the fenceProverb
となりの芝生は青い 【となりのしばふはあおい】
となりはなあか
隣の花は赤い
1. the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redderProverb
ひとはなあか
人の花は赤い
1. the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redderProverb