Words — 69 found
お
ツボを押さえる
1. to grasp the important points; to hit the right points
つぼを押さえる 【つぼをおさえる】、壺を押さえる 【つぼをおさえる】
あん
案ずる
1. to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to worry (about); to fearOnly applies to 案ずる, See also 案じる
2. to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to devise; to consider; to ponder
3. to investigate
4. to stroke; to rub; to pat; to grasp (the hilt of one's sword)Only applies to 按ずる
按ずる 【あんずる】
つか
掴ませる
1. to let someone hold; to make someone grasp
2. to bribe; to slip money to; to pay off
3. to pass off; to foist on; to palm off
よくくまたかまたさ
欲の熊鷹股裂く
1. avarice brings doom upon oneself; grasp all, lose all; the greedy hawk-eagle splits in half (when trying to catch two boars at once)Proverb
たからやまいてむなかえ
宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る
1. to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp; to come home empty-handed despite having entered treasure mountainIdiomatic expression
きつねお
狐が落ちる
1. to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of a fox; to be exorcised from a fox
かたす
肩透かし
1. under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him downSumo
3. disappointment; letdown
肩すかし 【かたすかし】
1. miser; grasping fellow
1. grasping (a meaning)
て
手づかみ
1. grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
手掴み 【てづかみ】、手捉み 【てづかみ】
しふくゆうひ
雌伏雄飛
1. biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourishYojijukugo (four character compound)
どうこうはあく
動向把握
1. grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing
さんかくずわ
三角座り
1. sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)Usually written using kana alone, Kansai dialect, See also 体育座り
三角座り 【さんかくすわり】
たいいくずわ
体育座り
1. sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
体育座り 【たいいくすわり】
にぎばし
握り箸
1. grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)