Words — 135 found
くさき
草木もなびく
1. to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yieldIdiomatic expression
草木も靡く 【くさきもなびく】
ツルニチニチソウ
1. bigleaf periwinkle (Vinca major); greater periwinkleUsually written using kana alone
蔓日々草 【つるにちにちそう】、蔓日日草 【つるにちにちそう】
おやおもこころおやごころ
親思う心にまさる親心
1. a parent's love is greater than a child's love for its parentsProverb
親思う心に勝る親心 【おやおもうこころにまさるおやごころ】
きんじょうてんか
錦上添花
1. adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty (honor, grace) with even greater gloryYojijukugo (four character compound)
おおこうもり
インド大蝙蝠
1. Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus); greater Indian fruit batUsually written using kana alone
インドオオコウモリ
1. bamboo stick used to strike meditators into greater wakefulness (in Zen Buddhism)Buddhism
2. striking someone's wrist with one's index and middle fingerUsually written using kana alone, esp. しっぺ
竹箆 【しっぺ】、竹篦 【しっぺい】、竹篦 【しっぺ】
竹箆: Ateji (phonetic) reading. 竹箆: Ateji (phonetic) reading. 竹篦: Ateji (phonetic) reading. 竹篦: Ateji (phonetic) reading.
ラクトアイス
1. ice cream with milk-solids content of 3% or greaterFood, cooking, Wasei, word made in Japan, From English “lacto ice”. Wasei (word made in Japan)
ラクト・アイス
そんだいご
尊大語
1. speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listenerHonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
うくさ
浮き草
1. floating weed
2. greater duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)Usually written using kana alone
3. precarious; unstable
浮草 【うきくさ】、萍 【うきくさ】、浮き萍 【うきくさ】、ウキクサ
浮き萍: Rarely-used kanji form.
にくきほねた
肉を切らせて骨を断つ
1. to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's boneIdiomatic expression