Words — 57 found
とた
取るに足りない
1. of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
とるに足りない 【とるにたりない】
さはんじ
茶飯事
1. matter of no importance; commonly occurring thing; commonplace event; bread and butter itemSee also 日常茶飯事
もったい
勿体ぶる
1. to put on airs; to assume importance; to be self-important; to be pretentious; to be pompous; to stand on one's dignityUsually written using kana alone
勿体振る 【もったいぶる】
勿体振る: Rarely-used kanji form.
だいいちぎ
第一義
1. primary significance; primary importance; first principle
2. absolute truth; ultimate truthBuddhism
いちだいじ
一大事
1. important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
たか
お高くとまる
1. to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
お高く止まる 【おたかくとまる】、お高く留まる 【おたかくとまる】
いちじんぶつ
一人物
1. person to be reckoned with; person of importance
2. one person; one character; someone
けいちょう
軽重
1. lightness and heaviness; (relative) weight
2. (relative) importance; gravity
軽重 【けいじゅう】
1. of paramount importance; extremely important; essential
1. matter (thing, concept) of high (vital, extreme) importance
しゅかくてんとう
主客転倒
1. reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the endYojijukugo (four character compound)
主客転倒 【しゅきゃくてんとう】、主客顛倒 【しゅかくてんとう】、主客顛倒 【しゅきゃくてんとう】