Words — 57 found
1. repaying a kindness; gratitude
したまちにんじょう
下町人情
1. the warm feelings of people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
つあ
付け上がる
1. to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky
つけ上がる 【つけあがる】、付け上る 【つけあがる】、付上がる 【つけあがる】
おおおかさば
大岡裁き
1. judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair mannerfrom Ōoka Tadasuke, a 17th century jurist
みずごころ
水心
1. knowing how to swim
2. kindness begets kindness; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursProverb, Abbreviation, See also 魚心あれば水心
わたせけんおに
渡る世間に鬼はない
1. all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhereProverb
渡る世間に鬼は無い 【わたるせけんにおにはない】
ひさしかおもやと
庇を貸して母屋を取られる
1. to have one's kindness taken advantage of; give him an inch and he'll take a mile; to lend out the eaves but have one's whole house takenIdiomatic expression
2. to have a favor returned with spiteIdiomatic expression
あだおんむく
仇を恩で報いる
1. to repay meanness with kindnessIdiomatic expression
あま
甘えかかる
1. to come to depend on someone's kindnessRare term
甘え掛かる 【あまえかかる】
さかうら
逆恨み
1. being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards)
2. responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; resentment caused by a misunderstanding
3. unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudgeColloquial
おんしんびょうどう
怨親平等
1. care equally for friends and foes; treat everyone with equal kindnessBuddhism, Yojijukugo (four character compound)
こうむ
被る
1. to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
蒙る 【こうむる】
む
無にする
1. to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to neutralize (a person's efforts); to waste
- かれ彼
- は
- しょうしん昇進
- の
- きかい機会
- を
- む無にした 。
2. to empty; to clearas in 心を無にする, etc.
おう
押し売り
1. high-pressure selling; aggressive peddling; the hard sell; high-pressure salesman
2. forcing on someone (e.g. kindness)
押売 【おしうり】、押売り 【おしうり】