Words — 20 found
ひとまわふたまわ
一回りも二回りも
1. one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
ひと回りもふた回りも 【ひとまわりもふたまわりも】、一回りもふた回りも 【ひとまわりもふたまわりも】
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たたらを踏む
1. to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totterIdiomatic expression
踏鞴を踏む 【たたらをふむ】、蹈鞴を踏む 【たたらをふむ】
いちりんざ
一輪挿し
1. small vase for one or two flowers
2. flower arrangement of one or two flowers
一輪挿 【いちりんざし】
といしれんきゅう
飛び石連休
1. series of holidays with one or two workdays in between
飛石連休 【とびいしれんきゅう】
めものみ
目に物見せる
1. to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can doIdiomatic expression
目にもの見せる 【めにものみせる】
にぎ
握り
1. grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
2. handful; fistful
3. handle; grip; knob
5. nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.Food, cooking, Abbreviation, See also 握り寿司
6. nigiri; determining who plays black by taking a handful of white stones and using one or two black stones to guess whether it is odd or evenGo (game), Usually written using kana alone, usu. ニギリ
いたごいちまいしたじごく
板子一枚下は地獄
1. there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery graveProverb
もじことば
文字詞
1. word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji"See also 女房詞
文字言葉 【もじことば】
おおがたれんきゅう
大型連休
1. long holiday (consisting of one or two weekends and multiple public holidays; esp. Golden Week)See also ゴールデンウィーク, expression notably used by public broadcaster NHK
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カグラザメ科
1. Hexanchidae (family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits)
あいじるし
合印
1. identifying mark (esp. a mark of comradeship)
2. mark placed where two pieces of cloth are to be sewn together (or two pieces of wood joined, etc.)
合い印 【あいじるし】、合い標 【あいじるし】、合標 【あいじるし】