Words — 85 found
どんしゅううお
呑舟の魚
1. fish large enough to swallow a whole boat; colossal fish
2. great man; notorious manIdiomatic expression
吞舟の魚 【どんしゅうのうお】
なみだ
涙をのむ
1. to swallow one's tears; to choke back one's tears; to hold back one's disappointment; to suppress one's mortificationIdiomatic expression
涙を呑む 【なみだをのむ】、涙を飲む 【なみだをのむ】
あほうはなしぐ
阿呆の話食い
1. an idiot will swallow anything; an idiot will believe anything they hear; fools act without thinkingIdiomatic expression, Rare term
ゆびきうそはりせんぼんの
指切りげんまん、嘘ついたら針千本飲ます
1. cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye; pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needlesIdiomatic expression, See also 指切り, said by children when making a pinky swear
つばめがえ
燕返し
1. quickly reversed cut (sword technique)
2. swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversalMartial arts
3. swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique)Mahjong
4. completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tileMahjong
ツバメ返し 【つばめがえし】、つばめ返し 【つばめがえし】
つのたうしころ
角を矯めて牛を殺す
1. to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cowIdiomatic expression
1. swallowing without chewing
2. swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
- かれ彼の
- はなし話
- を
- うのみ
- に
- する
- こと
- は
- できなかった 。
つばめとび
燕鳶
1. swallow-tailed kite (Elanoides forficatus)Usually written using kana alone
ツバメトビ
ごえん
誤嚥
1. breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipeMedicine
誤えん 【ごえん】
おにぼうずぎす
鬼坊主鱚
1. black swallower (Chiasmodon niger)Usually written using kana alone
オニボウズギス
からすあげは
烏揚羽
1. Chinese peacock (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio bianor)Usually written using kana alone
カラスアゲハ
なみあげは
並揚羽
1. citrus swallowtail (species of butterfly, Papilio xuthus)Usually written using kana alone
ナミアゲハ
くろあげは
黒揚羽
1. spangle (species of black swallowtail butterfly, Papilio protenor)Usually written using kana alone
黒揚羽蝶 【くろあげは】、黒鳳蝶 【くろあげは】、クロアゲハ
みかどあげは
帝揚羽
1. common jay (species of swallowtail butterfly, Graphium doson)Usually written using kana alone
ミカドアゲハ
ながさきあげは
長崎揚羽
1. Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
長崎揚羽蝶 【ながさきあげは】、ナガサキアゲハ
ひめうすばしろちょう
姫薄羽白蝶
1. Parnassius stubbendorfii (species of swallowtail)Usually written using kana alone
ヒメウスバシロチョウ