Words — 42 found
うう
受け売り
1. retailing
2. repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing; telling at second hand
- それ
- は
- うけう受け売り
- だろう ?
請け売り 【うけうり】
請け売り: Rarely-used kanji form.
はなし
話がうまい
1. good at storytelling; good at telling (funny) stories; having the gift of gab
話が上手い 【はなしがうまい】
さきわ
先のことは分からない
1. one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)Proverb
えんい
縁は異なもの
1. inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together; marriages are made in heavenProverb, See also 縁は異なもの味なもの
わるい
悪いことは言わない
1. I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
悪い事は言わない 【わるいことはいわない】
1. tip-off (to the authorities); information (on); anonymous report; telling on (someone)Slang
2. chinkoro (traditional lucky sweet in shapes of various animals sold at new year's events, predominantly in Niigata prefecture)Food, cooking
3. person of low status; low-life; powerless personSlang
5. girls' hair accessory (used to hide hair knots, for the Shichi-go-san festival)
チンコロ
わ
分かったもんじゃない
1. there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?Colloquial
いまい
今だから言える
1. I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then
1. I did say ...!; even though I said ...; I already told (you) to ...!; I'm telling you ...!; ... I said!Dated term, usu. at sentence end after an imperative
2. having said ...; upon saying ...Dated term
1. scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture
- わたし私
- が
- ほか他の
- こども子供たち
- に
- い言った
- こごと小言
- は
- おまえお前
- には
- あ当てはまらない
- よ 。
2. complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
- おく奥さん
- の
- がみがみ
- こごと小言
- に フレッド
- さん
- は
- おおよわ大弱りの
- てい体
- であった 。
1. scolding; telling-off; talking-to; dressing-down