Compounds of あっ

• あっとゆう間
  (exp) a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!")
• あっと言う間
  (exp) a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!")
• あっと言う間
  (exp) a blink of time (lit: the time it takes to say "Ah!")
• あっぷあっぷ
  (adv,n,vs) floundering and almost drowning
• 如何あっても
  (exp,adv) whatever the case (used in neg. sentences)
  under any circumstances
• あっけらかんと
  (adv) quite indifferent
  looking blank
  looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
• あっという間に
  (exp) just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!")
  in the twinkling of an eye
  in the blink of an eye
• あっとゆう間に
  (exp) just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!")
  in the twinkling of an eye
  in the blink of an eye
• あっと言う間に
  (exp) just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!")
  in the twinkling of an eye
  in the blink of an eye
• あっと言う間に
  (exp) just like that (lit: in the time it takes to say "Ah!")
  in the twinkling of an eye
  in the blink of an eye
• あっと言わせる
  (exp,v1) to startle
  to surprise
• 省あって国なし
  (exp) each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country (lit: when there are ministries, there is no country)
• あってなきがごとき
  (exp) (1) virtually nonexistent
  negligible
  (2) absolutely useless
• 百害あって一利無し
  (exp) no good
  all pain, no gain
  do no good and a lot of harm
  completely a disadvantage (lit: great damage with no advantage)
• 穴があったら入りたい
  (exp) to (be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear