(exp,adj-i) bright even in the dark
clearly visible at night
(exp) (uk) impossible to do (although wants to)
(exp) (uk) impossible to do (although wants to)
(exp) (obsc) the soft may prove more durable than the hard (lit: willow trees never break under the weight of snow)
(exp) (obsc) the soft may prove more durable than the hard (lit: willow trees never break under the weight of snow)
(adv) (uk) for amusement
by way of diversion (distraction from grief)
(exp) to be besieged with visitors
(exp) to be besieged with visitors
(exp) there are wheels within wheels
there's more to most things than meets the eye
(exp) (id) There are wheels within wheels
(exp) to be dispersed
to get separated
(exp) to try to have it both ways
to try to sit on two stools
(exp) to try to have it both ways
to try to sit on two stools
(exp) good medicine tastes bitter
the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to
(exp) to meet force with force
(exp) to dance in a circle (ring)
(exp) without looking aside
looking neither right nor left
wholeheartedly
(exp) (id) to have confidence in one's own abilities
(exp) without being able to help oneself
against one's will
compelling
pressing
irresistible
(exp) without being able to help oneself
against one's will
compelling
pressing
irresistible
(exp) feeling deeply ashamed of oneself
overwhelmed with shame
(exp) feeling deeply ashamed of oneself
overwhelmed with shame
(n) (arch) incompetent leader (like a monkey wearing a crown)
(exp) to be a point of honor
to affect someone's good name
(exp,vs-i) to blend (e.g. truth and lies)
to mix together (e.g. kanji and kana)
(exp) Hardship makes the man
(exp) (uk) (ksb:) I've had enough of your messing around (orig. a phrase signaling the end of a manzai performance)
(exp) to say commonplace things
(exp) pardon me for leaving (first) (used when leaving a workplace while others remain)
(exp) to be scheduled to (do)
to be expected to (do)