Compounds of れ

• 大阪の食い倒れ
  (exp) financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka)
• 遅ればせながら
  (exp) belatedly
• 追いつ追われつ
  (adj-no) cat-and-mouse (race)
  lead changing hands many times
• 梯子を外される
  (exp) to be lonely at the top
  to be left high and dry by one's friends (lit: to have the ladder pulled out from under one)
• 敵に捕らわれる
  (exp) to be caught by the enemy
• 刀折れ矢尽きて
  (exp) having exhausted every available means (lit: having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows)
• 刀折れ矢尽きる
  (exp) (id) It's all over now
• 得体が知れない
  (exp,adj-i) (1) strange (when used to modify the following noun)
  unfamiliar
  mysterious
  suspicious
  (exp) (2) to not know the true nature
• 得体の知れない
  (adj-i) strange
  unfamiliar
  mysterious
  suspicious
• 日暮れて道遠し
  (exp) (id) The day is short, and the work is much
  My goal is still a long way off
• 濡れティッシュ
  (n) wet wipes
  moist towelette
  baby wipes
• 濡れ衣を着せる
  (exp) to frame
  to falsely accuse of a crime
• 破れ鍋に綴じ蓋
  (exp) (id) Every Jack has his Jill
• 廃れた家を興す
  (exp) to restore a family to its former prosperity
• 抜きつ抜かれつ
  (n) back-and-forth
  neck-and-neck
• 避けて通れない
  (exp,adj-i) (that) cannot be avoided (e.g. problem)
  unavoidable
• 尾ひれをつける
  (exp) to exaggerate
  to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
• 尾ひれを付ける
  (exp) to exaggerate
  to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
• 貧すれば鈍する
  (exp) Poverty dulls the wit
• 貧乏に生まれる
  (exp) to be born poor
  to be born into poverty
• 聞いてあきれる
  (v1,vi) to be astonished to hear
  to be incredulous about
  to express disbelief
• 別れ別れになる
  (exp) to separate (e.g. people)
  to part
• 捕らわれた考え
  (n) prejudiced opinion
  conventional ideas
• 方が宜しければ
  (exp) if you need
  if it is necessary
• 本に画を入れる
  (exp) to illustrate a book with pictures
• 万能汚れ落とし
  (n) all-purpose cleaner
• 眠れる森の美女
  (n) Sleeping Beauty (ballet)
• 無い袖は振れぬ
  (exp) you can't give (use) what you don't have
  nothing comes from nothing
  lit: you can't shake sleeves you don't have
• 勿れ主義の道徳
  (n) negative virtues
• 柳に雪折れなし
  (exp) (obsc) the soft may prove more durable than the hard (lit: willow trees never break under the weight of snow)