(exp) to be talked about behind one's back
(exp) to be talked about behind one's back
(exp) to do something with painful reluctance
(lit: to pull the hairs on one's back)
(exp) except as noted below
(exp) to take a parting shot at
(exp,v5s) to engage in a heated discussion
(exp) to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.
to interrupt
(exp) to be anxious about the future of one's country
(exp) to dissolve sugar in water
(exp) to run through one's fortune (in idleness)
(exp) to call for somebody's participation
(exp) to call for somebody's participation
(adj-i) unparalleled in history (unparallelled)
(exp) to devise a crack method
(exp) to weight a line
(exp,adj-i) not mince matters
(exp) by hook or by crook
by all possible means
(exp) by hook or by crook
by all possible means
(exp,v5k) (id) to nitpick
to complain about trifles
(exp) (id) Boys, be ambitious
(exp) to tile a floor
(exp) to be in a state of confusion
(exp) poem in praise of God
(exp,v1) to get on one's nerves
(exp) to dedicate a dance to a god
(exp) to depend on one's parents' (financial) support
(exp) to inherit one's parents disposition
(exp) to obey one's parents
(exp) to work hard
to work oneself to the bone
(exp) to give a marching order