| お世辞にもうまいとは言えない;お世辞にもうまいとはいえない | [おせじにもうまいとはいえない, osejinimoumaitohaienai] (exp, adj-i) With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good [Add to Longdo] |
| ずには居られない | [ずにはいられない, zunihairarenai] (exp, adj-i) (uk) (See ないではいられない) (after neg. verb stem) feel compelled to; can't help but feel; can't help but do [Add to Longdo] |
| ちゃらっぽこ | [charappoko] (int) no way; that can't be true; nonsense! [Add to Longdo] |
| つんぼ桟敷;聾桟敷 | [つんぼさじき, tsunbosajiki] (n) (1) (sens) being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop; (2) (arch) upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat [Add to Longdo] |
| と言ってしまえばそれまで | [といってしまえばそれまで, toitteshimaebasoremade] (exp) it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but) [Add to Longdo] |
| ないでは居られない | [ないではいられない, naidehairarenai] (exp, adj-i) (uk) (See ずにはいられない) feel compelled to; can't help but feel; can't help but do [Add to Longdo] |
| 衣食足りて礼節を知る | [いしょくたりてれいせつをしる, ishokutaritereisetsuwoshiru] (exp) the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite [Add to Longdo] |
| 下戸 | [げこ, geko] (n) someone who can't drink; non-drinker; temperate man; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ;我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ | [わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ, wagamiwotsunettehitonoitasawoshire] (exp) (id) you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch oneself and know others' pain [Add to Longdo] |
| 叶う(P);適う;敵う | [かなう, kanau] (v5u) (1) (esp. 叶う) to come true (wish); (2) (uk) (See 道理に適う) to be suited; (3) (esp. 敵う) to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat); (P) [Add to Longdo] |