芸は身を助く | [げいはみをたすく, geihamiwotasuku] (exp) (id) Art brings bread [Add to Longdo] |
言い出しっぺ;言い出しっ屁;言出しっ屁;言出しっぺ | [いいだしっぺ, iidashippe] (exp) the one who brought it up; the one who calls attention to a fart is in fact the farter; the one who brings up a subject must be the first to act upon it [Add to Longdo] |
策士策に溺れる | [さくしさくにおぼれる, sakushisakunioboreru] (exp) (id) craft brings nothing home (lit [Add to Longdo] |
出世作 | [しゅっせさく, shussesaku] (n) work of art or literature that brings fame [Add to Longdo] |
寝る子は育つ | [ねるこはそだつ, nerukohasodatsu] (exp) (id) Sleep brings up a child well [Add to Longdo] |
水魔 | [すいま, suima] (n) (1) disastrous flooding; (2) kelpie; water demon that brings floods or disasters [Add to Longdo] |
腿上げ;もも上げ | [ももあげ, momoage] (n) high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running) [Add to Longdo] |
知恵熱 | [ちえねつ;ちえぼとり, chienetsu ; chiebotori] (n) (1) teething fever; (2) developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt [Add to Longdo] |
通り物;通物(io) | [とおりもの, toorimono] (n) (See 通り魔・2) demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by [Add to Longdo] |
通り魔 | [とおりま, toorima] (n) (1) random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher; (2) (original meaning) demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by [Add to Longdo] |