Results: 261–267 of 267

Display
Quiz me on this list

危機一髪

ききいっぱつ (kiki ippatsu)

A close call

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 危機一髪で車を避けた。

    I avoided the car in a close call.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 矢が頬をかすめる。危機一髪で踏みとどまった命に、観客が息を呑んだ。

    An arrow grazed his cheek — it was a close call, and the crowd held its breath.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

温故知新

おんこちしん (onko chishin)

Learning from the past

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 歴史を学ぶことは温故知新につながる。

    Studying history is learning from the past.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 古い戦術を見直して得た新しい発想。温故知新が勝利を呼び込む。

    Reviewing old tactics brought new ideas — learning from the past brought them victory.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

因果応報

いんがおうほう (inga ouhou)

What goes around comes around

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 悪いことをすれば必ず因果応報がある。

    If you do bad things, what goes around comes around.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. かつての裏切りが、今になって牙を剥いた。因果応報からは逃れられない。

    A past betrayal came back to bite him — there’s no escaping what goes around comes around.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

意気消沈

いきしょうちん (iki shouchin)

Down in the dumps

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 試合に負けて意気消沈している。

    He’s down in the dumps after losing the match.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 決勝直前にエースが怪我をし、チーム全体が意気消沈していた。

    Right before the finals, their ace was injured, leaving the entire team down in the dumps.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

自業自得

じごうじとく (jigou jitoku)

You reap what you sow

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 徹夜続きで体調を崩すなんて自業自得だ。

    It’s your own fault—you reap what you sow by overworking yourself.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 「そんな無茶するからだろ。自業自得だな。」

    That's what happens when you act reckless. You reap what you sow.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

起死回生

きしかいせい (kishi kaisei)

A miraculous recovery / Comeback from the brink

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 彼の逆転ホームランはまさに起死回生だった。

    His game-winning home run was a miraculous recovery.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 絶望的な点差から、最後の一打で逆転ホームラン。まさに起死回生だ。

    From a hopeless score gap, his final swing hit a home run — truly a miraculous recovery from the brink.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo

一石二鳥

いっせきにちょう (isseki nichou)

Kill two birds with one stone

Example 1Basic Example

  1. 散歩しながら英語を勉強すれば一石二鳥だ。

    Studying English while taking a walk is truly killing two birds with one stone.

Example 2Applied Example

  1. 強敵を倒した一撃で、背後の障害物も吹き飛ばした。一石二鳥の快感が走る。

    With one blow, he defeated the enemy and cleared the obstacle behind — the thrill of killing two birds with one stone.

Voice sample:

Yojijukugo