ことわざ・慣用句

日本語のことわざ、四字熟語、慣用句 — JMdict より。

• 閉口頓首へいこうとんしゅbeing at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer
• 開口一番かいこういちばんat the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
• 阿鼻叫喚あびきょうかんagonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
• 陰陽五行いんようごぎょうthe cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
• 隔靴掻痒かっかそうようbeing frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch
• 雌伏雄飛しふくゆうひbiding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish