2022.08.18 10:03根掘り葉掘り[nehori-hahori]Literal translation:Digging out roots and leavesMeaning:Thoroughly Every detailExample:彼は詮索好きで、噂について根掘り葉掘り聞いてくる。He is nosy and asks me all sorts of things about rumors.
2022.01.11 22:43猫の目のよう[neko-no-me-no-you]Literal translation:Like the eyes of a catMeaning:Whimsical Chameleonic
2021.03.29 22:40寝首を掻く[nekubi-wo-kaku]Literal translation:Behead someone while he/she is asleepMeaning:Catch someone off guardPlay a dirty trick to frame someone
2020.08.29 18:57猫の額[neko-no-hitai]Literal translation:A cat’s foreheadMeaning:A very small areaExample:猫の額ほどの庭[nekono-hitai-hodono-niwa]A tiny garden
2020.08.27 14:33猫に小判[neko-ni-koban]Literal translation:Koban (a Japanese oval gold coin used in the Edo period) to a catMeaning:Give a valuable thing to a person who does not know its value
2020.01.20 18:29猫撫で声[nekonade-goe]Literal translation:Cat-petting voiceCat-stroking voiceMeaning:An ingratiating voice
2019.10.06 23:34猫の手も借りたい[nekono-temo-karitai]Literal translation:I want to borrow even a cat’s paw.Meaning:I’ll take all the help I can get.I need every help I can get.
2019.04.21 22:00寝耳に水[nemimi-ni-mizu]Literal translation:Water on your ears while you are sleepMeaning:Something that happens suddenly or unexpectedlyA bolt from the blue (English idiom)
2019.04.05 22:00根無し草[nenashi-gusa]Literal translation:Root-less grassMeaning:Rootless wanderer Rootless life