箸
(a pair of) chopsticks彼は箸が上手に使えないHe cannot use [handle] chopsticks well.豆を箸でつまむpick up beans with...
はしのあげおろし【箸の上げ下ろし】
箸の上げ下ろしにもうるさいShe is finicky [picky] about tablemanners [〔何事にも〕everything].
始まる
1〔開始する〕begin, start;〔…に起源を持つ〕date from学校は4月8日[9時]から始まるSchool begins 「on April 8 [at nine].(▼fromは...
筈
1〔当然〕夜勤あけで疲れているはずだHe must be tired after working the night shift.彼はもう着いているはずだHe 「ought to [should...
辱める
1〔恥をかかせる〕客の面前で辱められたI was put to shame in the presence of the guests.彼は同僚から辱められたHe was insulted by...
初詣で
説明Hatsumode is a person's first visit of the new year to a shrine or temple, and is made during t...
話し相手
someone to talk to;〔相談役〕an adviser話し相手がいない[欲しい]I 「have no one [want someone] to talk to.彼女は週に1回祖父...
はなをつきあわせる【鼻を突き合わせる】
あんな男と鼻を突き合わせているのはもううんざりだI am sick and tired of having such a man right under my very nose.
撥ねる
I1〔先端を上げる〕先をはねた口ひげa mustache with the ends curled up2〔はじき飛ばす〕自動車にはねられたHe was hit by a car.II1〔除去す...
腹一杯
1〔たらふく〕腹一杯食べた[飲んだ]I have eaten [drunk] my fill.2〔思う存分〕 ⇒おもうぞんぶん(思う存分)