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様子を見る, ようすをみる
Expression, Ichidan verb
to wait and see, to see how things go, to survey the situation
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梯子を外される, はしごを外される, ハシゴを外される, はしごをはずされる
Expression, Ichidan verb, Idiomatic expression
to be left lonely at the top, to be left high and dry by one's friends, to be abandoned by one's supporters, to have the rug pulled from under one, to have the ladder pulled out from under one
調子を合わせる, ちょうしをあわせる
Expression, Ichidan verb
1. to harmonize with, to keep in tune with
2. to go along with, to keep in step
彼はほとんどだれとでも調子を合わせることができた。
寝た子を起こす, ねたこをおこす
Expression, Godan verb, Idiomatic expression
to disturb the water, to wake a sleeping dog, to wake a sleeping child
芋の子を洗うよう, いものこをあらうよう
Expression, NA-adjective, See 芋を洗うよう, Idiomatic expression
with people jostling against one another, teeming, heaving, jam-packed
子を持って知る親の恩, こをもってしるおやのおん
Expression, Proverb
becoming a parent makes you appreciate your own parents
子を見ること親に如かず, 子を見る事親に如かず, こをみることおやにしかず
Expression, Proverb
the parent is the best judge of the child
虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず, 虎穴に入らずんば虎児を得ず, こけつにいらずんばこじをえず, こけつにいらずんばこしをえず
Expression, Proverb
nothing ventured, nothing gained, you will not get the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den
諺にもある通り「虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず」だ。
獅子は我が子を千尋の谷に落とす, 獅子はわが子を千尋の谷に落とす, ししはわがこをせんじんのたににおとす
Expression, Proverb
make your dear ones face trials so that they may grow, spare the rod, spoil the child, the lion drops its cubs into the abyss (only raising the ones who climb back up)
ねじを巻く, ネジを巻く, 螺子を巻く, ねじをまく
Expression, Godan verb
1. to wind (e.g. a watch)
Idiomatic expression
2. to give (someone) a good prodding, to make (someone) shape up