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指を折る, ゆびをおる
Expression, Godan verb
to count on one's fingers
指を離す, ゆびをはなす
Expression, Godan verb
to let go
指を詰める, ゆびをつめる
Expression, Ichidan verb, See 指詰め・2
1. to cut off a finger (as an act of apology)
Dialect: Kansai-ben
2. to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.)
指を鳴らす, ゆびをならす
Expression, Godan verb
1. to snap one's fingers
2. to pop one's fingers, to crack one's knuckles
後ろ指を指す, 後指を指す, うしろゆびをさす
Expression, Godan verb, Obscure term
to talk about someone behind their back, to backbite
後指を指すのはやめたまえ。
指をくわえる, 指を咥える, 指を銜える, ゆびをくわえる
Expression, Ichidan verb, Idiomatic expression, often 〜て見る
to look on enviously while doing nothing, to hold a finger in one's mouth
後ろ指を指される, 後ろ指をさされる, うしろゆびをさされる
Expression, Ichidan verb
to be talked about behind one's back
後ろ指を指されるようなことなど、決してしていないよ。