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一念天に通ずいちねんてんにつうずExpressionsfaith will move mountains
両天秤にかけるりょうてんびんにかけるExpressionstry to have it both ways; play a double game
両天秤をかけるりょうてんびんをかけるExpressionstry to have it both ways; play a double game; hedge one's bets
九重の天きゅうちょうのてんExpressionshighest heavens; ninth heaven
君父の讐は倶に天を戴かずくんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかずExpressionsnot wanting to live under the same sky as one's father's or lord's enemy; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord
天は二物を与えずてんはにぶつをあたえずExpressionsGod doesn't give with both hands; heaven does not grant two gifts
天に二物を与えられたてんににぶつをあたえられたExpressionsblessed with two gifts (usually beauty and intelligence)
ガラスの天井ガラスのてんじょうExpressionsglass ceiling
天を仰ぎて唾すてんをあおぎてつばきすExpressionsto harm oneself by trying to harm another; to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
天の使いてんのつかいExpressionsangel; heavenly messenger
天使の４歳てんしのよんさいExpressionsfabulous fours; fantastic fours; angelic fours
天に召されるてんにめされるExpressionspass away; be called to heaven
天に向かって唾を吐くてんにむかってつばきをはくExpressionsto cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to harm oneself by trying to harm others
天に唾するてんにつばするExpressionsharm oneself by trying to harm others; cut off one's nose to spite one's face
天と地てんとちExpressionsheaven and earth; top and bottom
天と地の差てんとちのさExpressionsworld of difference; poles apart; night and day
天の声てんのこえExpressionsheavenly voice; voice from heaven · off-the-record instructions; word from on high; influential person's opinion
天寿を全うするてんじゅをまっとうするExpressionsdie a natural death at an advanced age; live out one's allotted lifespan
天の恵みてんのめぐみExpressionsGod's gift; blessing from heaven; godsend
天を摩するてんをまするExpressionssoar high; tower into the sky
天にも昇る心地てんにものぼるここちExpressionsfeeling extremely happy; in seventh heaven
天にも昇る気持ちてんにものぼるきもちExpressionsextreme happiness; euphoria; seventh heaven
天狗になるてんぐになるExpressionsget conceited; become vain; get stuck up
天知る、地知る、我知る、人知るてんしる、ちしる、われしる、ひとしるExpressionsmurder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered
天知る、地知る、我知る、子知るてんしる、ちしる、われしる、ししるExpressionsmurder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered
どれにしようかな天の神様の言う通りどれにしようかなてんのかみさまのいうとおりExpressionseeny, meeny, miny, moe
天秤にかけるてんびんにかけるExpressionsweigh one thing against another; compare the merits of two options · try to have it both ways; play a double game
天網恢恢てんもうかいかいExpressionsheaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずてんもうかいかいそにしてもらさずExpressionsheaven's net is wide-meshed but lets nothing escape
天の美禄てんのびろくExpressionsalcohol (euphemistic, literary)
天は自ら助くる者を助くてんはみずからたすくるものをたすくExpressionsHeaven helps those who help themselves.
天の配剤てんのはいざいExpressionsheaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
天から降りるてんからおりるExpressionsfall from heaven; descend from the sky
天から降ったか地から湧いたかてんからふったかちからわいたかExpressionsout of nowhere; as if fallen from the sky or sprung from the ground
天馬空を行くてんばくうをゆくExpressionsadvance unobstructed; move freely like a heavenly horse
天高く馬肥ゆる秋てんたかくうまこゆるあきExpressionsautumn with clear skies and horses growing stout
怒髪天を衝くどはつてんをつくExpressionsboil with rage; be infuriated
意気天を衝くいきてんをつくExpressionsbe in high spirits; be full of fighting spirit
敬天愛人けいてんあいじんExpressionsrevere heaven, love people
木の葉天狗このはてんぐExpressionsweak tengu; lesser tengu