慣かん用よう表ひょう現げん

noun

idiomatic expression; idiom; fixed expression

Refers to a phrase whose meaning cannot be deduced from the literal meanings of its individual words, or a conventionalized expression.

• 「腹はらが立たつ」は怒いかりを表あらわす慣かん用よう表ひょう現げんだ。

  "Hara ga tatsu" is an idiomatic expression meaning to get angry.

• 日本にほん語ごの慣かん用よう表ひょう現げんを覚おぼえるのは難むずかしい。

  Learning Japanese idiomatic expressions is difficult.