鼻はな

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 鼻はなをかむto blow one's nose

  ティッシュで鼻はなをかんだ。

  I blew my nose with a tissue.

• 鼻はなが詰つまるone's nose gets stuffed up

  風邪かぜで鼻はなが詰つまって寝ねられない。

  My nose is stuffed up from a cold and I can't sleep.

• 鼻はなをつまむto pinch one's nose (e.g. because of a bad smell)

  臭くさくて鼻はなをつまんだ。

  It smelled so bad I pinched my nose.

• 鼻はなが利きくto have a keen sense of smell

  うちの犬いぬはとても鼻はなが利きく。

  My dog has a very keen sense of smell.

• 〈人ひと〉の鼻はなを折おるto humble someone; to take someone down a peg

  決けっ勝しょうで負まけて、彼かれの鼻はなを折おってやった。

  We beat him in the final and took him down a peg.

Expressions· 38

• 鼻はなが高たかいproud; boastful · having a prominent nose; high-bridged nose
• 鼻はなで笑わらうlaugh scornfully; scoff; snort derisively
• 鼻はなにつくbe fed up with; be sick of; get on one's nerves · stink; smell bad
• 鼻はなをつくassail the nostrils; sting the nose · go nose-to-nose; be at close quarters
• 目めと鼻はなの先さきvery close; a stone's throw away

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