Search Terms: *吞*
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expression
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the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through, the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere, fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net(proverb)
Other readings:
網吞舟の魚を漏らす【あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす】
expression, Godan-mu verb
1.
to choke up, to be speechless(idiom )
2.
to hold one's tongue(idiom )
Other readings:
声を吞む【こえをのむ】
、声をのむ【こえをのむ】
、声を飲む【こえをのむ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
expression, Godan-mu verb
1.
to choke up, to be speechless(idiom )
2.
to hold one's tongue(idiom )
Other readings:
言葉をのむ【ことばをのむ】
、言葉を吞む【ことばをのむ】
、言葉を飲む【ことばをのむ】[1]
Notes:
- word containing irregular kanji usage
noun
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Other readings:
吞酸【どんさん】[1]
Notes:
- word containing out-dated kanji
expression, noun
1.
fish large enough to swallow a whole boat, colossal fish
2.
great man, notorious man(idiom )
Other readings:
吞舟の魚【どんしゅうのうお】
noun, auxillary suru verb
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annexation, merger, swallowing up
Other readings:
并呑【へいどん】
、併吞【へいどん】