Yojijukugo, Idioms, Affective Words, Verbs, Names, Practical Kanji, and Proverbs

一石二鳥

(j2 yojijukugo) いっせきにちょう killing two birds w one stone

日進月歩

(j2 yojijukugo) にっしんげっぽ steady progress; rapid advance​

一部始終

(j3 yojijukugo) いちぶしじゅう full particulars; all the details; the whole story; everything (about); from beginning to end​

有言実行

(j3 yojijukugo) ゆうげんじっこう carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise

気が短い

j2 idiom (きがみじかい）quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

耳が痛い

j2 idiom みみがいたい hard to hear because it is true

目を丸くする

j2 idiom（めをまるくする）to stare in wonder; to be amazed

足が棒になる

j3 idiom to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time)​

頭が上がらない

j3 idiom - to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with​

肩を持つ

j3 idiom to side with (someone); to support (someone)

腰が重い（こしがおもい）

(j3 idiom) slow to act; slow in starting work​

腹を決める

(j3 idiom) to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide

歯を食いしばる

(j3 idiom) to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); to clench one's teeth​

耳を疑う

(j3 idiom) to not believe one's ears

鬼に金棒

(j2 proverb) making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances

月とすっぽん

(j2 proverb) two things that are superficially similar but completely different; night and day; chalk and cheese; the Moon and a turtle​

急がば回れ

(j3 proverb) いそがばまわれ more haste, less speed; slow and steady wins the race

石の上にも三年

(j3 proverb) perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone will make the stone warm

好きこそものの上手なれ

(j3 proverb) what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing​

かさを差す

(lv2) to put up an umbrella (kasa wo sasu)

西日が差す

(lv3) 西日がさす the afternoon sun shines in

うっかり

carelessly, thoughtlessly

かなり

quite/fairly

すっかり

completely/thoroughly

なんとなく

somehow/for some reason/somewhat

ばっちり

perfectly/spot on

そのうち

eventually, sooner or later

どうやら

it seems, apparently (like rashii)

とっさに

instantly/on the spur of a moment

なんとか

somehow/manage to