Idioms

負傷ふしょうすればする程ほど動うごきが鈍にぶくなる…足あしを引ひっ張ぱることになる

“...AND THE MORE I HOLD HIMEJIMA BACK.”

Not That Kind of Leg-Pull: 足あしを引っ張ひっぱる and the False Friend VIZ Had to Dodge

N3 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

それによってキミらに〝仲間なかまの足あしを引ひっ張ぱってしまう！！〟という想像そうぞうを絶ぜっするプレッシャーを与あたえたわけだ…？

“WITH THAT RULE, I PRESSURED YOU WITH THE FEAR THAT ANYTHING YOU DID WRONG... ...WOULD BRING YOUR TEAMMATES DOWN WITH YOU.”

Pulling a Leg, Dead Serious: 足あしを引っ張ひっぱる and the False Friend Naruto Also Has to Dodge

N3 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

助太刀すけだちに入はいった所ところで足手あしでまといでしかないとわかるから動うごけねぇ

“I KNOW THAT IF I GO IN TO HELP, I'LL ONLY GET IN THE WAY.”

Three Speakers, One Verdict: 足手あしでまとい and the Hindrance VIZ Can't Stop Choosing

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

足手あしでまといにしかなってないじゃない…！

“I'M JUST A BURDEN TO THEM... JUST SOMEONE THEY HAVE TO PROTECT!”

Tied Hand and Foot: 足手あしでまとい and the Burden VIZ Keeps Calling "In the Way"

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

足手あしでまといになるから…ヒナ迷惑めいわく

“IF YOU GET IN MY WAY, HINA WILL BE VERY UPSET.”

Hina Talks About Hina: 足手あしでまとい and the Body VIZ Turns Into a Warning

N2 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

ふん…やかましい貴様きさまの様ように病人びょうにんの足元あしもとを見みて金かねをふんだくる悪徳医者あくとくいしゃには何なにも言われたかねェな！！

“HMPH! SHUT UP! I DON'T NEED A LECTURE FROM A GREED-DRIVEN WITCH! YOU'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY!”

Judging a Traveler by His Feet: 足元あしもとを見みる and the Bargaining Trick VIZ Melts Into 'Greed'

N1 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

昔むかしの血ちが騒さわぎ出だしかねない

“...MY OLD BLOOD MIGHT START BUBBLING UP...”

Blood That Riots on Its Own: 血ちが騒さわぐ and the Agency English Won't Give Up

N2 IdiomsKanji anatomy Naruto

てめェにゃ血ちも涙なみだもねェのかァ！！！

“HAVE YOU NO FEELINGS?! ARE YOU MADE OF STONE?!!”

No Blood, No Tears: 血ちも涙なみだもない and the Stone and Heart English Reaches for Instead

N2 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

普段ふだんどれ程ほど善良ぜんりょうな人間にんげんであっても土壇場どたんばで本性ほんしょうが出でる

“NO MATTER HOW RIGHTEOUS PEOPLE USUALLY ARE, THEY REVEAL THEIR TRUE SELVES IN TIMES OF DISASTER.”

Kneeling at the Block: 土壇場どたんば and the Execution Ground English Only Hits by Accident

N1 Idioms Demon Slayer

腑ふに落おちねェ……！！

“IT JUST STICKS IN MY CRAW!”

Understanding Is Digestion: 腑ふに落おちない and the Organ English Only Sometimes Finds

N1 Register & toneIdioms One Piece

風前ふうぜんの灯火ともしびのジジィが！

“YOU OLD FOOL!”

Snuffing the Flame: 風前ふうぜんの灯火ともしび and the Dying Man English Called a Fool

N1 Villain speechIdioms Naruto

まるで歯はが立たたないんです……！

“I'M NO MATCH FOR HIM!”

Teeth That Can't Get a Grip: 歯が立はがたたない and the Bite VIZ Turns Into a Verdict

N3 Register & toneIdioms Naruto

おーおー腹はらの虫むしが鳴なっとるね

“OH, MY. LISTEN TO ALL THE LITTLE STOMACHS GROWL!”

A Worm Lives in Your Belly: 腹の虫はらのむし and the Tiny Tenant English Evicts

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

自分自身じぶんじしんを囮おとりに使つかったのだあの腹黒はらぐろは

“THAT WICKED MAN USED HIMSELF AS A LURE.”

A Black Belly, a Plain Villain: 腹黒はらぐろ and the Truth-Organ English Trades for "Wicked"

N3 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

反乱軍はんらんぐんの火ひに油あぶらを注そそぐ様ようなものです！！

“...WILL ONLY INCITE THE REBELS FURTHER!”

Same Metaphor, Free of Charge: 火ひに油あぶらを注そそぐ and the Idiom VIZ Left on the Table

N2 Register & toneIdioms One Piece

だから骨ほねが折おれるまで締しめつけることもできる

“AND WITH THIS SAME POWER, I CAN KEEP SQUEEZING AND CONSTRICTING UNTIL YOUR BONES CRACK!”

Textbook Idiom, Literal Threat: 骨が折ほねがおれる and the Bones VIZ Never Turns Into a Metaphor

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

鞭むちでめった打うちにされようが骨ほねを折おられようが

“I COULD TAKE THE PUNISHMENT.”

Two Grammars, One Bone: 骨ほねを折おる and the Passive Voice VIZ Collapses Into "Punishment"

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

英雄えいゆう！英雄えいゆう！犬死いぬじになんてするかってばよ！！

“I'M NOT GONNA THROW MY LIFE AWAY! I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM- A HERO!”

A Dog's Death: 犬死いぬじに and the Animal English Already Has, But Won't Use

N1 IdiomsLanguage around death Naruto

アハハハ堪忍袋かんにんぶくろって我慢がまんするための袋ふくろであって…

“YOUR LIMIT? YOU MEAN YOU'LL GET EXPLOSIVE?”

The Bag That Holds Your Temper: 堪忍袋かんにんぶくろ and the Etymology Lesson VIZ Blew Up

N1 IdiomsWordplay Naruto

私わたしの顔色かおいろは悪わるく見みえるか

“DOES MY COMPLEXION LOOK POOR TO YOU?”

A Face Under Surveillance: 顔色かおいろ and the Complexion English Stops Reading

N4 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

どうした？ああ顔色かおいろが悪いぜ…

“WHAT'S WRONG? YOU'RE AS WHITE AS A SHEET.”

White as a Sheet, Blue with Fear: 顔色かおいろ and the Color Japanese Leaves Unnamed

N4 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

かつて“七武海しちぶかい”の一人ひとりジンベエと肩かたを並ならべた魚人ぎょじんの海賊かいぞく

“ARLONG'S A FISH-MAN. HE USED TO BE JIMBEI'S EQUAL.”

Shoulder to Shoulder, Almost: 肩かたを並ならべる and the Idiom English Already Owns But Won't Use

N2 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

人ひとの風上かざかみにもおけん奴やつだ！！

“WHY, THAT SCUM!!”

Can't Stand Upwind of Him: 風上かざかみにも置おけない and the Moral Stench English Turns Into "Scum"

N1 Idioms One Piece

罪つみなき人ひとに牙きばを剥むこうものならば

“...IF YOU BARE YOUR FANGS AT INNOCENT PEOPLE...”

Baring Fangs, Literally: 牙きばを剥むく and the Idiom English Translates Perfectly by Accident

N2 IdiomsKanji anatomy Demon Slayer

いいか　肝きもに銘めいじておけ…

“LISTEN CLOSELY, AND INSTRUCT YOUR MUSCLES...”

Engrave It on Your Liver: 肝に銘きもにめいじる and the Order VIZ Rerouted to the Muscles

N1 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

肝っ玉きもったまの座すわった女おんなだ！！

“YOU'VE GOT GUTS!”

One Organ Over: 肝っ玉きもったま and the Liver English Relocates to the Gut

N2 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

腰抜けこしぬけ…

“COWARD!”

Losing Your Hips: 腰抜こしぬけ and the Spine English Grows in Its Place

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

ちょ…ちょっと腰こしが抜ぬけてて

“I'M A LITTLE OFF TODAY.”

One Verb, Two Collapses: 腰こしが抜ぬける・腰抜こしぬけ and the Pun English Drops Along With the Hips

N2 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

下忍げにんのお前まえがいちいち口くちを挟はさむことではないからのォ…

“SO THE OPINIONS OF ONE JUNIOR NINJA DON'T REALLY COUNT...”

Speaking Out of Rank: 口くちを挟はさむ and the Vote VIZ Never Lets a Genin Cast

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

だ…だめですよルフィさん！！あんな口車くちぐるまに乗のっちゃ…！！

“D-DON'T DO IT, LUFFY!”

Climbing Aboard the Mouth-Wheel: 口車くちぐるまに乗のる and the Con-Man Warning VIZ Cut to Four Words

N1 Idioms One Piece

暗部あんぶに入って半年はんとし…最近さいきんのお前の言動げんどうのおかしさは目に余あまる

“IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE YOU ENTERED ANBU... WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND DONE SINCE THEN IS TOO STRANGE TO OVERLOOK.”

More Than the Eye Can Hold: 目めに余あまる and the Overflow VIZ Renders as "Overlook"

N1 IdiomsKanji anatomy Naruto

鬼舞辻無惨きぶつじむざんは目めの色いろを変かえてそれを狙ねらってくるでしょう

“THIS MEANS THAT MUZAN KIBUTSUJI WILL COME FOR HER WITH RENEWED VIGOR...”

Eyes That Never Change Color: 目めの色いろを変かえる and the Glint VIZ Renamed "Vigor"

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

．．．んでオレ以外いがいの優秀ゆうしゅうな奴やつって目星めぼし付ついてんのか？

“SO BESIDES ME, YOU GOT ANY EXCELLENT GENIN IN MIND?”

Eye on the Star: 目星めぼし and the Aim English Renders as Just "In Mind"

N2 IdiomsKanji anatomy Naruto

たとえそれが冥土めいどの土産みやげでもだ！！

“NOT EVEN AS A DEPARTING GIFT TO HELL...”

A Souvenir for the Underworld: 冥土めいどの土産みやげ and the Hell VIZ Wrote Into Buggy's Threat

N1 IdiomsKanji anatomy One Piece

サクラ耳みみを貸かせ

“SAKURA, LEAN CLOSER.”

Lend Me Your Ears: 耳みみを貸かす and the Shakespearean Idiom VIZ Chose Not to Use

N3 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

急いそいで私達わたしたちが見みつかったら水みずの泡あわでしょ！！？

“HURRY! IF THEY FIND US, WE'RE GONERS!!”

Gone Like Foam on the Water: 水の泡みずのあわ and the Impermanence English Trades for Plain Failure

N2 IdiomsOne word, many renderings One Piece

この戦たたかいにどうしても水みずを差さしたきゃあっしらを殺ころして行いきな！！

“IF YOU INSIST ON BUTTING INTO THIS FIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH US!!”

The Cold Water English Already Owns: 水みずを差さす and the Idiom VIZ Never Once Reaches For

N2 IdiomsOne word, many renderings One Piece

胸むねを張はって生いきろ

“STAND TALL AND BE PROUD.”

Puff Out Your Chest: 胸むねを張はる and the Posture VIZ Only Translates Once

N3 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

武者震むしゃぶるいだよ！

“I'M SHAKING WITH EAGERNESS FOR A REMATCH!”

The Warrior's Shiver: 武者震むしゃぶるい and the Idiom VIZ Explained Instead of Translated

N1 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

とにかくこの蛇へび今…虫むしの居所いどころが悪わるいせいで私達わたしたち食たべられたのよ

“THE SNAKE ATE US BECAUSE HE WAS PROVOKED.”

A Bad Address for the Body's Bug: 虫むしの居所いどころが悪わるい and the Mood English Renames "Provoked"

N1 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece

虫唾むしずが走はしるぜェ

“IT'S PATHETIC.”

The Acid That Never Translates: 虫唾むしずが走はしる and the Disgust English Keeps Relocating

N2 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

なんだってばよ！突き落としたつきおとしたのまだ根ねに持ってんのかぁ！？

“WHAT! ARE YOU STILL HOLDING IT AGAINST ME THAT I SHOVED YOU?!”

Where the Grudge Takes Root: 根ねに持もつ and the Grip VIZ Reaches for Instead

N2 Role languageIdioms Naruto

〝猫ねこの手て〟で自分じぶんの顔かおを傷きずつけねェための

“TO AVOID SCRATCHING HIS FACE WITH HIS "CAT CLAWS"... IT'S PROOF THAT HE HASN'T FORGOTTEN HOW TO KILL!!”

So Busy You'd Borrow a Cat's Paw: 猫の手ねこのて and the Proverb VIZ's "Cat Claws" Never Hints At

N3 IdiomsProverbs One Piece

往生際おうじょうぎわの悪わるい事ことだ…まだわからんのか

“WHAT SORE LOSERS. DON'T YOU GET IT YET?”

When "Give Up" Means "Die Gracefully": 往生際おうじょうぎわが悪わるい and the Buddhist Death Buried in a Villain's Taunt

Register & toneVillain speech One Piece

やっと尻尾しっぽを出だしやがったなコノヤロー！！

“HEY GUYS... YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR TAILS... JUST LIKE THE DIRTY, DOUBLE-CROSSING DEMON-CRITTERS YOU ARE!”

The Tail That Gives the Trickster Away: 尻尾しっぽを出だす and the Kitsune's Tell VIZ Renders Almost Word-for-Word

N3 Idioms Naruto

部下ぶかの尻しりぬぐいも出来できんで何なにが鬼人きじんじゃ…

“YOU CAN'T EVEN CLEAN UP FOR YOUR MISERABLE SUBORDINATES. "DEMON"... YEAH RIGHT!”

Bottom-Wiping for the Demon of the Mist: 尻しりぬぐい and the Crusty Old Sneer VIZ Traded for "Yeah Right!"

N1 Role languageVillain speech Naruto

手ても足あしも出でまいこの…

“I'M INVULNERABLE!!”

You Can't Even Get a Hand Out: 手ても足あしも出でない and the Body-Idiom English Keeps Rewording

Register & toneIdioms One Piece

ワシでも手てに負おえねーからのォ

“...EVEN I CAN'T HANDLE HIM!”

Too Heavy to Carry: 手てに負おえない and the Hands English Quietly Drops

N2 Register & toneIdioms Naruto

この力ちからに手てを染そめちまったら最後さいご…オレがどうなるかすら分わからねェ…でも…

“ONCE I UNLEASH THIS POWER... I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN TO ME, BUT...”

Dyed, Not Dirtied: 手てを染そめる and the Hands English Gets Backward

N1 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

解毒薬げどくやくを調合ちょうごうされて手てを焼やいた

“...COMPOUNDED ANTIDOTES FOR THEM, AND MADE A FOOL OF ME.”

Too Hot to Hold: 手てを焼やく and the Burn English Never Felt

N2 Register & toneIdioms Naruto

図ずに乗のるな！！

“YOU'RE GETTING OVER-CONFIDENT!”

Riding Your Own Hype: 図ずに乗のる and the Nine Faces English Gives to Getting Cocky

N2 IdiomsKanji anatomy Naruto

図星ずぼしじゃねェかよ

“BULL'S-EYE.”

Dead Center for Once: 図星ずぼし and the Archery Metaphor VIZ Actually Kept

N2 Register & toneIdioms One Piece

親父おやじは図体ずうたいがでかい上うえにろくでもなかった

“MY FATHER WAS BIG BUT GOOD-FOR-NOTHING.”

Big for Nothing: 図体ずうたい and the Sneer VIZ Translates Into a Simple Fact

N1 IdiomsBody idioms Demon Slayer

ったく成長せいちょうしたのはその図体ずうたいだけかァ！？見みちゃられねーのォ！！

“SHEESH! IS THAT HULKING BULK OF YOURS THE ONLY THING THAT'S MATURED?! I COULDN'T JUST KEEP WATCHING!”

All That Grew Was the Bulk: 図体ずうたい and the One VIZ Line That Kept the Sneer

N1 IdiomsBody idioms Naruto

あァあの時ときの大猿達おおざるたちにゃ笑わらったよ！！あの図体ずうたいで

“THOSE MONKEYS WERE SO FUNNY! WITH THOSE COMICAL BODIES AND...”

Comical Bodies, Vanished Contempt: 図体ずうたい and the Punch Line VIZ Chose Instead of the Sneer

N1 IdiomsBody idioms One Piece