List of Japanese Idioms

Mujun - Contradiction

矛盾

Literally "spear shield". From the story of the "unbreakable shield" and the "spear which can pierce anything" and saying how both of these can't really exist simultaneously.

Yubi wo kuwaeru - to look on enviously while doing nothing

指をくわえる

Literally "to count one's fingers"

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