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思案 しあん

  1. careful thought; consideration; deliberation; pondering; reflection; rumination

思案に余る しあんにあまる

  1. to be at a loss for what to do; to be at wit's end

思案に暮れる しあんにくれる

  1. to be lost in thought

思案投首 しあんなげくび

  1. being (quite) at a loss (what to do); being at one's wit's end

思案顔 しあんがお

  1. pensive (or worried) look on one's face

引っ込み思案 ひっこみじあん

  1. introverted; reserved; reticent; shy; withdrawn

鼻元思案 はなもとじあん

  1. half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea; superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

鼻先思案 はなさきじあん

  1. half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea; superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

喉元思案 のどもとじあん

  1. shallow idea; shortsighted thinking; superficial way of thinking

色事は思案の外 いろごとはしあんのほか

  1. love and reason do not go together
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