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► 成句
  [はな]  [鼻に付く]    meaning:  annoy  rank: 3
☆ あいつのそうな態度は鼻にく ⇨ His arrogant attitude stings my nose, is really annoying

  [はな]  [鼻に掛ける]    meaning:  arrogant  rank: 3
☆ 金持ちなことを鼻にかけている ⇨ He is looking down on others because he is rich  (☛ Literally means “hang it on one’s nose”)

  [はな]  [鼻が高い]    meaning:  proud  rank: 3
☆ 彼女息子医者になって鼻がい ⇨ She is very proud that her son has become a doctor  (☛ Usually negative connotations)

  [はな]  [鼻を明かす]    meaning:  surprise  rank: 3
☆ 東大合格して低能扱いした教師の鼻をかした ⇨ He got accepted by Tokyo University and stunned the teacher who treated him like a moron  (☛ Literally “make one’s nose noticeable”, and the origin is not clearly understood. Surprise an antagonist by outsmarting, beating, proving wrong, etc.)

  [はな]  [鼻であしらう]    meaning:  dismiss  rank: 4
☆ 申入れを鼻であしらった ⇨ He rejected my offer at the tip of his nose, scoffed at my offer

  [(8)はな]  [鼻を突き合わせる]    meaning:  face  rank: 4
☆ 彼等で毎日鼻を突き合わせて生活している ⇨ They live in a small house while touching their noses, facing each other, everyday

  [はな]  [鼻を折る・圧し折る]    meaning:  humiliate  rank: 4
☆ あいつはいいになりぎだからかが鼻を折ったほうがい ⇨ He is too conceited and somebody had better break his nose, humble, him

► 名詞
  [はな]    meaning:  nose  rank: 1
☆ 鼻がまってしい ⇨ My nose is blocked and it is hard to breathe

  [はな]  [鼻に掛かる]    meaning:  nose  rank: 1
☆ は鼻にかったをしている ⇨ He has a nasally voice


More examples:
  • 悪臭に皆鼻をつまんだ ⇨ Everybody pinched, held, their noses by the stench
  • 彼女言葉に鼻白んだ ⇨ She was annoyed, offended, by his remark
  • 鼻にニキビ出来た ⇨ I got a zit on my nose
  • 鼻のまりを解消する ⇨ A drug to eliminate sinus blockage
  • 鼻ががってしい ⇨ My nose is blocked and hard to breathe
  • 風邪いて鼻声だ ⇨ He is having a nasal voice with a cold
  • は鼻くそをほじくっている ⇨ He’s picking out boogers
  • 患者の鼻にまれていた ⇨ Tubes were inserted into the patient’s nose
  • 鼻詰まりでしい ⇨ My sinus is blocked and it is hard to breathe
  • 相手の鼻っ柱を殴った ⇨ He punched the other guy right in the nose bridge
  • 彼女は目鼻立ちがはっきりしている ⇨ She has well-defined eyes and nose
  • 鼻の軟骨 ⇨ Nose cartilages
  • て鼻のばしている ⇨ He is looking at young girls and extending his upper lip under the nose
  • の鼻からていた ⇨ Blood was coming out of his nose
  • 鼻っ柱の若者 ⇨ A young man with a strong nose bridge. A very cocky young man