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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.)

鼻っ柱  [はなっぱしら]  [鼻っ柱の強い]    meaning:  confident  rank: 4
☆ 鼻っ柱の若者 ⇨ A young man with a strong nose bridge. A very cocky young man  (☛ Usually about young people. Not clearly negative, but implies impudence)

  [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

鼻の下  [はなのした]  [鼻の下を伸ばす]    meaning:  obscene  rank: 4
☆ て鼻の下をばしている ⇨ He is looking at young girls and extending his upper lip under the nose  (☛ A man to look at a woman/women lustfully)

► 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

鼻っ柱  [はなっぱしら]    meaning:  nose  rank: 4
☆ 相手の鼻っ柱を殴った ⇨ He punched the other guy right in the nose bridge  (☛ Literally “nose column”)