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► 成句
  [(2)きも]  [肝を冷やす]    meaning:  fear  rank: 3
☆ 高速道路タイヤパンクして肝をやした ⇨ I got my liver chilled, it scared the hell out of me, when I got a flat tire on a freeway

  [(2)きも]  [肝に銘じる]    meaning:  remind  rank: 3
☆ 他人信用するなと肝にじた ⇨ I engraved on my gut, I told myself, to never trust others

► 名詞
  [(2)きも]    meaning:  liver  rank: 3
☆ の肝 ⇨ Chicken liver  (☛ Usually only used for liver as food, which is common in Asia)


More examples:
  • は肝心の問題について聞き損なった ⇨ I failed to ask him about the most important issue
  • 遭遇した大きさに度肝をかれた ⇨ He was flabbergasted by the size of the bear he encountered
  • 一番肝心な腰砕けになるとはともけない ⇨ How pathetic that he chickened out when it mattered most
  • 手順の肝心なをすっばした ⇨ He skipped the most important part of the procedure
  • の肝心な臆病さに幻滅した ⇨ I was disillusioned by his cowardice at the crucial moment
  • 学習には復習が肝心だ ⇨ Reviewing, repeating is crucial in studying
  • 健康管理日頃からすることが肝心だ ⇨ It is important to manage your health every day
  • は肝臓病を患っている ⇨ He’s suffering from a river disease
  • 事故の肝臓が破裂した ⇨ His liver ruptured in the accident
  • は肝心な完全見逃していた ⇨ He completely missed the most important point
  • 彼女は肝っ玉母さんとしてられている ⇨ She is well-known as a gutsy mom
  • 劇症肝炎 ⇨ Acute hepatitis
  • 肝臓がん ⇨ Liver cancer
  • の肝心な聞き落とした ⇨ I missed, failed to pick up, the important part of the story
  • ここが一番肝心なだ ⇨ This is the most important point