空を掴む

くうをつかむ そらをつかむ

to grasp at the air

コツを掴む

こつをつかむ コツをつかむ

to get the hang of, to learn the secret to

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on, to clutch

胸ぐら

collar; lapels

襟首を掴む

えりくびをつかむ

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

藁をも掴む

わらをもつかむ

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to have something on someone, to catch someone out, to trip someone up, to have evidence, to get a lead

証拠を掴む

しょうこをつかむ

to obtain evidence

胸を病む

むねをやむ

to become consumptive

引っ掴む

ひっつかむ

to snatch (at), to grab

胸をそらす

むねをそらす

to be puffed up with pride, to throw out one's chest

胸が騒ぐ

むねがさわぐ

to feel uneasy, to get into a panic, to feel excited, to have one's heart beat wildly, to have a presentiment

口をつぐむ

くちをつぐむ

to hold one's tongue, to shut up

掴み

つかみ

grip

胸に畳む

むねにたたむ

to keep to oneself, to bear in mind

胸が痛む

むねがいたむ

to experience chest pain, to have a pain in one's chest

ぐむ

to appear, to start to appear, to show signs of appearing

胸を躍らせる

むねをおどらせる

to make one's heart flutter, to be excited

胸を貸す

むねをかす

to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo)