接木

Grafting

接ぐ

はぐ つぐ

to join

接骨木

にわとこ せっこつぼく ニワトコ

red-berried elder (Sambucus racemosa subsp. sieboldiana), Japanese elderberry

接ぎ木

つぎき

grafting

竹に雀

たけにすずめ

going well together, good combination

火に油を注ぐ

ひにあぶらをそそぐ

to add fuel to the fire, to make things worse, to stir things up

ぐにゃぐにゃ

ぐにゃぐにゃ

flabby, limp, soft, flexible

竹

たけ

bamboo

竹馬に乗る

たけうまにのる

to walk on stilts

直ぐに

すぐに

instantly, immediately

木を伐る

きをきる

to fell a tree

薄皮をはぐように

うすかわをはぐように

little by little, slowly but surely

薄紙を剥ぐように

うすがみをはぐように

little by little (recovering after an illness), slowly but surely

木に縁って魚を求む

きによってうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius)

木に縁りて魚を求む

きによりてうおをもとむ

to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method, to ask for the impossible, to look for fish by climbing a tree

牙をとぐ

きばをとぐ

to sharpen one's fangs

家を継ぐ

いえをつぐ

to succeed to a house

手を繋ぐ

てをつなぐ

to join hands (with)

力を注ぐ

ちからをそそぐ

to concentrate one's effort (on something)