胸三寸

むねさんずん

heart, mind, feelings

舌先三寸

したさきさんずん

eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

口先三寸

くちさきさんずん

glib tongue, eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

胸先

むなさき

chest, breast

三寸

さんずん さんすん

three sun (ca. 9.1 cm)

一寸先

いっすんさき

an inch ahead, the immediate future

舌三寸

したさんずん

eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

三寸の舌

さんずんのした さんすんのした

eloquent tongue

一寸先は闇

いっすんさきはやみ

No one knows what the future holds, The future is a closed book

寸寸

ずたずた ずだずだ

to pieces, into shreds

舌先三分

したさきさんぶ

a glib tongue (with fair words), fluent talk designed to deceive, talk something away

寸

すん

sun (approx. 3.03 cm)

美味も喉三寸

びみものどさんすん

good things do not last long

胸

むね むな

chest, breast

一寸

いっすん ちょっと ちょと チョット ちょいと チョッと

just a minute, short time, just a little

燐寸

マッチ

match (to light fire with)

寸法

すんぽう

measurement, size, extent, dimension

寸尺

length; measure

採寸

さいすん

taking measurements