鼻元思案

はなもとじあん はなもとしあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

思案

しあん

thought, consideration, deliberation, reflection, rumination, pondering

鼻先

はなさき

tip of nose

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

鼻先蛙

はなさきがえる ハナサキガエル

Ryukyu tip-nosed frog (Odorrana narina)

鼻の先

はなのさき

in front of your nose, right next to you

思案投首

しあんなげくび

being at one's wit's end, being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

喉元思案

のどもとじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

水先案内

みずさきあんない

pilotage, pilot

鼻先分別

はなさきふんべつ

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

思案に余る

しあんにあまる

to be at wit's end, to be at a loss for what to do

水先案内人

みずさきあんないにん

(boat) pilot

奄美鼻先蛙

あまみはなさきがえる アマミハナサキガエル

Amami tip-nosed frog (Odorrana amamiensis)

鼻先で笑う

はなさきでわらう

to laugh scornfully, to sneer at

目と鼻の先

めとはなのさき

in front of one's eyes, just nearby, within a stone's throw

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

Love is without reason

引っ込み思案

ひっこみじあん

reserved, introverted, reticent, shy, withdrawn

虚仮の後思案

こけのあとじあん

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)