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大山鳴動して鼠一匹、泰山鳴動して鼠一匹、大山鳴動してねずみ一匹、泰山鳴動してねずみ一匹 たいざんめいどうしてねずみいっぴき taizanmeidoushitenezumiippiki

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  1. expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.) idiomatic expression much ado about nothing; great cry and little wool; the mountain laboured and brought forth a mouse

Kanji in this word

large, big
mountain
chirp, cry, bark
move, motion, change
rat, mouse, dark
one, one, radical
equal, head, counter

Example sentences

大騒ぎした割には、大山鳴動して鼠一匹ということになったようだね。
oosawagi shi ta wari ni ha 、 daisen meidou shi te nezumi ichi hiki to iu koto ni naxtsu ta you da ne 。
Everybody was so up in arms but it seems they got all panicky about nothing.

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