手柄話

Japanese
Kanji in this term
手 柄 話
て
Grade: 1		 がら
Grade: S		 はな(し) > ばな(し)
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Noun

手(て)柄(がら)話(ばなし) • (tegarabanashi) 

  1. big talk, boastful talk
    • 1905–06, Natsume Sōseki, I Am a Cat (text here):
      自(じ)分(ぶん)の手(て)柄(がら)話(ばなし)をしゃべらして御(お)茶(ちゃ)を濁(にご)すに若(し)くはないと思(し)案(あん)を定(さだ)めた。
      Jibun no tegarabanashi o shaberashite o-cha o nigosu ni shiku wa nai to shian o sadameta.
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