足下 – Vocabulary details

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

足あし下もとを見みる

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

足あし下もとにつけ込こむ

to take advantage (of another's weakness)

足あし下もとの明あかるいうちに

while it is light; before dark; while the going is good; before things get worse

足あし下もとの明あかるい内うちに

while it is light; before dark; while the going is good; before things get worse

足あし下もとに付つけ込こむ

to take advantage (of another's weakness)

足あし下もとへも寄よりつけない

to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

Examples (1 in total)

天てんは我われ々われの頭ず上じょうにあると同どう様ように、我われ々われの足あし下もとにもある。

Heaven is under our feet as well as over our heads.

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Pitch accent

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Used in vocabulary (6 in total)

Examples (1 in total)