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    3. 指切りげんまん、嘘ついたら針千本飲ます

    指切りげんまん、嘘ついたら針千本飲ます

    指ゆび切きり​げ​ん​ま​ん​、​嘘うそつ​い​た​ら​針はり千せん本ぼん飲のま​す​

    cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye

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    指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本飲ます指切りげんまん嘘ついたら針千本飲ます指切拳万嘘ついたら針千本飲ます

    ゆびきりげんまん、うそついたらはりせんぼんのます

    Expressions

    1.
    cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye, pinky promise pledge: if you're lying, I'll make you drink a thousand needles
    idiomatic expression

    Characters that make up this word

    指
    ゆび・さ.す・-さ.し…(5)
    finger・point to・indicate・put into・play (chess)…(1)
    Kanji
    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    嘘
    うそ・ふ.く…(2)
    lie・falsehood
    Kanji
    針
    はり…(2)
    needle・pin・staple・stinger
    Kanji
    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    Kanji
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    Kanji
    飲
    の.む・-の.み…(2)
    drink・smoke・take
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    げ
    ge
    Kana
    ん
    n
    Kana
    ま
    ma
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
    た
    ta
    Kana
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    す
    su
    Kana
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    • 指
    • 切
    • 嘘
    • 針
    • 千
    • 本
    • 飲
    • り
    • げ
    • ん
    • ま
    • つ
    • い
    • た
    • ら
    • す

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