てんぐ

[天狗] Japanese long-nosed goblin 【C】.

天狗
long-nosed goblin
braggart

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てんぐ【天狗】

Japanese long-nosed goblin 〖C〗.

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てんぐ【天狗】

1 〔山の神または妖怪〕 a mountain spirit (portrayed as winged and having a long nose); a long-nosed goblin.

●てんぐの面 a long-nosed mask

・てんぐのうちわ the fan that a tengu is often portrayed as holding

・てんぐのような鼻 a long nose.

2 〔増長すること〕 boastfulness; boasting; bragging; 〔うぬぼれ屋〕 a braggart; a boaster; a self-conceited person.

●てんぐになる pride oneself 《on…》; become vain [conceited, puffed up]; get stuck [puffed] up; get a big [swelled] head

・彼はほめられるとすぐてんぐになる. As soon as somebody praises him he gets a big [swelled] head.

●てんぐの鼻をへし折る knock a person off his high horse; take sb down a peg [notch] or two; make sb eat humble pie.

からす天狗 a tengu portrayed as having a crow's beak and black wings.

釣り天狗 a person who boasts of his fishing ability.

天狗風 a sudden strong gust of wind.

天狗飛び斬りの術 the art of leaping high into the air and cutting down one's opponent.

天狗話 boastful talk; a boastful tale.

天狗鼻

●てんぐ鼻の boastful; conceited.

天狗連 a set of boasters.