For instance, a person can be brokenhearted, or have a heart of gold.. This idiom saying that if you become thin and weak from sorrow, if your misery is making you sick, then you are figuratively eating your heart out. --- In modern usage, the expression means to be extremely jealous or upset.his idiom saying that if you become thin and weak from sorrow, if your misery is making you sick, then you are figuratively eating your heart out. --- In modern usage, the expression means to be extremely jealous or upset.
The word ç©ºæ (karate) literally means 'empty hand' in Japanese. This word is commonly used in both English and Japanese to refer to the Japanese martial art. ç©º (kara) - empty æ (te) - hand.
The Japanese fan was also used in the military, as a way of sending signals on the field of battle. In the arts, Japanese hand fans were vital to the success of dance, the theatre and even in sumo wrestling, where the referee controls the contestants using a type of Japanese folding fan called gumpai uchiwa, which means military fan. Kabuki actors used Japanese hand fans in mass as well.