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- 細巻き【ほそまき】細巻
noun:
- rolling something thinly; something rolled thinly (a thin roll of makizushi, a cigarette, etc.) ➜ 太巻き【ふとまき】
- 家庭を持つ【かていをもつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to have a family (e.g. wife or husband and children); to raise a family ➜ 所帯を持つ
- 門前市をなす【もんぜんいちをなす】門前市を成す・門前市を為す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)
- 号令をかける【ごうれいをかける】号令を掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order
- 実績を残す【じっせきをのこす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to accomplish something; to leave a mark; to make an impression; to build a track record
- 赤い糸で結ばれる【あかいいとでむすばれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); to be tied by the red string (of fate) [literal] - idiom ➜ 赤い糸
- 目潰し【めつぶし】目つぶし
noun:
- sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them
- poking someone's eyes during a fight to blind them
「軽くならいいけど」「うむ、では金的と目潰しは有効にするか?」 "If it's a light workout, OK." "Right, so will we allow crotch-kicking and eyeball crushing?"
- 原書☆【げんしょ】
noun:
- original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
- 放流☆【ほうりゅう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- discharge (e.g. of water from a dam)
- liberation; stocking (e.g. a river with fish)
- 一役【ひとやく】
noun:
- role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
万次郎はこの二国をお互いに親しくするために一役果たしました。 Manjiro played a part in making the two countries friends with each other.
- 仕官【しかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- government service; entering government service
- (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve ➜ 浪人
- 目がない【めがない】目が無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- extremely fond of; having a weakness for; being a sucker for
- having poor discernment skills
- 罠にかかる【わなにかかる】罠に掛かる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.)
- to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
- 乞食を三日すればやめられぬ【こじきをみっかすればやめられぬ】乞食を三日すれば止められぬ
expression:
- once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb
- 拝み箸【おがみばし】
noun:
- clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)
- 汚物入れ【おぶついれ】
noun:
- sanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)
- 一席ぶつ【いっせきぶつ】一席打つ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech
- ほころばす《綻ばす》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
- 手抜き☆【てぬき】手抜 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
- intentional negligence
- tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
いつも手抜き料理ばっかりだから、今日は本格的に料理を作ろうかな。 I always make simple recipes, but today I think I want to cook for real.
- 出題☆【しゅつだい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- setting a question (for an exam)
- setting a theme (for composition of poetry)
どういった時事が公務員試験で出題されるのか。 What sort of current affairs appear in the civil service examination?
- 編☆【へん】篇
noun / suffix noun:
- compilation (of a text); editing
noun / suffix noun / counter:
- volume (of a text)
- completed literary work
- ところを☆・とこを
particle / conjunction:
- although (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition)
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