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搾取☆【さくしゅsakushu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
  • milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

雇い主yatoinushiはha、時にtokini従業員juugyouinをwo搾取sakushuするsuru。 Employers sometimes exploit their workers.

煮詰める☆【につめるnitsumeru】煮つめる Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.)
  • to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
検索☆【けんさくkensaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

政府seifuはhaそのsono問題mondaiのno決定kettei案anをwoまだmada検索kensaku中chuuだda。 The government is still groping for a solution to the problem.

棒引き☆【ぼうびきboubiki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

noun:

  • tug o' war; tug of war

間違ったらmachigattara、そのままsonomama棒引きboubikiでde消してkeshiteおいてoiteくださいkudasai。 If you make a mistake, just cross it out neatly.

省筆【しょうひつshouhitsu・せいひつseihitsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
上がり端【あがりはなagarihana・あがりばなagaribana】上り端irr.

noun:

  • entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
  • start of a rise (e.g. in prices)
腰掛け仕事【こしかけしごとkoshikakeshigoto】腰掛仕事

noun:

  • temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time - four character idiom
責任問題【せきにんもんだいsekininmondai】

noun:

  • a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame) - four character idiom
飲食禁止【いんしょくきんしinshokukinshi】

noun:

  • no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
替え名【かえなkaena】代え名・替名

noun:

  • alternative name; alternate name
  • assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
  • stage name
JLPTN4
世界★【せかいsekai】

noun:

  • the world; society; the universe
  • sphere; circle; world

~の noun:

  • renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan

noun:

  • realm governed by one Buddha; space - original meaning - Buddhism term

愛aiのno力chikaraはha世界sekaiをwo動かすugokasu。 Love makes the world go round.

このkono世界sekaiのno教育kyouikuにniはhaがっかりgakkariしてshiteしまうshimau。 Education in this world disappoints me.

正【しょうshou・じょうjou】

noun / prefix noun:

  • greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior ➜ 従【じゅ】
  • director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo period); chief ［しょう］ ➜ 長官【かみ】

prefix:

  • exactly; precisely ［しょう］ - before a number
當十錢【とうじゅうぜんtoujuuzen】

noun:

  • type of bronze Chinese coin first issued under Emperor Yuan of the Southern Liang dynasty worth the value of ten iron coins
ことになるkotoninaru☆《事になる》 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that - usu. sentence ending
  • to be the result (of); to be the outcome
  • to be the reason (for)
JLPTN3
舌★【したshita】

noun:

  • tongue
  • tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

コーヒーKOOHIIはha舌shitaがga焼けるyakeruほどhodo熱かったatsukatta。 The coffee was so hot that I nearly burned my tongue.

擁立★【ようりつyouritsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
乗り回す☆【のりまわすnorimawasu】乗回す☆・乗りまわす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to drive (a car) around; to ride (a bicycle) around

私watashiはha人hitoがga大きなookina車kurumaをwo乗り回すnorimawasuのにnoni反対hantaiだda。 I'm against people driving big cars.

応召☆【おうしょうoushou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • responding to a call-up for military service; answering a call-up - Military term

第１次世界大戦dai１jisekaitaisenでde英国eikokuのno成年seinen男子danshiのno大半taihanがga応召oushouしたshita。 In the First World War, a large proportion of England's young men enlisted.

語感☆【ごかんgokan】

noun:

  • sense of language
  • feeling of a word; impression a word makes; nuance
乗り合わせる☆【のりあわせるnoriawaseru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool

これkoreまでmadeのnoこのkono旅路tabijiをwo共にtomoniしshiてteくれkureたtaパートナーPAATONAAにni感謝kanshaしshiたいtai。彼kareはha心kokoroをwo尽くしtsukushiてte戦いtatakai、（ペンシルベニアPENSHIRUBENIA州shuu）スクラントン)SUKURANTONのno街machiでde一緒isshoにni育っsodaたta人hitoたちtachiのnoためtameにni語っkataてteきkiたta。デラウェアDERAUEAのno自宅jitakuにni電車denshaでde帰るkaeru際sai、一緒isshoにni乗り合わせるnoriawaseru人hitoたちtachiのnoためtameにni戦っtatakaてteきkiたta。アメリカAMERIKAのno次期jiki副fuku大統領daitouryouジョー・バイデンJOO/BAIDENにni、私watashiはha感謝kanshaしshiたいtai。 I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton, and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

流会☆【りゅうかいryuukai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • cancelling a meeting; adjournment of a meeting (due to lack of attendance)
穴が開く【あながあくanagaaku】穴が空く・穴があく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
憂き目を見る【うきめをみるukimewomiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
永らえる【ながらえるnagaraeru】長らえる・存える Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to have a long life; to live a long time

恥を忍んでhajiwoshinonde生きiki永らえるnagaraeruよりyoriむしろmushiro死にshiniたいtai。 I would die before I live on in shame.

懐が暖かい【ふところがあったかいfutokorogaattakai・ふところがあたたかいfutokorogaatatakai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • flush with money; have a full purse; have a full handbag
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