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話半分【はなしはんぶんhanashihanbun】: noun:
taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story; トムTOMU のno 言うiu ことkoto はha話半分hanashihanbunにni 聞いkii たta 方hou がga いいii よyo。 It's better if you take what Tom says with a grain of salt.
新刀【しんとうshintou】: noun:
newly forged sword; sword made after the year 1615
横銜え【よこぐわえyokoguwae】横ぐわえ: adverb:
holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth
茶を濁す【ちゃをにごすchawonigosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
スタンバるSUTANBAru Inflection: godan ~る verb:
to stand by; to be on standby
桃源【とうげんtougen】: noun:
Shangri-La; paradise on earth
道徳上【どうとくじょうdoutokujou】: noun:
morally; from the moral point of view; それsore はha道徳上doutokujouのno 問題mondai だda。 It is a moral question.
袖の下【そでのしたsodenoshita】: noun:
bribe; money under the table; あのano 政治家seijika にni 会うau つもりtsumori ならnara、袖の下sodenoshitaをwo 使わないtsukawanai 限りkagiri 駄目dame だda ねne。 That politician won't meet you unless you grease his palm.
生え際【はえぎわhaegiwa】生えぎわ: noun:
hairline; borders of the hair; あいつaitsu、おでこodeko がga 広いhiroi だけdake だってdatte 言っi てるteru けどkedo さsa、要はyouha生え際haegiwaがga 後退koutai しshi てるteru ってtte ことkoto だろdaro。 That guy, he said he had a wide, prominent forehead, but in fact, its his hairline that's receding.
闇夜の礫【やみよのつぶてyamiyonotsubute】: expression:
aimless attempt; shot in the dark - obscure term
押し相撲【おしずもうoshizumou】: noun:
pushing sumo; classic way of wrestling without using the belt - Sumo term
累を及ぼす【るいをおよぼすruiwooyobosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to cause trouble (for someone); to have an unfavourable effect on (unfavorable)
受けて立つ【うけてたつuketetatsu】 Inflection: godan ~つ verb:
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
一言に尽きる【ひとことにつきるhitokotonitsukiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it - often Ｘの一言に尽きる
映画人【えいがじんeigajin】: noun:
cineast; someone who works in the movie industry
突貫作業【とっかんさぎょうtokkansagyou】: noun:
rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed - four character idiom; 突貫作業tokkansagyouだったdatta からkara、サイズSAIZU がga 合わないawanai かもしれませんkamoshiremasen。 It was a rush job so it might not be a good fit.
非難合戦【ひなんかっせんhinankassen】批難合戦 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
(engaging in a round of) mutual criticism; repeated attacks on each other - four character idiom
シャーデンフロイデSHAADENFUROIDE・シャーデンフロイドSHAADENFUROIDO: noun:
schadenfreude; pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others - From German ➜ メシウマ
べくしてbekushite《可くして》: suffix / conjunction:
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course
though possible as it may be
時候の挨拶【じこうのあいさつjikounoaisatsu】時候のあいさつ: expression / noun:
seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season
用足し【ようたしyoutashi】用達【ようたしyoutashi・ようたつyoutatsu】用足^irr.・用たし・用達し^irr.【ようたしyoutashi】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
running errands; going on errands
(transaction of) business; going about one's business
doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達
夜更けて【よふけてyofukete】夜ふけて: expression:
late at night; deep in the night
抜き足差し足【ぬきあしさしあしnukiashisashiashi】ぬき足さし足・抜き足さし足・抜足差足: expression / noun:
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe - four character idiom; 彼kare はha抜き足差し足nukiashisashiashiでde 部屋heya にni 入ったhaitta。 He tiptoed into the room.
国防総省【こくぼうそうしょうkokubousoushou】: noun:
Department of Defense (U.S.); the Pentagon; 国防総省kokubousoushou関係者kankeisha はha、異常ijou がga いつitsu 発生hassei したshita かka についてnitsuite はha 口を閉ざしてkuchiwotozashite おりori、飛行hikou のno 詳細shousai についてnitsuite もmo 論評ronpyou をwo さけましたsakemashita。 Pentagon officials won't say when the problem turned up and refused to discuss details about the flight.
軽しめる【かろしめるkaroshimeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to belittle; to look down on

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