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材料★【ざいりょうzairyou】

noun:

  • ingredients; material
  • material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; data
  • basis (for a decision); grounds; evidence
  • (market) factor - Finance term

ベイスギBEISUGIをwo材料zairyouにni巨大kyodaiでdeグロテスクなGUROTESUKUna、しかしshikashi美しいutsukushii円柱enchuuをwo作ったtsukutta。 They made huge, grotesque, yet beautiful poles of red cedar.

石油sekiyuがga化学製品kagakuseihinのno材料zairyouとしてtoshite用いられるmochiirareruようになったyouninattaのnoはhaごくgoku最近saikinのnoことkotoであるdearu。 It is only recently that crude oil has come to be used to make chemical products.

群生☆【ぐんせいgunsei・ぐんじょうgunjou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • growing en masse in a location (plants) ［ぐんせい］
  • living gregariously (animals, people); living in a community ［ぐんせい］

noun:

  • all animate creation - Buddhism term

あちこちachikochiにniヒナギクHINAGIKUがga群生gunseiしているshiteiru。 There are clumps of daisies here and there.

猿も木から落ちる【さるもきからおちるsarumokikaraochiru】

expression:

  • even monkeys fall from trees; anyone can make a mistake; pride comes before a fall; even Homer sometimes nods - proverb
指を詰める【ゆびをつめるyubiwotsumeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
  • to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect
印す【しるすshirusu】標す・徴す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to leave (a mark, trace, etc.); to print; to stamp ［印す・標す］ - archaism
  • to show a sign (i.e. an omen)
禍福は糾える縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとしkafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi】禍福は糾える縄の如し・禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし・禍福はあざなえる縄の如し

expression:

  • fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
JLPTN2
ピカピカPIKAPIKA☆・ぴかぴかpikapika☆ Inflection

~と adverb / adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

  • with a glitter; with a sparkle - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • brand new; shiny and new - onomatopoeia
社務☆【しゃむshamu】

noun:

  • business affairs of a company
  • clerical business of a Shinto shrine
気がする【きがするkigasuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
息をつく【いきをつくikiwotsuku】息を吐く・息を付く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to take a breath; to take a short rest
進退窮まる【しんたいきわまるshintaikiwamaru】進退きわまる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be at a loss; to be in a corner
是非曲直【ぜひきょくちょくzehikyokuchoku】

noun:

  • rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
息つく【いきつくikitsuku】息吐く・息付く Inflection

godan ~く verb:

鼻がグスグスする【はながグスグスするhanagaGUSUGUSUsuru】鼻がぐすぐすする【はながぐすぐすするhanagagusugususuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to have a sniffle; to have a congested nose
長広舌を振るう【ちょうこうぜつをふるうchoukouzetsuwofuruu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
気さえする【きさえするkisaesuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch - more emphatic than 気がする
シャッターを切る【シャッターをきるSHATTAAwokiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
鴻基【こうきkouki】洪基

noun:

  • foundation of a great project; base of a great enterprise
龕像【がんぞうganzou】

noun:

  • Buddha figure carved into a rock
  • Buddha figure in a cabinet
落堕【らくだrakuda】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • marrying (of a monk) - Buddhism term
  • returning to secular life (of a monk) - Buddhism term
初句【しょくshoku】

noun:

  • first five syllables (of a tanka); first line (of a poem)
刃毀れ【はこぼれhakobore】刃こぼれ Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
転職活動【てんしょくかつどうtenshokukatsudou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
ローンを組む【ローンをくむROONwokumu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to take out a loan; to get a loan
根性論【こんじょうろんkonjouron】

noun:

  • belief that where there's a will, there's a way
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