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駄目で元々【だめでもともとdamedemotomoto】ダメで元々【ダメでもともとDAMEdemotomoto】駄目でもともと

expression:

  • giving something a try because one has nothing to lose ➜ 駄目元
カインコンプレックスKAINKONPUREKKUSU・カイン・コンプレックスKAIN/KONPUREKKUSU

noun:

  • Cain complex (jealousy of a sibling, ultimately leading to hatred)
打開策【だかいさくdakaisaku】打解策irr.

noun:

  • plan to overcome an obstacle or break out of a deadlock; breakthrough solution

現状genjouのno打開策dakaisakuをwo暗中模索anchuumosakuしているshiteiru。 We are groping for a way out of the present situation.

招へい理由書【しょうへいりゆうしょshouheiriyuusho】招聘理由書

noun:

  • invitation letter (e.g. document in support of a visa to enter Japan)
本膳料理【ほんぜんりょうりhonzenryouri】

noun:

  • extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs)
足りない【たりないtarinai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • insufficient; not enough; lacking Antonym: 足りる
  • dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
皺【しぼshibo・さびsabi】

noun:

  • bumpy texture of a material (esp. woven fabric) ➜ 烏帽子
  • creases in an eboshi hat
集団犯【しゅうだんはんshuudanhan】

noun:

  • crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection)
笈【おいoi】負

noun:

  • wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage
リットル病【リットルびょうRITTORUbyou】

noun:

  • Little's disease (i.e. spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy)
ボタン戦争【ボタンせんそうBOTANsensou】

noun:

  • war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button - obscure term - From English "button war"
壺【こko】壷

noun:

  • hu (ancient Chinese vessel shaped like a vase, usually used to store alcohol)
間接キス【かんせつキスkansetsuKISU】

noun:

  • indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)
蔓性植物【まんせいしょくぶつmanseishokubutsu・つるせいしょくぶつtsuruseishokubutsu】つる性植物【つるせいしょくぶつtsuruseishokubutsu】

noun:

  • creeper (plant that grows along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)
年【とせtose】歳

counter:

  • counter for years (following a number in the hito-futa-mi counting system) - archaism
路【じji】

suffix:

  • route; road
  • distance travelled in a day
  • one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s) ➜ 七十路
コールド負け【コールドまけKOORUDOmake】

noun:

  • loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game
林鐘【りんしょうrinshou】

noun:

片端から【かたはしからkatahashikara】

adverb:

  • absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another ➜ 片っ端から
じゃんじゃんjanjan

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong - onomatopoeia

adverb:

  • continuously; incessantly; one after another; rapidly; plentifully; freely - onomatopoeia
加持身【かじしんkajishin】

noun:

  • buddha-body within a practitioner (esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
  • altruistic manifested form of Mahavairocana (New Shingon) ➜ 本地身
同日の論ではない【どうじつのろんではないdoujitsunorondehanai】

expression:

  • there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb
幸若舞【こうわかまいkouwakamai】

noun:

  • style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)
弓懸け【ゆがけyugake】弓懸・弓掛け・弽old・韘old

noun:

  • archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)
技あり【わざありwazaari】技有り

noun:

  • waza-ari (in judo, a half-point awarded for good but incomplete execution) - Martial Arts term
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