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槍玉・やり玉【やりだまyaridama】ヤリ玉【ヤリだまYARIdama】: noun:
skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる
頭だし【あたまだしatamadashi】頭出し: noun:
cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading
分霊【ぶんれいbunrei】: noun:
division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner
敗軍の将は兵を語らず【はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらずhaigunnoshouhaheiwokatarazu】: expression:
don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb
シャンポンSHANPON《双ポン・双碰》: noun:
wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】
浦島花子【うらしまはなこurashimahanako】: noun:
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
軌を一にする【きをいつにするkiwoitsunisuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing
ここ一番【ここいちばんkokoichiban】此処一番: expression / noun:
the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage
文部省美術展覧会【もんぶしょうびじゅつてんらんかいmonbushoubijutsutenrankai】: noun:
Bunten exhibition; annual art exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Education (antecedent of the Nitten exhibition) ➜ 文展【ぶんてん】
傷口^☆【きずぐちkizuguchi】疵口: noun:
(opening of) a wound; (mouth of a) wound; cut; 母haha はha傷口kizuguchiにni ばんそうこうbansoukou をwo つけてtsukete くれたkureta。 Mom applied the plaster to the cut.
にわたってniwatatte^☆《に渡って・に亘って》: expression:
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ... ➜ 渡る
画題^☆【がだいgadai】: noun:
subject (of a painting); motif; theme
title of a painting
御曹司^☆【おんぞうしonzoushi】御曹子: noun:
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
家相【かそうkasou】: noun:
construction of a house (divination term); form of a house
乗り戻す【のりもどすnorimodosu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb:
to ride (a horse) back; to drive (a car) back
中心とする【ちゅうしんとするchuushintosuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to play a leading role; to play a central part
入社試験【にゅうしゃしけんnyuushashiken】: noun:
test for a position in a company; company entrance test
市を成す【いちをなすichiwonasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to form a crowd; to have a crowd of people
枝を鋏む【えだをはさむedawohasamu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to trim a tree; to prune a tree's branches - obscure term
戸を破る【とをやぶるtowoyaburu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to bust down a door; to break a door open
地獄絵図【じごくえずjigokuezu】: noun:
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell - four character idiom
資性穏和【しせいおんわshiseionwa】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun:
being of a gentle disposition; being of a mild character - four character idiom
間を持つ【まをもつmawomotsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
審決【しんけつshinketsu】: noun:
trial decision; decision by a court; judgment from a trial
思う念力岩をも通す【おもうねんりきいわをもとおすomounenrikiiwawomotoosu】思う念力岩をも徹す: expression:
where there is a will, there is a way - proverb

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