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カキコKAKIKO^☆・かきこkakiko: noun:
post (to a BBS); comment (on a blog) - abbreviation - slang ➜ 書き込み
タンデムTANDEMU^☆: noun:
tandem; (riding with a) passenger on a motorcycle
一文商い【いちもんあきないichimon'akinai】: noun:
(a) penny store; business on a small scale
魚信【ぎょしんgyoshin】: noun:
bite (of a fish on a hook); strike ➜ 当たり【あたり】
大きく【おおきくookiku】: adverb:
in a big way; on a grand scale
言葉をもじる【ことばをもじるkotobawomojiru】言葉を捩る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to make a pun on a word
一本漬け【いっぽんつけippontsuke】一本漬: noun:
pickle on a stick (usually a cucumber)
寄る辺【よるべyorube】: noun:
place to go; person to turn to or depend on; one's resort
頭の皿【あたまのさらatamanosara】: noun:
flat part of the top of the cranium
plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童
爻辞【こうじkouji】: noun:
commentary (on any of the 384 lines of the hexagrams in the Book of Changes)
マイミクMAIMIKU: noun:
my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ
マイミクシィMAIMIKUSHYI: noun:
my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク
子供の使い【こどものつかいkodomonotsukai】: expression / noun:
useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand - idiom
庚申待【こうしんまちkoushinmachi】庚申待ち: noun:
staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸
初花【はつはなhatsuhana・ういばなuibana】: noun:
first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
first menstruation ［はつはな］
woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］
鶏口牛後【けいこうぎゅうごkeikougyuugo】: expression:
better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom
上提【じょうていjoutei】上程^☆ Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
introducing (a bill); presentation; departure on a journey
筆頭者【ひっとうしゃhittousha】: noun:
head of a family; first name on a list
砥糞【とくそtokuso】: noun:
sludge from sharpening a sword, etc. on a grindstone
あんず飴【あんずあめanzuame】: noun:
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick ➜ りんご飴【りんごあめ】
良いとこ取り【よいとこどりyoitokodori】良いとこどり・良い所取り・よいとこ取り・好いとこ取り Inflection: expression / noun / ~する noun:
focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】
取り付け騒ぎ【とりつけさわぎtoritsukesawagi】: expression:
a run on a bank
牛柄【うしがらushigara】: noun:
cow spot pattern (as on the hide of a cow); cow-skin pattern
包袋【ほうたいhoutai】: noun:
file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office
途中^★【とちゅうtochuu】: adverbial noun / temporal noun:
on the way; en route
in the middle of; midway; 学校gakkou へhe 行くiku途中tochuuでde トムTOMU にni 会ったatta。 I met Tom on my way to school.

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