Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 手に職を持つ【てにしょくをもつ】手に職をもつ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to have a trade; to have a vocation ➜ 手に職をつける
- 目の色を変える【めのいろをかえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
- 息を継ぐ【いきをつぐ】息をつぐ Inflection
expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
- to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
- to take a rest; to take a break
- 産毛【うぶげ】うぶ毛・生毛
noun:
- soft, downy hair (i.e. such as on one's cheek); peach fuzz; fluff; pappus
- lanugo
~の noun:
- lanuginous; pappose; pappous
孵化後まもないヒナは、産毛が濡れていますが、2時間もすると乾いてフワフワになります。 The down of chicks that have just hatched is damp, but after two hours it dries out and becomes fluffy.
- 防人【さきもり・ぼうじん】
noun:
- soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times
- Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty [ぼうじん]
- 朔【さく】
noun:
- new moon - Astronomy term
- first day of the lunar month
- (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)
- 機嫌を取る【きげんをとる】機嫌をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
こびへつらうウェイターは最上のテーブルをあてがわれる。なぜなら、そうしたウェイターは、いつもマネージャーや上役のきげんをとるから。 The obsequious waiter is usually assigned the best table because he always curries favor with his manager and superiors.
- 書き損なう【かきそこなう】書損なう Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to write incorrectly; to miswrite
- to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
- タンポナーデ
noun:
- tamponade; blockage or closure of a wound or body cavity by (or as if by) a tampon (esp. to stop bleeding) - Medicine term ➜ 心タンポナーデ【しんタンポナーデ】
- 書き損じる【かきそんじる】書損じる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to write incorrectly; to miswrite
- to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
- お高くとまる【おたかくとまる】お高く止まる・お高く留まる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
- お喜び申し上げる【およろこびもうしあげる】お慶び申し上げる・お喜び申しあげる・お慶び申しあげる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to express pleasure (on receiving news, etc.); to be glad to hear (something) - usu. 〜ます
- ペイオフ解禁【ペイオフかいきん】
noun:
- removal of blanket government protection of bank deposits; introduction of limits on deposit insurance
- プリン頭【プリンあたま】
noun:
- black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism
- 山椒は小粒でもぴりりと辛い【さんしょうはこつぶでもぴりりとからい】
expression:
- size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb
- JKリフレ【ジェイケイリフレ・ジェーケーリフレ】
noun:
- いたち《鼬・鼬鼠》イタチ
noun:
- weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi)
- mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
- 卍【まんじ】卍字・万字
noun:
- swastika (esp. a counterclockwise swastika as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion - used as a symbol for Buddhist temples on maps ➜ ハーケンクロイツ
- swastika-shaped family crest
interjection:
- wow; yeah; ugh; yuck; awesome; really; let's go [卍] - usu. at the beginning or/and end of a sentence or word but also by itself; used for emphasis, etc. - slang
- 開眼☆【かいがん・かいげん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth
- gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes [かいがん]
- 反り返る【そりかえる】そり返る・反りかえる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to warp; to bend backwards; to throw the head (or shoulders) back; to throw out the chest
Kanji
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