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大寒【だいかんdaikan】

noun:

  • (time of) extreme cold
  • "major cold" solar term (approx. Jan 20, roughly the coldest time of the year) ➜ 二十四節気

大寒daikan：１年でde最もmottomo寒さsamusaがga厳しくkibishikuなるnaru日hiですdesuがga、春haruがgaもうすぐmousugu間近majikaにni迫っているsematteiruとtoもmo言えますiemasu。 Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.

水に流す【みずにながすmizuninagasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
借訓【しゃっくんshakkun】

noun:

  • using the Japanese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning)
両部【りょうぶryoubu】

noun:

  • two parts; both parts - Buddhism term
  • both realms (i.e. the Diamond Realm and the Womb Realm)
  • Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation - abbreviation ➜ 両部神道
東日本【ひがしにほんhigashinihon・ひがしにっぽんhigashinippon】

noun:

気象庁kishouchouはha、東日本higashinippon大震災daishinsaiのnoマグニチュードMAGUNICHUUDOをwo８．８からkara、世界sekai観測kansoku史上shijou最大saidai級kyuuのnoＭ９．０にni修正shuuseiしshiたta。 The Japan Meteorological Agency has revised the magnitude of the eastern Japan quake from 8.8 to 9.0, the largest recorded in world history.

足半【あしなかashinaka】足中

noun:

  • half-soled straw sandals; straw sandals which are designed only for the front half of the foot ➜ 草鞋
洋学校【ようがっこうyougakkou】

noun:

  • Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)
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一日☆【ついたちtsuitachi・いっぴippi】１日☆【ついたちtsuitachi】朔日【ついたちtsuitachi・さくじつsakujitsu】朔【ついたちtsuitachi】

noun:

  • first day of the month - usu. 一日 or １日
  • first ten days of the lunar month ［ついたち］ - archaism
五彩【ごさいgosai】

noun:

  • the five colours: green, yellow, red, white and black; the five colors; five-coloured porcelain; five-colored porcelain
武【ぶbu】

noun:

  • the art of war; martial arts; military arts - archaism
  • military force; the sword
  • valor; bravery
  • military officer; military man

文bunはha武buにni勝るmasaru。 The pen is mightier than the sword.

クラスメートKURASUMEETOはhaみなmina武buをwo待ったmatta。 All of the classmates waited for Takeshi.

春を売る【はるをうるharuwouru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be a prostitute; to work as a prostitute; to sell sexual services
ガツGATSU

noun:

  • stomach (esp. a pig's stomach or a cow's rumen); pork stomach - perhaps from the English word "gut" - Food term
袋のネズミ【ふくろのネズミfukuronoNEZUMI】袋のねずみ・袋の鼠【ふくろのねずみfukurononezumi】

expression:

  • "rat in a trap" [figurative]; "trapped rat" [figurative]; rat in a bag [literal]
公妃【こうひkouhi】

noun:

  • noble's consort; consort of a prince; consort of a duke; duchess; princess
誤りを犯す【あやまりをおかすayamariwookasu】誤りをおかす Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to make a mistake; to commit an error; to commit a fault
邯鄲の歩み【かんたんのあゆみkantannoayumi】

expression:

  • like the young man who tried to walk like the Kantan people, gave up, and forgot how to walk
山より大きな猪は出ぬ【やまよりおおきないのししはでぬyamayoriookinainoshishihadenu・やまよりおおきなししはでぬyamayoriookinashishihadenu】

expression:

  • things cannot be larger than the things that contain them; there are no boars larger than the mountain [literal] - proverb
裏口入学【うらぐちにゅうがくuraguchinyuugaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school - four character idiom
口語☆【こうごkougo】

noun / ~の noun:

  • spoken language; colloquial speech
  • literary style based on (modern) spoken language ➜ 文語

口語kougo的なtekina話し方hanashikataがga日常会話nichijoukaiwaでdeはha使われているtsukawareteiru。 Colloquial speech is used in everyday conversation.

独断専行☆【どくだんせんこうdokudansenkou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation - four character idiom
踏みつける【ふみつけるfumitsukeru】踏み付ける・踏付ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to trample down; to tread on
  • to ignore; to spurn

芝生shibafuをwo踏みつけるfumitsukeruなna。 Don't trample on the grass.

手持ち品【てもちひんtemochihin】

noun:

  • goods in stock or on hand or in one's possession
眼鏡をかける・眼鏡を掛ける【めがねをかけるmeganewokakeru】メガネを掛ける【メガネをかけるMEGANEwokakeru】めがねを掛ける【めがねをかけるmeganewokakeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to wear glasses; to put on glasses
取っておく【とっておくtotteoku】取って置く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to set aside; to keep in reserve; to hold on to
格ゲー【かくゲーkakuGEE】

noun:

  • beat'-em-up game; (one on one) fighting game - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 格闘ゲーム
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