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- 無気力試合【むきりょくしあい】
noun:
- match where one side loses on purpose - Sports term
- dull game; dull match - Sports term
- 作り飾る【つくりかざる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to window-dress; to put on airs; to be pretentious; to pretend - archaism
- モーションをかける《モーションを掛ける》 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone
- 中秋☆【ちゅうしゅう・ちゅうじゅう】仲秋【ちゅうしゅう・ちゅうじゅう・なかあき】
noun:
- 15th day of the 8th lunar month - usu. 中秋
- eighth month of the lunar calendar [なかあき] - obsolete term ➜ 葉月
- ぐれる・グレる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
- 土地鑑【とちかん】土地勘
noun:
- familiarity with the land
- locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
日本では土地勘というものは、あまり価値がない。 The locality does not count for much in Japan.
- 真経津の鏡【まふつのかがみ】
noun:
- mirror - archaism - obscure term
- Mafutsu no Kagami (alternate name for Yata no Kagami, the mirror of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 八咫鏡
- を限りに【をかぎりに】
expression:
- as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに
- 功罪相償う【こうざいあいつぐなう】
expression:
- the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom
- 命長ければ恥多し【いのちながければはじおおし】
expression:
- to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer - proverb
- 回送☆【かいそう】廻送 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- forwarding; sending on; redirecting (e.g. mail)
- deadheading (e.g. train) ➜ 回送車
- 四面楚歌【しめんそか】
noun / ~の noun:
- being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody - four character idiom
あんな四面楚歌の状態で、彼よく仕事してられるよな。 He's completely shunned. I'm surprised he's still working here.
- 刃【やいば】
noun:
- 洗い立てる【あらいたてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to examine closely; to check up on; to ferret out
- to wash carefully
- 多情多恨【たじょうたこん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- going through life with one's heart on one's sleeve; sensibility - four character idiom
- 気を入れる【きをいれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to do in earnest; to concentrate on; to apply one's mind to
- うわべを飾る【うわべをかざる】上辺を飾る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend
- あれよあれよといううちに《あれよあれよという内に》
expression:
- while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ
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