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- 政倫審【せいりんしん】
noun:
- Deliberative Council on Political Ethics (Diet Committee); ethics committee - abbreviation ➜ 政治倫理審査会【せいじりんりしんさかい】
- 決め打ち【きめうち】決めうち Inflection
noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing
noun / ~する noun:
- selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
- having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)
- オノコロ島【オノコロじま】オノゴロ島【オノゴロじま】磤馭慮島old【おのころじま・おのごろじま】
noun:
- Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
- Japan
- 笠☆【かさ】
noun:
- conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
- something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 傘【かさ】
- 割符【わりふ・わっぷ】割り符【わりふ】
noun:
- tally; check; piece of wood or paper split in half and given to each party as a form of proof (e.g. of a transaction)
- 木馬☆【もくば】
noun:
- wooden horse; rocking horse
- vaulting horse; horse used in gymnastics ➜ 跳馬
- the horse (ancient torture device that one was forced to straddle with rocks hanging from the feet)
- 開ける☆【ひらける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up
- to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better
- to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to modernize; to grow; to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.)
- to be sensible; to be understanding; to be enlightened
- to open (of a new road, railway, etc.); to be opened to traffic
- to become populous; to become densely built; to become bustling
道は必ず開けてゆく。 There will be an answer.
そうすればやがて運が開けるでしょう。 And soon your luck will turn for the better.
- 敷く☆【しく】布く Inflection
godan ~く verb:
- to spread out; to lay out
- to take a position
- to impose widely (e.g. over a city) ➜ 法令を敷く
私は、ポーチに敷く木製のデッキパネルを購入したいと思います。 I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
- 肴☆【さかな】
noun:
- appetizer or snack served with drinks
- performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
- カンテ
noun:
- ridge (in mountain-climbing); edge of a rock face - From German "Kante"
- take-off point (ski-jump)
- edge of a ski
- 籍を置く【せきをおく】籍をおく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be enrolled (in a college, course of study, etc.); to be a member (of an organization)
- 鯨飲馬食【げいいんばしょく】 Inflection
expression / noun / ~する noun:
- drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom
- 乙に澄ます【おつにすます】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to affect a serene mood; to affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority
- アッシー
noun:
- (automotive) assembly - abbreviation
- man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - from 足 - slang
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