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釈迦に説法【しゃかにせっぽうshakaniseppou】: expression:
teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha [literal]
カリ活用【カリかつようKARIkatsuyou】: noun:
classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
よしきりyoshikiri《葭切・葦切・葦雀》ヨシキリYOSHIKIRI: noun:
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) ➜ 小葦切・大葦切
行々子【ぎょうぎょうしgyougyoushi】行行子・仰々子・仰仰子: noun:
reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler) - obscure term ➜ 葦切
成長を阻む【せいちょうをはばむseichouwohabamu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of
前轍を踏む【ぜんてつをふむzentetsuwofumu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to repeat the mistake of somebody; to make the same mistake as that of ... - idiom ➜ 轍を踏む
日の目を見る【ひのめをみるhinomewomiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to see the light of day; to be revealed (to the world); to be realized
朝っぱらから【あさっぱらからasapparakara】: expression:
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
やこうぼくyakouboku《夜香木》ヤコウボクYAKOUBOKU: noun:
night jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum); night jasmine; lady of the night; queen of the night
耳抜き【みみぬきmiminuki】耳ぬき Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
ear clearing; clearing the ears; equalizing pressure in the ears with external pressure
正法【せいほうseihou】: noun:
just law
proper method
the true teachings of Buddha; Period of the True Law - Buddhism term
五本の指に入る【ごほんのゆびにはいるgohonnoyubinihairu】５本の指に入る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be within the top five; to be one of the five best - idiom
末生り【うらなりuranari】末成り・末成^irr.: noun:
fruit grown near the tip of the vine (hence stunted and unripe) ➜ 本生り
weak-looking fellow; pale-faced man; pasty-faced man; pallid man
すす払い【すすはらいsusuharai】煤払い: noun:
cleaning dust etc. from rooms; housecleaning
(the traditional Japanese end-of-the-year, 13th December) big house cleaning; spring cleaning (only not in spring) ➜ 煤掃き
尾を引く【おをひくowohiku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
謎を掛ける【なぞをかけるnazowokakeru】謎をかける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to pose a riddle
to hint (at); to drop a hint
習慣づける【しゅうかんづけるshuukanzukeru】習慣付ける Inflection: ichidan verb:
to make a habit of; to make it a practice to
選を異にする【せんをことにするsenwokotonisuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to be in a different genre; to belong to a different category ➜ 異にする
遷都^☆【せんとsento】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
世帯主^☆【せたいぬしsetainushi】: noun:
head of the family; head of the household
家声【かせいkasei】: noun:
honour of the family; honor of the family
東面【とうめんtoumen】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
facing the east; east face; east side; the east
南岸沿いに【なんがんぞいにnanganzoini】: adverb:
along the southern coast; along the southern seashore
派米【はべいhabei】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
dispatching to the US; despatching to the US
団結権【だんけつけんdanketsuken】: noun:
the right to organize; the right to organise

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