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二刀流【にとうりゅうnitouryuu】

noun:

  • two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
  • liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
  • bisexuality - colloquialism
  • player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term
優曇華【うどんげudonge】

noun:

  • udumbara (mythical Indian plant often identified with the cluster fig, Ficus glomerata)
  • something very rare (from the legend that it flowers once in 3000 years)
  • Japanese fiber banana flower ➜ 芭蕉
  • green lacewing eggs ➜ 草蜉蝣
落差☆【らくさrakusa】

noun:

  • difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); fall distance
  • difference; gap
足元を見る【あしもとをみるashimotowomiru】足下を見る・足もとを見る Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price) - from palanquin bearers gauging how weary a traveler's feet are, and raising the price accordingly - idiom
アッシー君【アッシーくんASSHIIkun】アシ君【アシくんASHIkun】

noun:

  • man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - slang
根を生やす【ねをはやすnewohayasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to plant oneself; to settle in
  • to be well-established (e.g. of a religion in a particular area); to have taken root
刻印☆【こくいんkokuin】 Inflection

noun:

  • carved seal; engraved stamp

~する noun:

  • to engrave (a seal); to carve
  • to make an impression (with a seal)

良くyoku晴れhareたtaあるaru春haruのno日hiにni、ジャンJANがga裏庭uraniwaのno砂場sunabaをwo掘っhoてteいるiruとto、小さなchiisana箱hakoをwo見つけmitsukeたta。箱hakoのno中nakaにniはhaぴかぴかpikapikaのno飛び出しtobidashiナイフNAIFUがga入っhaiてteおりori、不思議fushigiなna刻印kokuinがga入れireてteあっaたta。 On a nice spring day, when Jan was digging in the sandbox in the backyard, he found a small box. In the box was a shining switchblade with a mysterious inscription.

計上☆【けいじょうkeijou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • including a sum of money in one's calculations
  • appropriation (a sum of money)

国防kokubouのnoためtame大きなookina額gakuがga計上keijouされたsareta。 A considerable amount of money was appropriated for the national defense.

立ち上げる☆【たちあげるtachiageru】立ちあげる Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
書き込み☆【かきこみkakikomi】書込み Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • writing
  • entry (e.g. to a form)
  • posting (e.g. to a blog)

特定tokuteiのno企業kigyouをwo賞賛shousanするsuru書き込みkakikomiやya、逆にgyakuniライバルRAIBARU企業kigyouをwo貶めるotoshimeru書き込みkakikomiがga多いooi2ch。 2ch, where there are many posts praising specific companies, or, conversely, denigrating their rivals.

検針☆【けんしんkenshin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • inspection of a meter; reading a meter
  • needle detection (in garments, etc.); needle inspection
巣食うateji【すくうsukuu】巣くう☆ Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to build (a nest); to nest
  • to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)

嫉妬心shittoshinくらいkurai強くtsuyoku人間ningenのno心情shinjouにni巣食うsukuu情熱jounetsuはhaないnai。 There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

糊塗【ことkoto】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • patching up (e.g. a failure); covering up (e.g. a mistake); glossing over
一筆啓上【いっぴつけいじょうippitsukeijou】

expression:

  • Just a short note to tell you ...; This will just be a short note - set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note - male language - four character idiom
ちゃぶ台返し【ちゃぶだいがえしchabudaigaeshi】チャブ台返し【チャブだいがえしCHABUdaigaeshi】卓袱台返し【ちゃぶだいがえしchabudaigaeshi】

noun:

  • flipping a table over in anger; overturning a table in anger ➜ ちゃぶ台
がらっとgaratto

adverb:

  • to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door) - onomatopoeia
  • to change completely; to do a 180
智水【ちすいchisui】

noun:

  • purifying wisdom of a buddha - Buddhism term
  • purifying water of wisdom used in a Buddhist baptism - Buddhism term ➜ 灌頂・灌頂
年貢の納め時【ねんぐのおさめどきnengunoosamedoki】

expression:

  • time to pay the piper; time to pay the land tax (in kind) [literal]
予算委員会【よさんいいんかいyosan'iinkai】

noun:

  • Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet)
  • budget committee
初声【はつこえhatsukoe】

noun:

  • first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season - obscure term
三遊間【さんゆうかんsan'yuukan】

noun:

  • the hole (between third and short); area between the third baseman and shortstop - Baseball term
おな中【おなちゅうonachuu】同中

noun:

  • student at the same middle school; graduate of the same middle school - colloquialism
ナンバーディスプレーNANBAADEISUPUREE・ナンバーディスプレイNANBAADEISUPUREI・ナンバー・ディスプレーNANBAA/DEISUPUREE・ナンバー・ディスプレイNANBAA/DEISUPUREI

noun:

  • number display
  • caller ID (on telephones)
祠堂【しどうshidou】

noun:

  • lay ancestral hall; hall on temple grounds for holding mortuary tablets of lay parishioners
  • small shrine
個人プレー【こじんプレーkojinPUREE】

noun:

  • individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play
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