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転び【ころびkorobi】: noun:
falling (down); tumbling (down); falling to the ground
failure; failing
renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
batter (construction technique)
捨て印【すていんsutein】捨印: noun:
marginal seal (special seal affixed into the margins of an official document to indicate that any later revisions to the document are valid)
アジア太平洋戦争【アジアたいへいようせんそうAJIAtaiheiyousensou】アジア・太平洋戦争: noun:
Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945) ➜ 十五年戦争・太平洋戦争
都護【とごtogo】: noun:
Protector General; Tang-period Chinese official in charge of the local Protectorate General ➜ 都護府
travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position) ➜ 按察使
赤富士【あかふじakafuji】: noun:
red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)
にんまりninmari Inflection: adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
使者を遣わす【ししゃをつかわすshishawotsukawasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to dispatch a messenger; to despatch a messenger
字義【じぎjigi】: noun:
meaning of a word; sense of a word
湖心【こしんkoshin】: noun:
center of a lake; centre of a lake
式次【しきじshikiji】: noun:
program of a ceremony; programme of a ceremony
小半日【こはんにちkohannichi】: adverbial noun / temporal noun:
nearly half a day; approximately half a day
山容【さんようsan'you】: noun:
shape of a mountain; form of a mountain
満願【まんがんmangan】: noun:
fulfilment of a vow; fulfillment of a vow
刀を打つ【かたなをうつkatanawoutsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to temper a sword; to forge a sword
薬の力【くすりのちからkusurinochikara】: expression / noun:
effectiveness of a drug; efficacy of a drug
束になる【たばになるtabaninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to form a group; to form a bunch
綱を張る【つなをはるtsunawoharu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to become a yokozuna; to be a yokozuna - Sumo term ➜ 横綱【よこづな】
罪を犯す【つみをおかすtsumiwookasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
手紙を添える【てがみをそえるtegamiwosoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to attach a letter; to include a letter
畑を起こす【はたけをおこすhatakewookosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to plow a field; to plough a field
秘密を漏らす【ひみつをもらすhimitsuwomorasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret ➜ 秘密を暴露する
数分後【すうふんごsuufungo】: adverbial noun / temporal noun:
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
筋を違える【すじをちがえるsujiwochigaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to pull a muscle; to strain a muscle
烙印を押される【らくいんをおされるrakuinwoosareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
網を打つ【あみをうつamiwoutsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to cast a net; to throw a net

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