Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 出鼻・出端【でばな・ではな】出ばな【でばな】出はな【ではな】
noun:
- projecting part (of a headland, etc.) [でばな・出鼻]
- moment of departure; (on the) point of going out
- outset; start; beginning
- 軍配を上げる【ぐんばいをあげる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner) - Sumo term
- to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
- 文字盤☆【もじばん】
noun:
- dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.)
- letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
- ずっこける Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to slide down
- to make a fool of oneself
- to whoop it up; to be on the spree; to cut loose; to mess around
- やくざ☆・ヤクザ Inflection
noun:
- yakuza; gangster; mobster; hoodlum; racketeer; gambler - poss. from 八九三
adjectival noun / noun:
- useless; worthless; good-for-nothing; trashy
- プレパラート
noun:
- specimen prepared on a glass slide for use with a microscope - From German "Präparat"
- 地回り【じまわり】地廻り・地まわり
noun:
- from the area (e.g. person or goods)
- local trader; local merchant
- street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)
- 指をくわえる【ゆびをくわえる】指を咥える・指を銜える Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to look on enviously while doing nothing; to look on with a finger in one's mouth [literal] - often 〜て見る
- 居候生活【いそうろうせいかつ】
noun:
- living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation
- 応える★【こたえる】報える・徹える Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations) [応える・報える]
- to affect; to take a toll; to strike home; to have an effect on; to be hard on someone (e.g. heat, cold, work, illness, etc.); to be a strain - sometimes 堪える ➜ 堪える
あなたは御両親の期待に応えるべきだ。 You ought to live up to your parents' hopes.
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