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きょきょじつじつkyokyojitsujitsu

noun / ~の noun:

  • full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom

いつもitsumo真っ向makkou勝負shoubuだけでなくdakedenakuたまにtamaniha虚虚実実kyokyojitsujitsuno駆け引きkakehikitoやらyaramoやってみyattemiたいtaiyone We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.

いよいよiyoiyoイヨイヨIYOIYO

adverb:

  • more and more; all the more; increasingly
  • at last; finally; beyond doubt
  • (at the) last moment; worst possible time

いよいよiyoiyo薄暮hakuboもうすぐmousugu宵闇yoiyami It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.

いよいよiyoiyo千載一遇senzaiichiguunoチャンスCHANSUgaめぐってmegutteきたkita At last, a chance in a million arrived.

ざしきzashikiirr.

noun:

  • tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room
  • dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
かいあげるkaiageru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase
  • to buy up (all of something)
バミるBAMIru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to mark a stage, movie set, etc. with tape to indicate positions of actors, furniture, equipment, etc.; to block a set - from 場を見る - slang
きこえkikoe

noun:

  • being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reception (e.g. of a radio station)
  • reputation; renown; fame; hearsay
  • impression (that something gives off); respectability
  • sonority - Linguistics term
よめとおめかさのうちyometoomekasanouchi

expression:

  • expression used to depict a woman who is attractive primarily when it's dark out, she's far away, or her face is partially hidden by a bamboo hat
べんbenoldoldold

noun:

  • speech; tongue; talk; eloquence 弁・辯

suffix noun:

  • dialect; brogue; accent 弁・辯

noun:

noun / ~の noun:

  • valve 弁・瓣

noun:

  • Oversight Department; division of the daijokan under the ritsuryo system responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices 弁・辨 太政官弁官

大阪oosakabendehaRAkudarigaスペインSUPEINgonoようyouni巻きmakishitaniなるnaruことkotogaあるaru Osakans sometimes roll their Rs like in Spanish.

もうけるmoukeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to profit; to get; to earn; to gain
  • to have (bear, beget) a child
  • to have a stroke of luck

例えばtatoeba結婚しないでkekkonshinaide同棲douseiしてshite子供kodomowoもうけるmoukeruhitoga増えているfueteiru For example, more people are choosing to live together and have children without getting married.

こうてつkoutetsu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

田中tanakazen外相gaishouno更迭koutetsuni続くtsuzuku政治seiji混乱konrangaそのsono象徴shouchouであるdearu The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.

かんこどりがなくkankodoriganaku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business) - idiom 閑古鳥
げきするgekisuru Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

  • to intensify
  • to be excited; to fly into a rage; to get into a passion
  • to dash against
  • to encourage
げきすgekisu Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to intensify 激する
  • to be excited; to fly into a rage; to get into a passion
  • to dash against
  • to encourage
さんがつじんsangatsujin

noun:

  • last day of March; last day of the third lunar month (marking the end of spring)
さんこうsankou

noun:

  • Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort
さんこうごうsankougou

noun:

  • Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term 三后
さんぐうsanguu

noun:

  • Grand Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Consort - obscure term 三后
きおくちがいkiokuchigai

noun:

  • mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
びょうごうbyougou

noun:

  • temple name (a two-character posthumous name given to Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese royalty)
  • name given to a mausoleum (or shrine, etc.)
くわえこむkuwaekomu Inflection

godan ~む verb:

  • to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
  • to bring in a man for sex
ひだhidaヒダHIDA

noun:

  • fold; pleat; gathers; tuck
  • folds (e.g of a mountain); crease
  • (hidden) detail; nuance; shade; wrinkle (e.g. in logic)
  • lamella; gill (of a mushroom)
まるまるmarumaru

noun:

  • symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

  • certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified
トイレにたつTOIREnitatsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to go to the bathroom; to go to the restroom; to excuse oneself
かしらだつkashiradatsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

  • to become the head; to rise to the top; to rank above; to stand above
おしたおしoshitaoshi

noun:

  • oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

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