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蛙の面に水【かえるのつらにみずkaerunotsuranimizu】

expression:

  • like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]
付【づけzuke】

suffix noun:

  • dated (e.g. a letter); date of effect (e.g. a rule change)

彼kareはha大学daigakuのno近くchikakuにni食事shokuji付zukeのnoよいyoi下宿geshukuをwo見つけたmitsuketa。 He found a good room with board near his college campus.

健全なる精神は健全なる身体に宿る【けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどるkenzennaruseishinhakenzennarushintainiyadoru】

expression:

  • a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano - proverb
鯛の尾より鰯の頭【たいのおよりいわしのかしらtainooyoriiwashinokashira】

expression:

  • better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb
偏諱【へんきhenki】

noun:

  • one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) ➜ 偏諱を賜う
釈義学【しゃくぎがくshakugigaku】

noun:

  • exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
  • study of biblical interpretation
首の皮一枚【くびのかわいちまいkubinokawaichimai】

expression:

  • still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope - idiom
しっかりしろshikkarishiro《確りしろ》

expression:

  • pull yourself together; get a grip; get a hold of yourself; come on
ボタンを掛け違える【ボタンをかけちがえるBOTANwokakechigaeru】ボタンをかけ違える Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button
  • to bungle up the order - idiom
手に落ちる【てにおちるteniochiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
壇上☆【だんじょうdanjou】

noun:

  • on a stage; on a platform; on an altar
帯剣【たいけんtaiken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wearing a sword; being armed with a sword; sword
天一太郎【てんいちたろうten'ichitarou】

noun:

  • day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year) - obscure term ➜ 天一神・天一天上・癸巳
搾取☆【さくしゅsakushu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
  • milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

雇い主yatoinushiはha、時にtokini従業員juugyouinをwo搾取sakushuするsuru。 Employers sometimes exploit their workers.

棒引き☆【ぼうびきboubiki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

noun:

  • tug o' war; tug of war

間違ったらmachigattara、そのままsonomama棒引きboubikiでde消してkeshiteおいてoiteくださいkudasai。 If you make a mistake, just cross it out neatly.

間狂言【あいきょうげんaikyougen】

noun:

  • kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 本狂言
省筆【しょうひつshouhitsu・せいひつseihitsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
上がり端【あがりはなagarihana・あがりばなagaribana】上り端irr.

noun:

  • entrance (i.e. of a Japanese house) ➜ 上がり口
  • start of a rise (e.g. in prices)
帯に短し襷に長し【おびにみじかしたすきにながしobinimijikashitasukininagashi】

expression:

  • neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]
飲食禁止【いんしょくきんしinshokukinshi】

noun:

  • no food or drink (e.g. as a sign in a library, etc.); no eating or drinking
夜泊まり【よどまりyodomari】夜泊り

noun:

  • night mooring (for a boat) ➜ 夜泊
  • sleeping away for the night (esp. in a red light district)
替え名【かえなkaena】代え名・替名

noun:

  • alternative name; alternate name
  • assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
  • stage name
貴賤結婚【きせんけっこんkisenkekkon】

noun:

  • morganatic marriage (marriage of a noble and a commoner that disallows the passage of title, possessions, etc.)
間の狂言【あいのきょうげんainokyougen】

noun:

  • kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play) ➜ 間狂言
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取り替える☆【とりかえるtorikaeru】取換える・取り換える☆・取替える・取りかえる・取換るirr. Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to exchange; to replace

流れnagareをwo渡っているwatatteiru間maにni馬umaをwo取り替えるtorikaeruなna。 Don't change horses in midstream.

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