Results, on the qui vive
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- 鞘当て【さやあて】
noun:
- rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
- quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch
- しわ寄せ【しわよせ】皺寄せ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- shifting (the bad effects) elsewhere; negative consequences; burden; strain; fallout
そのしわ寄せが、不法就労の外国人労働者に及んでいる。 The serious job shortage is also affecting those illegal foreign workers.
- 闇討ち【やみうち】闇打ち・やみ討ち Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- attacking under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; assassination
- 同音異義【どうおんいぎ】
noun:
- homonymy; (two words) having the same pronunciation but bearing different meanings - Linguistics term
- 御子【みこ】皇子・皇女
noun:
- God's son (in Christianity) [御子]
- child of the emperor
それは御子を信じるものが、一人として滅びることなく、永遠の命を持つためである。 That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
- 敵本主義【てきほんしゅぎ】
noun:
- diversionary tactics; concealing one's true motives until the last moment - four character idiom ➜ 敵は本能寺にあり
- 照臨【しょうりん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person
- 精進料理【しょうじんりょうり】
noun / ~の noun:
- vegetarian cuisine originally derived from the dietary restrictions of Buddhist monks
- アルサロ
noun:
- "salon" where the hostesses are supposedly part-timers with other jobs - from アルバイト and salon - abbreviation
- プレスコ
noun:
- prescoring (recording the music or sound effects before filming a scene) - abbreviation
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