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いつまでもあると思うな親と金【いつまでもあるとおもうなおやとかねitsumademoarutoomounaoyatokane】何時迄もあると思うな親と金

expression:

  • you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb
肝に銘じる【きもにめいじるkimonimeijiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind - idiom
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奥★【おくoku】奧old

noun:

  • inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart

このkono公園kouenのno西側nishigawaにni近いchikaiところtokoroはha、道路douroのno騒音souonもmo大きいookiiがga、奥okuにniはいるhairuとtoもうmou聞こえないkikoenai。 Near the west side of the park there's a lot of noise from the road, but when you go into the park you can't hear it any more.

くぐり抜ける【くぐりぬけるkugurinukeru】潜り抜ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to go through; to pass through
  • to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon); to evade (the law)
取り返す☆【とりかえすtorikaesu】取返す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on

失われたushinawareta時tokiをwo取り返すtorikaesuことはできないkotohadekinai。 Time lost cannot be recalled.

磨きをかける【みがきをかけるmigakiwokakeru】磨きを掛ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to round out
  • to polish (by rubbing)
ブルーフィルムBURUUFYIRUMU・ブルー・フィルムBURUU/FYIRUMU

noun:

  • blue film; early (1950s-) type of hardcore pornographic film usually filmed on 8 or 16mm film and often in black market circulation
癪にさわる【しゃくにさわるshakunisawaru】しゃくに障る・癪に障る・癪に触るirr. Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

しゃくにさわるshakunisawaruのnoはha、私watashiがga反対なhantainaのにnoni彼女kanojoはhaそれsoreをwo買うkauといってきかないtoittekikanaiことkotoですdesu。 What annoys me is that, although I object, she insists on buying it.

ナンバークロスNANBAAKUROSU・ナンバー・クロスNANBAA/KUROSU

noun:

  • number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji)
失敬☆【しっけいshikkei】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

  • rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

noun / ~する noun:

  • leaving; going (on one's way); saying goodbye
  • taking without permission; stealing; pinching; pilfering

interjection:

  • My apologies; I must be going now; So long - male language

葬式soushikiをwo干渉kanshouするsuruのnoはhaひどくhidoku失敬shikkeiなnaまねmaneだda。 Interfering a funeral it's a great show of disrespect.

不倶戴天【ふぐたいてんfugutaiten】

noun:

  • cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy) - four character idiom

不倶戴天fugutaitenのno敵tekiとto言われるiwareruほどhodo、どうしてdoushiteそんなにsonnani嫌われたkirawaretaかkaなあnaa。 He said I was his archenemy. How did we arrive at a situation like this?

拾い読み【ひろいよみhiroiyomi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reading (the parts one is interested in); reading here and there; skimming through; browsing
  • reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand
紅白歌合戦【こうはくうたがっせんkouhakuutagassen】

noun:

  • Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
向こう鎚【むこうづちmukouzuchi】

noun:

  • smith's assistant; assistant who hammers in response to a master smith's signal
  • large hammer (used by a smith's assistant)
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沈没☆【ちんぼつchinbotsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • sinking; foundering; going down; submersion
  • getting dead drunk - colloquialism
  • having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties - colloquialism
  • staying in one place for a long time - backpacker slang - slang

彼らkareraはha沈没chinbotsuするsuru船funeをwo見捨てたmisuteta。 They abandoned the sinking ship.

船funeはha乗務joumu員in全員zen'inをwo乗せたnosetaままmama沈没chinbotsuしたshita。 The ship sank with all her crew on board.

秋の鹿は笛に寄る【あきのしかはふえによるakinoshikahafueniyoru】

expression:

  • people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term
JLPTN1
沿う☆【そうsou】 Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line)
  • to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to align with ➜ 添う
JLPTN1
絡む☆【からむkaramu】搦む Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to entangle; to entwine
  • to pick a quarrel; to find fault
  • to be involved with; to be influenced by; to develop a connection with
時効★【じこうjikou】

noun:

  • statute of limitations; lapse of rights after a period of time; prescription (including acquisitive and extinctive prescription)
  • becoming invalid or void after a set time
  • ageing; aging - Chemistry term ➜ 時効硬化

このkono犯罪hanzaiについてnitsuiteはha時効jikouがga成立seiritsuしshiてteいるiru。 The statue of limitations has already passed for this crime.

オミットOMITTO Inflection

noun:

  • exception; exclusion

~する noun:

  • to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out
親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない【おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはないoyanoikentonasubinohanahasennihitotsumomudahanai】

expression:

  • always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb
上下【しょうかshouka・じょうかjouka】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

noun:

  • upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people ［しょうか］
ヴィジュアル系【ヴィジュアルけいVYIJUARUkei】ビジュアル系【ビジュアルけいBIJUARUkei】

noun:

  • fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc. ➜ Ｖ系【ブイけい】
  • handsome man (esp. one who knows this)
総書記【そうしょきsoushoki】

noun:

  • secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席
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続ける☆【つづけるtsuzukeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive / auxiliary verb:

  • to continue; to keep up; to keep on

「はいhai」とto「いいえiie」しかshika言わないiwanai人hitoとto会話kaiwaをwo続けるtsuzukeruのnoはha難しいmuzukashii。 It is difficult to keep up a conversation with someone who only says Yes and No.

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