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ビフォーBIFUOO・ビフォアBIFUOA・ビフォアーBIFUOAA

noun:

  • before
じいんとjiinto・ジーンとJIINto・ジンとJINto・じーんとji-nto・じんとjinto

adverb:

  • extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing - onomatopoeia
  • heartrending; touching the heart
春秋の筆法【しゅんじゅうのひっぽうshunjuunohippou】

noun:

  • critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect
家柄より芋茎【いえがらよりいもがらiegarayoriimogara】家柄より芋がら・家柄より芋幹

expression:

  • having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term
形影相伴う【けいえいあいともなうkeieiaitomonau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to be together always (esp. married couple); to be inseparable; to live in perfect harmony
おしまいoshimai☆《お仕舞い・お終い・御仕舞い・御終い・お仕舞・御仕舞》

noun:

  • the end; closing; being done for - polite language ➜ 仕舞い

interjection:

  • that's it; that's enough; that's all

今日kyouはhaこれkoreでdeおしまいoshimaiにniしてshiteはhaどうdouでしょうdeshou。 Let's call it a day.

持つべきものは友【もつべきものはともmotsubekimonohatomo】持つべき物は友

expression:

  • a friend is a good thing to have; a good friend is a great blessing
持つべきものは友人【もつべきものはゆうじんmotsubekimonohayuujin】持つべき物は友人

expression:

雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい【きじもなかずばうたれまいkijimonakazubautaremai】

expression:

  • avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb
二階から目薬【にかいからめぐすりnikaikaramegusuri】

expression:

  • something that cannot be done no matter how hard one tries (and is slightly frustrating because of this); eye drops from the second floor [literal] - idiom
JLPTN2
蛍光灯☆【けいこうとうkeikoutou】蛍光燈old・螢光灯old・螢光燈old

noun:

  • fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
  • person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

蛍光灯keikoutouがgaチカチカCHIKACHIKAしてるshiteruなna。新しいatarashiiのnoとto交換koukanしないshinaiとtoダメDAMEかなkana。 This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.

ハリーHARIIはha本当にhontouni蛍光灯keikoutouだdaねne。 Harry's really slow to catch on.

あってのatteno☆

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to
あってこそのattekosono

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ
天地玄黄【てんちげんこうtenchigenkou】

expression:

  • Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth - four character idiom
重言【じゅうごんjuugon・じょうげんjougen】

noun:

  • succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
  • kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂
あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにちanoyosennichikonoyoichinichi】彼の世千日此の世一日

expression:

  • a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
JLPTN5
好き☆【すきsuki】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
  • in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

  • faddism; eccentricity
  • the way one likes; (as) it suits one

「ケーキKEEKIはhaおo好きsukiですかdesuka」「はいhai、好きsukiですdesu」 "Do you like cake?" "Yes, I do."

実を言うとmiwoiuto、私watashiはha彼kareがga好きsukiでないdenaiのですnodesu。 To tell you the truth, I don't love him.

JLPTN4
もうすぐmousugu《もう直ぐ》

expression / adverb:

  • soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

もうすぐmousugu雨ameがga降りoriそうsouだda。 It is going to rain very soon.

JLPTN3
いただきますitadakimasu☆《頂きます・戴きます》

expression:

  • expression of gratitude before meals
ほどなくhodonaku☆《程なく・程無く》

adverb:

  • soon; before long; shortly thereafter

彼女kanojoはhaほどなくhodonakuやってきたyattekita。 It was not long before she came.

以前に【いぜんにizenni】

adverb:

  • ago; since; before; previously; heretofore; earlier
猫に小判【ねこにこばんnekonikoban】

expression:

  • pearls cast before swine; great waste - idiom
ＢＣ【ビーシーBIISHII】Ｂ．Ｃ．

noun:

  • BC; Before Christ
朝練【あされんasaren】

noun:

  • morning training (e.g. before school)
在りし【ありしarishi】 Inflection

pre-noun adjectival:

  • prior; past; old
  • before having died
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