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着艦【ちゃっかんchakkan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing
  • reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)
調【ちょうchou】

noun:

  • pitch; tone; key
  • time; tempo

noun / suffix:

  • mood; tendency; style

noun:

  • tax paid in kind (ritsuryo period); first a tax on rice fields and households, then on individuals - also 徴 - archaism
大振り☆【おおぶりooburi】大ぶり・おお振り Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size ➜ 小振り

noun / ~する noun:

  • large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke
瀕する【ひんするhinsuru】 Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

  • to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
式年遷宮【しきねんせんぐうshikinensenguu】

noun:

  • construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time
擬人【ぎじんgijin】

noun:

  • simulation of a person
元気者【げんきものgenkimono】

noun:

  • live wire (a person)
背が低い【せがひくいsegahikui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

仏様【ほとけさまhotokesama】

noun:

  • a Buddha
  • deceased person
無名氏【むめいしmumeishi】

noun:

  • anonymous person; a nobody
狂者【きょうしゃkyousha】

noun:

  • insane person; a fanatic
末期の水【まつごのみずmatsugonomizu】

noun:

  • attend a dying person
話を遮る【はなしをさえぎるhanashiwosaegiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to interrupt (a person)
人を誤る【ひとをあやまるhitowoayamaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to mislead a person
人を陥れる【ひとをおとしいれるhitowootoshiireru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to entrap a person
背の高い【せのたかいsenotakai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

背の低い【せのひくいsenohikui】 Inflection

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もたれかかるmotarekakaru《もたれ掛かる・凭れ掛かる・凭れかかる・もたれ掛る・凭れ掛る・靠れ掛かる・靠れ掛る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to lean on; to recline on
  • to rely on; to depend on

壁kabeにniもたれかかるmotarekakaruなna。 Don't lean against the wall.

人生朝露【じんせいちょうろjinseichouro】

expression:

  • Man's life vanishes like a dew; A person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew - four character idiom
立地★【りっちritchi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location

noun:

  • standpoint; position
運転士☆【うんてんしuntenshi】

noun:

  • (professional) driver (of a taxi, train, etc.); motorman
  • mate (on a ship); officer ➜ 航海士

彼kareはha運転士untenshiとしてtoshite鉄道tetsudouでde働いているhataraiteiru。 He works on the railroad as a driver.

ムックMUKKU

noun:

  • thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"
抜け駆け【ぬけがけnukegake】抜駆け Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others

彼kareはha抜けがけnukegakeのno功名koumyouをwoたてたtateta。 He forestalled everybody in accomplishing.

泥沼化【どろぬまかdoronumaka】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess
息が掛かる【いきがかかるikigakakaru】息がかかる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
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