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荒削り【あらけずりarakezuri】粗削り☆ Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
寄り切り☆【よりきりyorikiri】寄切り・寄りきり

noun:

  • driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt - Sumo term
御用達☆【ごようたしgoyoutashi・ごようたつgoyoutatsu・ごようだつgoyoudatsu・ごようだちgoyoudachi】ご用達

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

  • purveyor (esp. to the government, Imperial Household, etc.)
文明開化☆【ぶんめいかいかbunmeikaika】

noun:

  • civilization and enlightenment; Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era (Westernisation) - four character idiom
盛り土☆【もりどmorido・もりつちmoritsuchi】盛土

noun:

  • embankment (for road, railway, etc.); raising the ground level; fill
置き傘☆【おきがさokigasa】

noun:

  • spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower

明日ashitaのno夜yoruからkara雨ameだからdakara置き傘okigasaをwoしてshiteいこうikou。 It's supposed to rain tomorrow night, so let's leave our umbrellas until then.

進駐軍☆【しんちゅうぐんshinchuugun】

noun:

  • occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
あせびasebi・あしびashibi・あせぼasebo・あせぶasebu《馬酔木》アセビASEBI

noun:

  • Japanese andromeda (Pieris japonica); lily-of-the-valley
暗中模索【あんちゅうもさくanchuumosaku】暗中摸索 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues - four character idiom

現状genjouのno打開策dakaisakuをwo暗中模索anchuumosakuしているshiteiru。 We are groping for a way out of the present situation.

奥付【おくづけokuzuke】奥附old・奥付けirr.

noun:

  • colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
家風【かふうkafuu・いえかぜiekaze】

noun:

  • family tradition
  • wind blowing from the direction of one's home ［いえかぜ］ - archaism
割り前勘定【わりまえかんじょうwarimaekanjou】割前勘定

noun:

  • each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat - four character idiom ➜ 割り勘
勘合貿易【かんごうぼうえきkangouboueki】

noun:

  • licensed trade between Japan and Ming-dynasty China during the Muromachi period
五戒【ごかいgokai】

noun:

  • the five precepts (prohibitions against killing, theft, sexual misconduct, lying and intemperance) - Buddhism term
三大都市【さんだいとしsandaitoshi】

noun:

  • the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)
人間万事塞翁が馬【にんげんばんじさいおうがうまningenbanjisaiougauma・じんかんばんじさいおうがうまjinkanbanjisaiougauma】

expression:

  • inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb
ひらめきhirameki《閃き》

noun:

  • flair; flash
  • insight
  • waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
東男【あずまおとこazumaotoko】

noun:

  • man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)
余韻嫋々【よいんじょうじょうyoinjoujou】余韻嫋嫋 Inflection

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom
傀儡師【かいらいしkairaishi・くぐつしkugutsushi】傀儡子【くぐつしkugutsushi】

noun:

  • puppeteer; puppet player
  • wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes ［かいらいし］
ただならぬtadanaranu《徒ならぬ・啻ならぬ・只ならぬ》

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious; alarming
臥龍【がりゅうgaryuu・がりょうgaryou】臥竜

noun:

  • unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses
  • reclining dragon
向日性【こうじつせいkoujitsusei・こうにちせいkounichisei】

noun / ~の noun:

  • heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism ➜ 背日性
不具【ふぐfugu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • deformity; distortion; disability; cripple - sensitive
  • word written at the end of a letter

父chichiがga死んshinでde以来irai、母hahaがga経済keizai的tekiにniはha不具fuguだdaというtoiuことkotoがga、露骨rokotsuにni分っwakaてte来kiてteいiたta。 After the death of my father, it became clear that my mother was incompetent at handling the family finances.

織り姫【おりひめorihime】織姫

noun:

  • woman textile worker
  • Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星・ベガ
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