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- 素地【そじ】
noun:
- makings (of); aptitude (for)
- groundwork; foundation
- 適潤【てきじゅん】
noun / ~の noun:
- suitably damp; adequately wet (e.g. for plants)
- かつらむき《桂剥き》
noun:
- rotary cutting; thinly slicing into a long strip (e.g. daikon, carrot, wood for plywood, etc.)
- 泥酔状態【でいすいじょうたい】
noun:
- state of drunkenness; (in a) fuddle
- この世【このよ】此の世
noun / ~の noun:
- this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)
彼はこの世で一番の金持ちだ。 He is the richest man on earth.
- ピンフォール
noun:
- pinfall; pinning an opponent's shoulders to the ground (e.g. in wrestling)
- 通奏【つうそう】
noun:
- playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
- サイドメン
noun:
- sidemen; supporting musicians (in a jazz band, rock group, etc.)
- 本番行為【ほんばんこうい】
noun:
- sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.) - slang ➜ 本番【ほんばん】
- 避難路【ひなんろ】
noun:
- evacuation route; escape route (for evacuees)
- 三段落ち【さんだんおち】三段オチ【さんだんオチ】
noun:
- three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】
- 反対弁論【はんたいべんろん】
noun:
- opposing speech; rebuttal (in debate)
- 段丘【だんきゅう】
noun:
- terrace; bench (in geography)
- 大内裏【だいだいり・たいだいり】
noun:
- greater palace; area centered on the inner palace, home to various administrative bodies (in Heian period Kyoto) ➜ 内裏
- 訂正印【ていせいいん】
noun:
- revision seal; correction seal (special seal used to indicate a correction in an official document)
- ゲン担ぎ【ゲンかつぎ】験担ぎ・げん担ぎ【げんかつぎ】
noun:
- superstition; acting superstitiously (for good luck)
- 星勘定【ほしかんじょう】
noun:
- counting "stars" to tally the score to date; how well something has gone (e.g. in terms of wins over losses) - Sumo term
これからの星勘定を考えると、一敗もしたくない！ When I think of our standing in the series from now I don't want us to lose even once!
- 惚れた腫れた【ほれたはれた】
expression:
- head over heels; madly (in love) - often used mockingly
- 両脚規【りょうきゃくき】両脚器irr.
noun:
- pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.) ➜ コンパス
- 固定電話【こていでんわ】
noun:
- landline phone; fixed phone (in contrast to mobile) ➜ 携帯電話
- マルシップ・マル・シップ
noun:
- Maru-ship; Japanese ship (because Japanese ship names often end in Maru)
- ターブルドート・タブルドート
noun:
- table d'hôte; set meal (usu. in a hotel) - From French ➜ アラカルト
- 薄毛【うすげ】
noun:
- thinning hair; sparse hair (as in balding)
- 被葬者【ひそうしゃ】
noun:
- the entombed; the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)
- プルマンベッド・プルマン・ベッド
noun:
- Pullman bed; raised pull-down bed (in a train, ship, etc.)