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反閇【へんばいhenbai】返閉・反陪

noun:

  • ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
  • dance steps inspired by this ceremony
出囃子【でばやしdebayashi】

noun:

  • on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
  • shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage
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開く☆【ひらくhiraku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

  • to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
  • to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
  • to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
  • to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
  • to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
  • to open (ports, borders, etc.)
  • to open (an account)
  • to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ➜ 拓く
  • to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
  • to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
  • to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
  • to change (kanji into hiragana)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to flare (e.g. skirt)
  • to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term

先週senshuu、私達watashitachiはha舞踏会butoukaiをwo開きましたhirakimashita。 We gave a ball last week.

庭niwaのnoバラBARAのno木kiのnoつぼみtsubomiがga少しずつsukoshizutsu開きhiraki始めるhajimeru。 Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.

私達watashitachiはhaそのsono店miseがga開くhirakuまでmadeしばらくshibaraku待つmatsuよりyori仕方がなかったshikataganakatta。 We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.

桜桃忌【おうとうきoutouki】

noun:

  • anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治
反芻【はんすうhansuu】反すう Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud

noun / ~する noun:

  • turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering; musing; rumination (about a subject)

改めてaratamete反芻hansuuしてるshiteruとto、何だdaかka恥ずかしいhazukashiiぞzo。 Now that I think over it, it's somewhat embarrassing.

箱入り娘【はこいりむすめhakoirimusume】箱入娘

noun:

  • girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; ingénue
  • wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
しゃぎりshagiri

noun:

  • short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
  • flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切
虚舟【うつろぶねutsurobune】

noun:

  • unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
草木もなびく【くさきもなびくkusakimonabiku】草木も靡く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom
虻蜂取らず・あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらずABUHACHItorazu】虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】

expression:

  • attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb
反切【はんせつhansetsu】

noun:

  • fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
誘致合戦【ゆうちかっせんyuuchikassen】

noun:

  • rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom
おろおろorooro☆・オロオロOROORO Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
  • sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia
解脱☆【げだつgedatsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • being liberated from earthly desires and the woes of man; (reaching) nirvana; moksha; mukti
全敗☆【ぜんぱいzenpai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term

我がwagaチームCHIIMUはha全敗zenpaiをwo喫したkisshita。 Our team lost all of its games.

昴☆【すばるsubaru・すまるsumaru・ぼうbou】

noun:

ストーブリーグSUTOOBURIIGU・ストーブ・リーグSUTOOBU/RIIGU

noun:

  • (hot) stove league; trading of players in the off-season - Baseball term
中気【ちゅうきchuuki】

noun:

  • palsy; paralysis
  • every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month) ➜ 二十四節気
天授【てんじゅtenju】

noun:

  • natural gifts
  • Tenju era (of the Southern Court) (1375.5.27-1381.2.10)
拝謁【はいえつhaietsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

そのsonoニュースキャスターNYUUSUKYASUTAAはha国王kokuouにni拝謁haietsuしたshita。 The anchorman had an audience with the king.

ご足労【ごそくろうgosokurou】御足労

noun:

  • inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language
船虫【ふなむしfunamushi】フナムシFUNAMUSHI

noun:

  • wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
水の泡【みずのあわmizunoawa】

expression / noun:

  • coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
  • bubble on the surface of water
  • something that is short-lived

苦労kurouしたshitaのにnoni全てsubete水の泡mizunoawaだったdatta。 All my troubles came to nothing.

満員御礼【まんいんおんれいman'in'onrei】

noun:

  • banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom
推挙式【すいきょしきsuikyoshiki】

noun:

  • first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine
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