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メンチンMENCHIN《門清》

noun:

  • having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (yaku); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ メンゼン・清一色
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食う☆【くうkuu】喰う☆・啖うold Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to eat - male language
  • to live; to make a living; to survive
  • to bite; to sting (as insects do)
  • to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
  • to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
  • to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
  • to consume time and-or resources
  • to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
  • to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar

蓼tade食うkuu虫mushiもmo好き好きsukisuki。 There is no accounting for tastes.

このkono事業jigyouはha金kinをwo食うkuu。 This job eats money.

今時imadoki、年功序列nenkoujoretsuだdaなんてnante言ってitteもmo、若いwakai奴yatsuのno反発hanpatsuをwo食うkuuだけdakeですdesuよyo。 If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

無双仕立【むそうじたてmusoujitate】無双仕立て

noun:

  • making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom
甘ったれる【あまったれるamattareru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on - has a more negative nuance than 甘える ➜ 甘える
  • to depend and presume upon another's benevolence ➜ 甘える
刈り込む☆【かりこむkarikomu】刈込む・苅り込む・苅込む Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to prune; to trim; to cut back; to clip
  • to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest
  • to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
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ご苦労様☆【ごくろうさまgokurousama】ご苦労さま☆・御苦労様・御苦労さま Inflection

expression / adjectival noun:

  • thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

ご苦労様gokurousamaでしたdeshita。 Thank you for your trouble.

穴の開くほど【あなのあくほどananoakuhodo】穴のあくほど・穴の空くほど・穴の明くほど

expression / adverbial noun:

  • looking hard at; staring at; drilling with one's gaze
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大変★【たいへんtaihen】大へん Inflection

adverb:

  • very; greatly; terribly; awfully

adjectival noun / noun:

  • immense; enormous; great
  • serious; grave; dreadful; terrible
  • difficult; hard

noun:

  • major incident; disaster - archaism

１日中歩き回ってarukimawatte大変taihen疲れたtsukareta。 I am dead tired from walking around all day.

雨ameくらいkuraiでde電話denwaがga混線konsenしてたらshitetara日本nipponなんてnante大変taihenですdesuよyoねne。 If rain was enough to get phone-lines crossed then Japan would be in a right mess, wouldn't it?

難行道【なんぎょうどうnangyoudou】

noun:

  • the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道
少年老い易く学成り難し【しょうねんおいやすくがくなりがたしshounen'oiyasukugakunarigatashi】少年老いやすく学成りがたし・少年老いやすく学なりがたし

expression:

  • study hard while you are young; boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder [literal] - proverb
ストレートSUTOREETO☆ Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • straight
  • straightforward; direct; straight out; blunt
  • neat (e.g. spirits); black (e.g. tea, coffee)

noun:

尾鰭【おひれohire】尾ひれ

noun:

  • tail and fins
  • embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

「学園gakuenのno廊下roukaでde、濃厚なnoukounaキスシーンKISUSHIIN・・・聞いたkiitaぞzo聞いたkiitaぞzo」「濃厚noukouじゃなーいjanaai！話hanashiにni尾ひれohire付いてるtsuiteruってtte・・・」 "A passionate kiss scene in a school corridor ... I've heard all about it!" "It wasn't passionate! That's an exaggeration..."

釜飯【かまめしkamameshi】釜めし

noun:

  • rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot
一致団結【いっちだんけつitchidanketsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause - four character idiom
統廃合【とうはいごうtouhaigou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build
極楽蜻蛉【ごくらくとんぼgokurakutonbo】

noun:

  • happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante - four character idiom
熟思黙想【じゅくしもくそうjukushimokusou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • considering (a matter) carefully and silently; being lost in silent contemplation - four character idiom
小夜時雨【さよしぐれsayoshigure】

noun:

  • light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter - four character idiom
単複同形【たんぷくどうけいtanpukudoukei】

noun:

  • same singular and plural form (of a noun) (e.g. sheep)
抜き付け【ぬきつけnukitsuke】

noun:

  • maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately - Martial Arts term
届出印【ととけでいんtotokedein】届け出印

noun:

  • seal used to open and associated with a bank account
鎺【はばきhabaki】

noun:

  • metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard
おりori《降り》

noun:

  • giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term
ベタオリBETAORI

noun:

  • giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 降り【おり】
三一【さんぴんsanpin】

noun:

  • low-ranking samurai - abbreviation - derogatory term ➜ 三一侍
  • rolling three and one (in a dice game) - orig. meaning ➜ ピン
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