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- 物は使いよう【ものはつかいよう】ものは使いよう・物は使い様
expression:
- things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb
- 袋棚【ふくろだな】
noun:
- tea ceremony stand with an enclosed shelf (invented by Takeno Jouou)
- small cupboard or closed shelf on the side of a tokonoma ➜ 袋戸棚
- 原因において自由な行為【げんいんにおいてじゆうなこうい】
expression:
- actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
- みかづきつばめうお《三日月燕魚》ミカヅキツバメウオ
noun:
- golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish
- 四畿内【しきない】
noun:
- the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内
- 割れ窓理論【われまどりろん】
noun:
- broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment
- 土竜打ち【もぐらうち】もぐら打ち
noun:
- driving away moles by hitting the ground with straw bundles prepared by children (esp. as an annual event on January 15th)
- 出し子【だしこ】
noun:
- dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
- person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang
- 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】
proper noun:
- faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
- 掘り下げる☆【ほりさげる】掘下げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further
- 張り付く【はりつく】貼り付く・張りつく・貼りつく・張付く・貼付く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick (to); to cling (to)
- to stay (e.g. in the office)
- 強がる【つよがる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
- 世に説く【よにとく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach
- 四気【しき】
noun:
- weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)
- 転移☆【てんい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; transition
- metastasis; spread - Medicine term
- transition (e.g phase transition) - Physics term ➜ 相転移
- transfer (of learning)
- transference (in psychoanalysis)
- 右から左へ【みぎからひだりへ】
expression:
- from right to left; in one ear and out the other
- nice and quick; with speed and address; without further ado
- 上塗り【うわぬり】上塗 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- final coat (of paint, plaster, varnish, etc.); finish; glazing
- adding more of the same (of something negative, e.g. shame) ➜ 恥の上塗り【はじのうわぬり】
- ざま《様・態》
noun:
- mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term
suffix:
- -ways; -wards - indicates direction
- in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
- manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】
- 初花【はつはな・ういばな】
noun:
- first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
- first menstruation [はつはな]
- woman who has just reached adulthood [はつはな]
- 足運び【あしはこび】足はこび
noun:
- gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
- characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term
- つちぐも《土蜘蛛・土雲》
noun:
- Atypus karschi (Asian species of mygalomorph spider) [土蜘蛛] ➜ 地蜘蛛
- tsuchigumo (people of ancient Japan who were not subjects of the Yamato court)
- 満を持する【まんをじする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (spec.):
- to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す
- 門徒物知らず【もんとものしらず】
noun:
- ignorance of Jōdo Shinshū practitioners (who only chant the Namu Amida Butsu and have little knowledge of other parts of Buddhism) - derogatory term
- 豚を盗んで骨を施す【ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこす】
expression:
- you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb
- 花★【はな】華
noun:
- flower; blossom; bloom; petal
- cherry blossom
- beauty
- blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms)
- ikebana ➜ 生け花
- hanafuda - abbreviation ➜ 花札
- (the) best - usu. as 〜が花 ➜ 言わぬが花
~の noun:
- glorious; lovely
私たちは梅の花で有名な水戸公園を見に行った。 We visited Mito Park, which is famous for its plum blossoms.
そして、つい先日迄、暗い感じだったのに、どこにもかしこにも花、花、花。 Then, although it was dreary up to the other day, everywhere were flowers, flowers, flowers.
Kanji
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