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籠城作戦【ろうじょうさくせんroujousakusen】

noun:

  • strategy of holing oneself up in a castle (house, building) - four character idiom
納め【おさめosame】収め

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

  • the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing - oft. after noun or -masu stem of verb
水をあける【みずをあけるmizuwoakeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to open up a big lead (over one's opponent)
往生際が悪い【おうじょうぎわがわるいoujougiwagawarui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser ➜ 往生際
恨みつらみ【うらみつらみuramitsurami】恨み辛み・怨みつらみ・怨み辛み

noun:

  • pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
時の氏神【ときのうじがみtokinoujigami】

noun:

  • person who turns up at the right moment to help
カラールックアップテーブルKARAARUKKUAPPUTEEBURU・カラー・ルックアップ・テーブルKARAA/RUKKUAPPU/TEEBURU

noun:

  • color look-up table - IT term
隠し球【かくしだまkakushidama】

noun:

  • hidden ball trick - Baseball term
  • ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
そもそもsomosomo☆《抑・抑抑・抑々》

adverbial noun:

  • in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

  • after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

  • beginning; start

そもそもsomosomoなぜnaze鳥toriはha移動idouするsuruのnoだろうかdarouka。 In the first place, why do the birds migrate at all?

そもそもsomosomo事故jikoのno大半taihanはha熱帯雨林nettaiurinではなくdehanaku、身近なmijikana場所bashoでdeおこるokoruのnoであるdearu。 Most accidents, after all, happen around the corner, not in the rainforest.

立ち並ぶ☆【たちならぶtachinarabu】建ち並ぶ・立並ぶ Inflection

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line - 建ち並ぶ refers to buildings
  • to be equal to; to be on a par with ［立ち並ぶ・立並ぶ］

その通りsonotooriにni立ち並ぶtachinarabu木々kigiはha春haruにni美しいutsukushii花hanaをwo咲かせますsakasemasu。 The trees that line the street have lovely blossoms in spring.

小袋と小娘【こぶくろとこむすめkobukurotokomusume】

expression:

  • small bag and young woman [literal]
  • like a small bag seems to be able to contain few items yet can be stuffed with many, a young woman seems inexpensive to bring up yet can end up costing a lot
  • a young woman and a small bag are both fragile and great care must be taken with both of them
眉に唾を塗る【まゆにつばをぬるmayunitsubawonuru】眉に唾をぬる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける
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紛らわしい☆【まぎらわしいmagirawashii】 Inflection

adjective:

  • confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous; easily mixed up (e.g. similar words)
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乏しい☆【とぼしいtoboshii・ともしいtomoshii】 Inflection

adjective:

  • meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor

このkono国kuniにはniha石油sekiyuがga乏しいtoboshii。 Oil is scarce in this country.

構築★【こうちくkouchiku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation; architecture (systems, agreement, etc)

我々warewareはha他人taninとtoのno関係kankeiをwo構築kouchikuしshi、維持ijiしてshiteいくiku。 We build and maintain relationships with others.

召集★【しょうしゅうshoushuu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)

彼kareはha１９４２年nen８月hachigatsuにni召集shoushuuされたsareta。 He was called up in August, 1942.

廃業☆【はいぎょうhaigyou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring

同社doushaはha何年間もmo利益riekiがga減りheriつづけたtsuzuketa後nochi、廃業haigyouしたshita。 The company went out of business after many years of declining profits.

重畳【ちょうじょうchoujou・じゅうじょうjuujou】 Inflection

~たる adjective:

  • placed one upon another; piled up ［ちょうじょう］

~の noun / noun / interjection:

  • excellent; splendid ［ちょうじょう］

noun / ~する noun:

  • superimposition; superposition
吊上げ【つるしあげtsurushiage】吊し上げ・吊るし上げ・つるし上げ

noun:

  • hung up; hoist
  • denounced; severely criticised; kangaroo court

私watashiはha吊し上げtsurushiageをwo食ったkutta。 I was tried in a kangaroo court.

六方【ろっぽうroppou】

noun:

  • the six directions (north, south, east, west, up, and down)

prefix:

  • hexagonal
音物【いんもつinmotsu・いんぶつinbutsu】引物【いんぶつinbutsu】

noun:

  • present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe
とっておきtotteoki《取っておき・取って置き》

~の noun / noun:

  • reserve; spare
  • treasured; valued
  • (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
深窓に育つ【しんそうにそだつshinsounisodatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to be brought up with tenderest care in a good family
グラビアアイドルGURABIAAIDORU・グラビア・アイドルGURABIA/AIDORU

noun:

  • bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl - From English "gravure idol"
エレベーター力士【エレベーターりきしEREBEETAArikishi】

noun:

  • wrestler who keeps going up and down the rankings - Sumo term
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