Results, Anything+is+better+than+nothing
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- 準強姦【じゅんごうかん】
noun:
- incapacitated rape; sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term
- 雑酒【ざっしゅ】
noun:
- miscellaneous liquors; alcohol other than sake, shochu, mirin, beer, etc. (alcohol tax category)
- めどが立つ【めどがたつ】目処が立つ・目途が立つ・目処がたつ・目途がたつ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
- そうは問屋が卸さない【そうはとんやがおろさない】そうは問屋がおろさない・然うは問屋が卸さない
expression:
- things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom
- 実力次第【じつりょくしだい】
noun:
- according to (depending on) one's ability; if one is good (competent, talented) enough - four character idiom
- 雑紙【ざつがみ】雑がみ
noun:
- miscellaneous recyclable paper; recyclable paper other than old newspapers and carton boxes ➜ 古紙
- 旧態依然【きゅうたいいぜん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:
- remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all) - four character idiom
- 相悔み【あいくやみ】相悔やみ
noun:
- mutual mourning; when one is in mourning, one doesn not make condolence calls or offers of help to others in mourning
- 数え年【かぞえどし】
noun:
- East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
- 鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身を焦がす【なくせみよりもなかぬほたるがみをこがす】鳴く蝉よりも鳴かぬ蛍が身をこがす
expression:
- empty vessels make the most noise; the silent firefly burns with more passion than the crying cicada [literal] - proverb
- 準強姦罪【じゅんごうかんざい】
noun:
- (crime of) incapacitated rape; crime of sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term
- 八方美人【はっぽうびじん】
noun:
- everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
- flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty
ジムは八方美人だから、彼の言うことは当てにならない。 You cannot rely upon Jim's words since he tries to please everybody.
- 二次コン【にじコン】
noun:
- two-dimensional complex; people more interested in two-dimensional (i.e. anime or manga) girls than real people
- 人間万事塞翁が馬【にんげんばんじさいおうがうま・じんかんばんじさいおうがうま】
expression:
- inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable - proverb
- 天罰覿面【てんばつてきめん】
noun:
- the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance - four character idiom
天網恢恢疎にして漏らさずの言葉とおり、天罰てき面だ。 They say fate will catch up with you. That was God's way of punishing him.
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