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- 命を張る【いのちをはる】命をはる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to put one's life on the line
- 命張る【いのちはる】命はる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to put one's life on the line ➜ 命を張る
- めくらうなぎ《盲鰻》メクラウナギ
noun:
- hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)
- 八虐【はちぎゃく】八逆
noun:
- the eight unpardonable crimes in ancient Japanese law - archaism ➜ 十悪
- 調音器官【ちょうおんきかん】
noun:
- articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)
- ディアテッサロン
noun:
- diatessaron (the four Gospels woven into a single narrative) - obscure term
- ませんでした
expression:
- suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません
- 普通科部隊【ふつうかぶたい】
noun:
- infantry troops (in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force)
- 結果オーライ【けっかオーライ】
expression:
- (turned out) all right in the end ➜ オーライ
- 贄【にえ】牲
noun:
- offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.) - archaism
- gift
- sacrifice
- 名披露目【なびろめ】名広め
noun:
- announcing the succession to another's stage name ➜ 襲名披露
- ミフェプリストン
noun:
- mifepristone (abortifacient steroid developed under the name RU-486)
- めかぶ・めかぶら《芽株・和布蕪》
noun:
- thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk
- 白酒【しろき】
noun:
- white sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 黒酒
- 五文型【ごぶんけい】
noun:
- the five sentence structures (SV, SVC, SVO, SVOO, SVOC) - Linguistics term ➜ 基本五文型
- コナミコマンド
noun:
- Konami Code (for the video games Gradius, Contra, etc.)
- 得体が知れない【えたいがしれない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious ➜ 得体の知れない
- not knowing the true nature ➜ 得体
- 地水火風【ちすいかふう・じすいかふう】
noun:
- earth, water, fire, and wind (the four elements) - Buddhism term
- 糞石【ふんせき】
noun:
- coproma (hardened feces inside the colon); fecaloma; stercoroma
- coprolite
- 在朝【ざいちょう】
noun:
- working within the imperial court; being under government employ Antonym: 在野
- 人を見る目【ひとをみるめ】
expression:
- an eye for people; the ability to judge character
- 此処が思案のし所【ここがしあんのしどころ】
expression:
- This is the point we need to think about - idiom
- 暑さ寒さも彼岸まで【あつささむさもひがんまで】暑さ寒さも彼岸迄
expression:
- no heat or cold lasts over the equinox - proverb
- 小人閑居して不善をなす【しょうじんかんきょしてふぜんをなす】小人閑居して不善を為す
expression:
- an idle brain is the devil's shop - proverb
- 余の辞書に不可能という文字はない【よのじしょにふかのうというもじはない】余の辞書に不可能という文字は無い
expression:
- the word impossible is not in my dictionary - quote