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- 身投げ☆【みなげ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- throwing oneself (e.g. into the water to commit suicide)
彼女はある湖に身投げした。 She drowned herself in some lake.
- 輩出☆【はいしゅつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- turning out in great numbers; appearing one after the other
この家系は代々弁護士を輩出してきた。 This family has been turning out lawyers generation after generation.
- 内々☆【うちうち・ないない】内内
~の noun / adverb / noun:
- family circle; the inside; private; informal; secret; confidential
このことは内々にしてください。 Please keep this secret.
- だっけ☆
expression:
- expression used when the speaker is trying to recall some information
- 開封☆【かいふう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- opening (an envelope or parcel); breaking the seal; unsealed letter
彼はその手紙を開封しないで送り返した。 He sent the letter back unopened.
- 真夏日☆【まなつび】
noun:
- day on which the temperature rises above 30 degrees Celsius ➜ 夏日・猛暑日
真夏日には屋内にひっこんで太陽を避けるしか手がないよ。 All I want to do during the dog days is stay indoors and keep out of the sun.
- 霊感☆【れいかん】
noun:
- inspiration; afflatus
- ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
忠告を与えることは出来るが、行動を起こさせる霊感を吹き込むことは出来ない。 We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
- 朝帰り☆【あさがえり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- staying out all night and coming home in the morning
- 見当違い☆【けんとうちがい】見当ちがい Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
私の最初の推測は見当違いであった。 My first guess was wide off the mark.
- 大願☆【たいがん】
noun:
- ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people) - Buddhism term
- 満身☆【まんしん】
noun:
~の noun:
- all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
彼は満身の力を込めてそれを持ち上げた。 He lifted it up with all his might.
- 留め置き☆【とめおき】留置き Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- detention; keeping; retaining
- mail held at the post office - abbreviation ➜ 留置郵便
- 誤爆☆【ごばく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- bombing (shelling) the wrong target; (be killed by) friendly fire
海軍のジェット機はとんでもない方向に飛行して、味方の軍隊を誤爆した模様だ。 It seems the navy jets had a major screw-up in navigation and they bombed their own troops by mistake.
- ベガ☆・ヴェガ
noun:
- Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term
- だけに《丈に》
expression:
- ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...)
- オーバーネット・オーバー・ネット
noun:
- reaching over the net (volleyball, etc.) - From English "over net"
- シートピア
noun:
- seatopia; experimental underwater habitat developed by Japan in the 1970s - From English "sea utopia"
- タイ記録【タイきろく】
noun / ~の noun:
- equal to the current record (in sports, etc.)
- 遠国【えんごく・おんごく】
noun:
- distant land; remote country
- province far from the capital
- 我が物顔【わがものがお】我物顔 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- looking or acting as if one owned the place
彼は我が物顔をしていた。 He acted like he owned the place.
- 曲がり目【まがりめ】曲り目
noun:
- corner; turn; bend in the road; curve; turning point
- 敬老の日【けいろうのひ】
noun:
- Respect-for-the-Aged Day Holiday (third Monday in September)
- 月極【つきぎめ・げっきょくirr.】月極め・月決め・月ぎめ【つきぎめ】
noun / ~の noun:
- monthly contract; paying by the month
- 五畿内【ごきない】
noun:
- the Five Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, Kawachi, and Izumi) ➜ 四畿内
- 五穀【ごこく】
noun:
- the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))