Results, sound often made when performing the akanbe- gesture
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- ナイルティラピア・ナイル・ティラピア
noun:
- Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus niloticus) (larger member of the family Cichlidae, important to aquaculture since ancient Egypt)
- 門前の小僧【もんぜんのこぞう】
expression:
- you learn, without realising it, from what is around you; a shop-boy near the temple gate (will recite sutras untaught) [literal] - proverb - abbreviation ➜ 門前の小僧習わぬ経を読む【もんぜんのこぞうならわぬきょうをよむ】
- 陰陽寮【おんようりょう・おんようのつかさ・おんみょうりょう・うらのつかさ】
noun:
- Bureau of Onmyō; government office in charge of astronomical observations, divination and calendar making (under the ritsuryo system)
- クラーク数【クラークすう】
noun:
- Clarke number; abundance of a chemical element in the Earth's crust, as calculated by geochemist Frank Wigglesworth Clarke - Geology term
- 雪隠で饅頭【せっちんでまんじゅう・せんちでまんじゅう】
expression:
- if you are hungry, where you eat doesn't matter; manjū in the toilet [literal] - proverb ➜ まんじゅう
- hiding something good for oneself alone - idiom
- 金の鎖も引けば切れる【かねのくさりもひけばきれる】
expression:
- even the strong-willed fall into temptation - proverb
- there's nothing you can't do if you set your mind to it - proverb
- 家柄より芋茎【いえがらよりいもがら】家柄より芋がら・家柄より芋幹
expression:
- having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status [literal] - proverb - humorous term
- 縦★【たて】竪・経
noun:
- the vertical; height
- front-to-back; length
- north-to-south
noun / ~の noun:
- vertical (relationship); hierarchy
noun:
- (weaving) warp ➜ 経糸【たていと】
テーブルを縦一列に並べなさい。 Put the tables end to end.
このカーペットのサイズは縦120センチ、横160センチです。 The size of the carpet is 120 by 160 centimeters.
- 一層★【いっそう】
adverb / ~の noun:
- much more; still more; all the more; more than ever
noun / ~の noun:
- single layer (or storey, etc.)
adverb:
- rather; sooner; preferably - archaism ➜ いっそ
- 梅雨☆【つゆ・ばいう】黴雨
noun:
- rainy season (in Japan from early June to mid-July)
- rain during the rainy season
天気予報によれば、まもなく梅雨に入るそうだ。 According to the weather forecast, the rainy season will set in before long.
- 開放★【かいほう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open
- opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
- 並行☆【へいこう】併行 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- going side-by-side; going abreast
- running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
- 在りし日★【ありしひ】ありし日
noun / ~の noun:
- past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days
~の noun / noun:
- while still alive; during one's lifetime
- 身内★【みうち】身うち
noun:
- relatives; one's family
- friends; members of the same organization
- followers; henchmen
- one's whole body
いつくしみは、身内から始めよう。 Charity begins at home.
できちゃった婚のため身内と大学の友人2人しかよばない地味婚にするそうです。 It seems as it was a shot-gun wedding so they're having a quiet wedding with only family and a couple of friends from university invited.
- タイムセール☆・タイム・セール
noun:
- special offers available for a limited time of the day; limited-time sale - From English "time sale"
- 折に触れて☆【おりにふれて】折にふれて☆・折りに触れて☆・折りにふれて
expression:
- at every opportunity; whenever possible; whenever the occasion arises; from time to time; occasionally
- 引き当てる☆【ひきあてる】引当てる・引当るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to draw (the winning ticket)
- to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position) ➜ 当てはめる
- 神体☆【しんたい】
noun:
- shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine
- 変わり身☆【かわりみ】
noun:
- change of attitude (stance, position)
- lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term
- 焼け残る☆【やけのこる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
- 棄市【きし】棄死irr.
noun:
- execution by decapitation, followed by public display of the body (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism
- 参勤交代【さんきんこうたい】参覲交代ateji・参勤交替
noun:
- daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era)
- 本契約【ほんけいやく】
noun:
- contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand
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