Results, on the qui vive
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- 庇い手【かばいて】
noun:
- rule allowing the clear winner of a bout to touch down first to avoid injury - Sumo term
- 闘志満々【とうしまんまん】闘志満満 Inflection
~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- brimming with fighting spirit; being strong in the will to fight; burning with combativeness - four character idiom
- 父子相伝【ふしそうでん】
noun / ~の noun:
- transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son - four character idiom
- 枕流漱石【ちんりゅうそうせき】
noun:
- sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom
- 漱石枕流【そうせきちんりゅう】
noun:
- sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument - four character idiom
- 好評嘖々【こうひょうさくさく】好評嘖嘖 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- enjoying great popularity; receiving widespread high praise; being a great success with the public - four character idiom
- 一殺多生【いっさつたしょう・いっせつたしょう】
expression:
- It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom
- 永代供養【えいたいくよう】
noun:
- services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul - four character idiom
- 失地回復【しっちかいふく】
noun:
- the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending - four character idiom
- ツバキ科【ツバキか】
noun:
- Theaceae; family of flowering plants comprising the camellias and other shrubs and trees
- メットイン・メット・イン
noun:
- scooter with a compartment under the seat to hold a helmet - From English "(hel)met in" ➜ メット
- 愚痴聞き地蔵【ぐちききじぞう】
noun:
- Ksitigarbha (jizo) who listens to people's complaints (statue at the Keihou Temple at Nagoya)
- ベトコン
noun:
- Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)
- ゴチ・ごち Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- treat; banquet; feast; entertainment; goodies - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそう
interjection:
- thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ごちそうさま
- 有志連合【ゆうしれんごう】
noun:
- Coalition of the Willing (nations who supported America's preemptive strike in Iraq in 2003)
「有志連合」とは、イラク戦争でイラクを相手に協力して戦った国々のことを指す言葉である。 The "Coalition of the Willing" is a phrase that refers to the countries that fought together against Iraq in the Iraq War.
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