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- 定本☆【ていほん】
noun:
- revised edition (of a book or manuscript); authoritative edition; standard edition; edition incorporating many changes and corrections
- final version of a book as edited by the author; revised edition of a book as edited by the author
- 難航★【なんこう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- difficult voyage; hard flight
- rough going; rough passage; running into trouble; stormy passage
- 言いがたい【いいがたい】言い難い【いいがたい・いいにくい】言いにくい【いいにくい】言難い【いいがたい・いいにくい】 Inflection
adjective:
- hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say
- embarrassing; delicate - esp. 言いにくい
- 踊る阿呆に見る阿呆【おどるあほうにみるあほう】
expression:
- dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance
- 鬼★【おに・き】
noun:
- oni; ogre; demon
- spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
- ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ［おに］
- it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ［おに］ ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
- Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［き］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】
prefix:
- very; extremely; super- ［おに］ - slang ➜ 超
来年のことを言えば鬼が笑う。 Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.
同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。 At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of his intent to resign after this month.
- 庇を貸して母屋を取られる【ひさしをかしておもやをとられる】
expression:
- give him an inch and he'll take an ell; give him an inch and he'll take a yard - proverb
- 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true
- きりきり舞い【きりきりまい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet
- 即断即決【そくだんそっけつ】
noun:
- making a swift decision; making immediate decisions and taking quick actions - four character idiom
マイホームは一生の買い物だからね、そんな即断即決はできないよ。 A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.
- 燕雀鴻鵠【えんじゃくこうこく】
expression:
- How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom
- 提起☆【ていき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- raising (a question); bringing up (a problem); instituting (a lawsuit); filing (a claim); submitting (a case)
- lifting up - archaism
- ごりごり Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia
~の noun / adjectival noun:
- hard (to the bite, to the touch) - onomatopoeia
- 足踏み☆【あしぶみ】足ぶみ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; marking time (for a soldier)
- standstill; stalemate
- 鎖樋【くさりとい・くさりどい】
noun:
- rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)
- 洗い張り【あらいはり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched
- 雪月花【せつげつか・せつげっか】
noun:
- snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】
- 羊質虎皮【ようしつこひ】
noun:
- sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance - four character idiom
- アメリカンドッグ・アメリカン・ドッグ
noun:
- corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried) - From English "American dog"
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