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食べる☆【たべるtaberu】喰べるirr. Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to eat
  • to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

もっとmotto果物kudamonoをwo食べるtaberuべきbekiですdesu。 You should eat more fruit.

尋ね人☆【たずねびとtazunebito】

noun:

  • missing person; wanted person
才人☆【さいじんsaijin】

noun:

  • talented person; clever person
善人☆【ぜんにんzennin】

noun:

  • good person; virtuous person

善人zennin必ずしもkanarazushimo栄えるsakaeru者monoでないdenai。 Not all good men will prosper.

才物【さいぶつsaibutsu】

noun:

  • talented person; clever person
粗忽者【そこつものsokotsumono】

noun:

  • careless person; thoughtless person
某氏【ぼうしboushi】

noun:

  • certain person; unnamed person

我々warewareはha某氏boushiからkaraそれsoreをwo聞いたkiitaのだnoda。 We heard it from Mr Such and such.

破産者【はさんしゃhasansha】

noun:

  • bankrupt person; insolvent person
権力者【けんりょくしゃkenryokusha】

noun:

  • powerful person; influential person
敏腕家【びんわんかbinwanka】

noun:

  • capable person; shrewd person
帰らぬ人【かえらぬひとkaeranuhito】

expression / noun:

  • dead person; deceased person
人才【じんさいjinsai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • capable person; talented person ➜ 人材
やしっ子【やしっこyashikko】

noun:

  • thin person; skinny person - Tōhoku dialect
慮外者【りょがいものryogaimono】

noun:

  • rude person; insolent person
襷【たすきtasuki】繦・手繦

noun:

  • cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono
  • sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners)
  • wrapper band on books, CDs, etc. ➜ 帯紙・帯【おび】

帯obiにni短しmijikashi、襷tasukiにni長しnagashi。 Too much spoils, too little is nothing.

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いただくitadaku☆《頂く・戴く》 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
  • to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
  • to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
  • to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

  • to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】

Ｋさんsanのno内緒naishoにniしてshiteいただくitadakuとtoのno約束yakusokuのもとにnomotoni前回zenkai「左右sayuu」後日談gojitsudanなるnaru駄文dabunをwoお送りookuriしましたshimashitaがga、今回konkaiはhaそのsono後日談後nichidanですdesu。 Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.

本気honkiでde似合うniauとto思っていたomotteitaらしいrashiiシャツSHATSUはha辞退jitaiしshi、淡いawaiブルーBURUUのnoポロシャツPOROSHATSUをwoいただくitadakuことにしたkotonishita。 The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.

旅の恥は掻き捨て【たびのはじはかきすてtabinohajihakakisute】旅の恥はかき捨て

expression:

  • once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb
甲★【こうkou】

noun:

  • carapace; shell
  • 1st in rank; grade A
  • instep; back of hand
  • the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】

甲kabutoのno損sonはha乙otsuのno得toku。 One man's gain is another man's loss.

先手☆【せんてsente】

noun:

  • first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move
  • forestalling; (seizing the) initiative ➜ 後手
芝居を打つ【しばいをうつshibaiwoutsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone
  • to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play - original meaning
白田売買【しろたばいばいshirotabaibai】

noun:

  • dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow - four character idiom
夏越の祓【なごしのはらえnagoshinoharae】夏越しの祓・名越しの祓

noun:

  • summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪
い段【いだんidan】イ段【イだんIdan】

noun:

  • row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "i" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音
う段【うだんudan】ウ段【ウだんUdan】

noun:

  • row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音
え段【えだんedan】エ段【エだんEdan】

noun:

  • row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "e" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音
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