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- お段【おだん】オ段【オだん】
noun:
- row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "o" - Linguistics term ➜ 五十音
- 釣殿【つりどの】釣り殿
noun:
- buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り
- 詰め袖【つめそで】詰袖irr.
noun:
- kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口
- 継続審査【けいぞくしんさ】
noun:
- carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim
- 深淵に臨むが如し【しんえんにのぞむがごとし】
expression:
- like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss
- つまらぬ《詰まらぬ・詰らぬ》
expression:
- dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious
- insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless
- absurd; foolish; silly
- useless; pointless; disappointing
- つまらん《詰まらん・詰らん》
expression:
- dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious
- insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless
- absurd; foolish; silly
- useless; pointless; disappointing
- 敷き物【しきもの】敷物☆
noun:
- carpet; rug; matting; carpeting
- mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on
- spread; (cloth) cover; coaster
- 聞いて極楽見て地獄【きいてごくらくみてじごく】
expression:
- don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb
- 行き来☆【いきき・ゆきき】行来・往き来 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other
- street traffic; highway
- 天下★【てんか・てんが・てんげ】
noun:
- the whole world
- the whole country
- society; the public
- supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
- having one's own way; doing as one pleases
~の noun:
- peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous
noun:
- shogun (Edo period) - archaism
- 左側通行【ひだりがわつうこう】
noun:
- driving on the left side of the road; driving on the left-hand side of the road; left-hand side driving ➜ 右側通行
- 打たれ強い【うたれづよい】 Inflection
adjective:
- able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
- able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
- resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity
- 長続き☆【ながつづき】永続き Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
- こちら☆・こっち☆・こちobs.《此方》
noun:
- this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
- here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
- this one (something physically close to the speaker)
pronoun:
- I; me; we; us
- this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)
こちらへやってくる少年とその犬をごらんなさい。 Look at the boy and his dog that are coming this way.
塩をこちらへ取ってもらえますか。 Could you pass me the salt, please?
こちらの方がこちらより値段が高い。 This costs more than that.
こちらアヤ、こちらアヤ、応答お願いします。 This is Aya, this is Aya. Please respond.
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