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交流戦【こうりゅうせんkouryuusen】

noun:

  • exhibition game; friendly match; friendly - Sports term
  • interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ
出合い頭☆【であいがしらdeaigashira】出会い頭・出合頭irr.・出会頭irr.

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet

わたしwatashiがga前maeをwoよくyoku見てなかったmitenakattaからkara、出会い頭deaigashiraにniぶつかっbutsukaちゃってchatte。小川ogawaくんkunはha悪くないwarukunaiわwa。 Because I wasn't looking where I was going, I bumped into him when we passed. It wasn't his fault.

風声鶴唳【ふうせいかくれいfuuseikakurei】

noun:

  • getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow - four character idiom
フライングゲットFURAINGUGETTO・フラッグゲットFURAGGUGETTO・フライング・ゲットFURAINGU/GETTO Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"
ツケが回ってくる【ツケがまわってくるTSUKEgamawattekuru】付けが回ってくる【つけがまわってくるtsukegamawattekuru】ツケが回って来る【ツケがまわってくるTSUKEgamawattekuru】付けが回って来る【つけがまわってくるtsukegamawattekuru】 Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
張【ちょうchou】

noun:

suffix / counter:

  • counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.
監【げんgen】

noun / suffix noun:

  • special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

  • secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府
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景気★【けいきkeiki】

noun:

  • business conditions; the market; economic activity; economic climate
  • good (economic) times; prosperity; boom ➜ 好景気
  • liveliness; energy; vigour; vigor; spirit

近頃chikagoroはha景気keikiがga良くないyokunai。 Business is so slow these days.

当面★【とうめんtoumen】 Inflection

~の noun / temporal noun:

  • current; urgent; pressing; impending

~する noun:

  • to confront (an issue); to face (up to something)

adverb:

  • for the meantime; at present

現在genzai我々warewareがga当面toumenしているshiteiru問題mondaiはha新しいatarashiiものmonoではないdehanai。 The problem before us today is not a new one.

当面toumenはha彼kareにni調子を合わせてchoushiwoawaseteおいたoitaほうがいいhougaiiぞzo。 You should play along with him for the time being.

一向☆【いっこうikkou】

adverb:

  • completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
  • (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
  • earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

小振り【こぶりkoburi】小ぶり Inflection

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り

noun / ~する noun:

  • short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
摺足【すりあしsuriashi】摺り足・すり足

noun:

  • sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet)
  • moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise) - Sumo term
証拠金【しょうこきんshoukokin】

noun:

  • deposit (e.g. on the purchase of a house); earnest money; guarantee money
  • margin (payment); warrant money; cover
人事を尽くして天命を待つ【じんじをつくしててんめいをまつjinjiwotsukushitetenmeiwomatsu】

expression:

  • man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb
枯れ木も山の賑わい【かれきもやまのにぎわいkarekimoyamanonigiwai】

expression:

  • half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb
階隠し【はしかくしhashikakushi・はしがくしhashigakushi】

noun:

  • pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa ➜ 寝殿造り・向拝
米百俵【こめひゃっぴょうkomehyappyou】

expression:

  • kome hyappyo; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice [literal] - idiom
門前雀羅を張る【もんぜんじゃくらをはるmonzenjakurawoharu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

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夫人★【ふじんfujin・ぶにんbuninobs.・はしかしhashikashiobs.】

noun:

  • wife; Mrs; madam ［ふじん・はしかし］ - honorific language
  • wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) ［ふじん］ - archaism
  • consort of the emperor ［ふじん・ぶにん］ - archaism

ヤングYANGU夫人fujinはha、私watashiがga突然totsuzen訪ねてtazuneteもmo気にしないkinishinaiでしょうdeshou。 Mrs. Young wouldn't mind my dropping in on her unexpectedly.

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平行☆【へいこうheikou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • parallelism; running parallel (to, with)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with ➜ 並行

このkono線senはhaあのano線senにni平行heikouですdesu。 This line is parallel to that.

老舗☆【しにせshinise・ろうほrouho】老鋪【ろうほrouho】

noun:

  • old shop; shop of long standing

~の noun:

  • well-established; first of the kind; veteran

このkono街machiにniはhaどこdokoかka他taにniもmo老舗shiniseのnoパンPAN屋yaさんsanはhaありariませmaseんnかka？ Isn't there an old bakery somewhere in this town?

初段☆【しょだんshodan】

noun:

  • first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan
なんでもないnandemonai《何でもない・何でも無い》 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • easy; trifling; harmless; of no concern; nothing
  • nothing of the sort; not at all - in the form of ~でもなんでもない ➜ ではない
あしかashika《海驢・葦鹿・海馬》みちmichiobs.《海驢》アシカASHIKA

noun / ~の noun:

  • eared seal (esp. the California sea lion, Zalophus californianus); sea lion ➜ 海豹

サーカスSAAKASUのnoアシカASHIKAはha曲芸kyokugeiをwo見せたmiseta。 The circus sea lion did a trick.

殉死【じゅんしjunshi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • following one's master into the grave; committing suicide after one's lord has died
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