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- あってこその
expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- 丸い卵も切りようで四角【まるいたまごもきりようでしかく】
expression:
- harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb
- 打つ★【うつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / transitive:
- to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound - also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
- to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move; to impress; to touch
- to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
- to type; to send; to transmit
- to insert; to write in; to mark
- to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
- to till (soil)
- to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
- to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
- to pay (a deposit, etc.)
- to visit (on a pilgrimage)
- to line (a coat)
- to bind (a criminal)
８時をちょうど打ちましたね。 It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
ＡＬＳのために、彼の手や腕はペンを握ったりタイプを打ったりすることができないほど弱くなってしまっていた。 ALS had made his hands and arms too weak to hold a pen or to type.
- 肌★【はだ・はだえ】膚
noun:
- skin
- body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す
noun / suffix noun:
- surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
- disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う
刺激を受け続けると肌の保護作用により角質が肥厚して、ゴワゴワしたり硬くなって、毛穴が目立ってきます。 If it continues to be stimulated the skin's protective function causes thickening and it becomes stiff and hard with pores that stand out.
中国の音楽はどうも僕の肌に合わない。 I don't have the feeling for Chinese music in my body.
- 台頭★【たいとう】擡頭 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength
ロシアはもう１つの超大国として台頭していた。 Russia had emerged as a second superpower.
- つばめ☆・つばくらめobs.・つばくらobs.・つばくろobs.《燕》ツバメ☆
noun:
- swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
- barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- younger man involved with an older woman ➜ 若い燕
たくさんのツバメがまもなく南からやってくる。 Many swallows will come soon from the south.
- 弦☆【つる】絃・鉉
noun:
- bowstring
- string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
- bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
- diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡
- 仙人☆【せんにん】
noun:
- immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
- one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men
世捨て人となり仙人のように山中をさまよい自給自足で誰とも接触せず野垂れ死にをしない方法とは絶対ある。 There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
- 袈裟☆【けさ】
noun:
- kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
- wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation ➜ 袈裟懸け
- 重言【じゅうごん・じょうげん】
noun:
- succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
- kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂
- 地上げ【じあげ】地揚げ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
- raising the ground level (with fill)
- 属人主義【ぞくじんしゅぎ】
noun:
- principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義
- 一幕見席【ひとまくみせき】
noun:
- special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play
- 逆子体操【さかごたいそう】
noun:
- exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first
- 原因において自由な行為【げんいんにおいてじゆうなこうい】
expression:
- actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)
- みかづきつばめうお《三日月燕魚》ミカヅキツバメウオ
noun:
- golden spadefish (Platax boersii, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found in Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Philippines); Boer's batfish
- 四畿内【しきない】
noun:
- the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内
- 割れ窓理論【われまどりろん】
noun:
- broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment
- 出し子【だしこ】
noun:
- dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
- person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang
- 忠犬ハチ公【ちゅうけんハチこう】
proper noun:
- faithful dog Hachiko; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
- 掘り下げる☆【ほりさげる】掘下げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to dig down; to delve into; to get to the bottom of (a matter); to investigate further
- 張り付く【はりつく】貼り付く・張りつく・貼りつく・張付く・貼付く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick (to); to cling (to)
- to stay (e.g. in the office)
- 世に説く【よにとく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to set forth; to put forward; to present for consideration; to explain the facts of life; to preach
Kanji
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