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因縁☆【いんねんinnen・いんえんin'en】

noun:

  • fate; destiny
  • connection; tie; bond; origin
  • pretext; justification
  • hetu and prataya (direct causes and indirect conditions, which underlie the actions of all things) - Buddhism term

早くhayakuこの世を去ったkonoyowosattaのnoもmo彼女のkanojono因縁innenだda。 It was her fate to die young.

無為無能【むいむのうmuimunou】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom
カノポス壺【カノポスつぼKANOPOSUtsubo】カノプス壺【カノプスつぼKANOPUSUtsubo】カノープス壺【カノープスつぼKANOOPUSUtsubo】

noun:

  • Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
ポプラ事件【ポプラじけんPOPURAjiken】

noun:

  • axe murder incident (Aug. 18, 1976); poplar tree incident; killing of two American army officers by North Korean soldiers in the DMZ
イメトレIMETORE

noun:

  • training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング
会席☆【かいせきkaiseki】

noun:

  • meeting place; seats for the public
  • restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet - abbreviation ➜ 会席料理
天邪鬼【あまのじゃくamanojaku】天の邪鬼・天邪久 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • perversity; perverse person; contrary person; contrarian

noun:

  • antagonistic demon in Japanese folklore
  • demon under the feet of temple guardian statues
神仙【しんせんshinsen】神僊

noun:

  • immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being ➜ 仙人
  • (in Japan) 11th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C) ➜ 十二律・無射
郷里制【ごうりせいgourisei】

noun:

  • township-neighbourhood system (redefining the province-district-neighbourhood system, establishing 50-home townships of 2-3 neighbourhoods each; 715-740 CE) ➜ 国郡里制
普通文【ふつうぶんfutsuubun】

noun:

  • normal style of writing; modern Japanese text
  • text written in literary style with mixed kanji and kana (until the Taisho era)
煩悩の犬は追えども去らず【ぼんのうのいぬはおえどもさらずbonnounoinuhaoedomosarazu】

expression:

  • one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away [literal] - proverb
JLPTN1
代弁☆【だいべんdaiben】代辨・代辯 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) ［代弁・代辯］
  • payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) ［代弁・代辨］
  • acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) ［代弁・代辨］

彼女kanojoはha家ieのnoないnai人々hitobitoのno代弁daibenをwoしたshita。 She spoke for the homeless.

天に向かって唾を吐く【てんにむかってつばきをはくtennimukattetsubakiwohaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

天に唾する【てんにつばするtennitsubasuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

  • to spit in the wind; to piss in the wind; to get caught in your own trap; to reap what you sow; to turn to the sky and spit [literal] - idiom
JLPTN1
養う☆【やしなうyashinau】 Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to support; to maintain; to provide for
  • to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
  • to adopt (a child)
  • to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
  • to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)

良いyoi習慣shuukanはha子供時代kodomojidaiにni養うyashinauべきbekiであるdearu。 Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.

彼女kanojoはha５人ninのno子供kodomoをwo養うyashinauためにtameni働かhatarakaざるをえなかったzaruwoenakatta。 She was obliged to work to support five children.

JLPTN3
勧める☆【すすめるsusumeru】薦める☆・奨める Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to encourage; to urge ［勧める・奨める］
  • to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest - esp. 薦める
  • to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.) ［勧める・奨める］

米国beikokuのno親oyaのno中nakaにはniha、息子musukoをwo麻薬mayakuにni近づけないchikazukenaiためにtameniフットボールFUTTOBOORUをwo勧めるsusumeruものmonoがga多いooi。 Many American parents encourage their sons to play football to keep them away from drugs.

JLPTN2
干す☆【ほすhosu】乾す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to air; to dry; to desiccate
  • to drain (off)
  • to drink up
  • to deprive of a role, job, etc. - usu. in the passive

梅雨tsuyuのno晴れ間haremaにni洗濯物sentakubutsuをwo干すhosuとto気分kibunはhaもうmou夏natsuでしたdeshita。 Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.

大切にする【たいせつにするtaisetsunisuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
  • to take good care of; to look after
キスアンドライドKISUANDORAIDO・キス・アンド・ライドKISU/ANDO/RAIDO

noun:

  • kiss-and-ride; dropping a family member off at a station
垂迹【すいじゃくsuijaku・すいしゃくsuishaku】

noun:

  • temporary manifestation by a buddha (in order to save people); manifested form (often a Shinto deity) - Buddhism term ➜ 本地
聞いて極楽見て地獄【きいてごくらくみてじごくkiitegokurakumitejigoku】

expression:

  • don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb
バッシングBASSHINGU Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bashing; fierce criticism

noun:

  • busing (catering); bussing; removing dirty plates, cutlery, etc. from a table in a restaurant
帰り花【かえりばなkaeribana】返り花

noun:

象る【かたどるkatadoru】形取る・形どる・模る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to pattern after; to imitate
  • to symbolise
スコープス裁判【スコープスさいばんSUKOOPUSUsaiban】

noun:

  • Scopes Trial (landmark US trial on the teaching of evolution in public schools, 1925); Scopes Monkey Trial
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