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立ち飲み屋【たちのみやtachinomiya】立ち呑み屋・立飲屋・立呑屋

noun:

  • drinking establishment where one drinks while standing ➜ 立ち飲み
先考【せんこうsenkou】

noun:

  • one's late father
集合犯【しゅうごうはんshuugouhan】

noun:

  • single crime that naturally consists of a number of incidences and is charged as only one count (e.g. habitual gambling)
  • crime whose goal requires a large number of people acting together (e.g. insurrection) ➜ 集団犯罪
自己判断【じこはんだんjikohandan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
奮闘努力【ふんとうどりょくfuntoudoryoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts - four character idiom
会心の作【かいしんのさくkaishinnosaku】

expression / noun:

  • work after one's heart
成れの果て【なれのはてnarenohate】なれの果て

expression:

  • the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
馬齢【ばれいbarei】

noun:

  • humble term for refer to one's own age
資産価値【しさんかちshisankachi】

noun:

  • value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value
期待を寄せる【きたいをよせるkitaiwoyoseru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up - often ...に期待を...
裸一貫【はだかいっかんhadakaikkan】

noun:

  • having nothing except one's body; having empty pockets; being penniless
滞在地【たいざいちtaizaichi】

noun:

  • place where one resides or is staying
扶養家族【ふようかぞくfuyoukazoku】

noun:

  • one's dependents

彼kareにはniha扶養家族fuyoukazokuがga多かったookatta。 He had a large family to support.

下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたりhetanokangaeyasumuninitari】

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり
可惜身命【あたらしんみょうatarashinmyou】

noun:

  • valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear - four character idiom
留め湯【とめゆtomeyu】留湯

noun:

  • one's own bath ➜ 留風呂
  • (reusing) yesterday's bath water
  • monthly pass for a public bath
お色直し【おいろなおしoironaoshi】御色直し Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • changing one's dress (e.g. at the wedding reception)
身の証を立てる【みのあかしをたてるminoakashiwotateru】身の証しを立てる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to vindicate one's innocence
初編【しょへんshohen】初篇

noun:

  • volume one; first volume
処女作【しょじょさくshojosaku】

noun:

  • one's maiden work

ホワイトHOWAITO教授kyoujuはha去年kyonen処女作shojosakuをwo出版shuppanしたshita。 Professor White published his first book last year.

進退去就【しんたいきょしゅうshintaikyoshuu】

noun:

  • one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it - four character idiom
ハミパンHAMIPAN・はみパンhamiPAN

noun:

  • having part of one's underwear exposed from their shorts - abbreviation - slang
寝押し【ねおしneoshi】寝圧し Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • pressing clothes, etc. by placing them under the bedding while one sleeps
瞑す【めいすmeisu】

~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

各一部【かくいちぶkakuichibu】

noun:

  • one copy each
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