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煮しめ【にしめnishime】煮染め・煮〆

noun:

  • dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone - Food term
段袋【だんぶくろdanbukuro】駄袋

noun:

  • large cloth sack
  • baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
しぎshigi《鷸・鴫》シギSHIGI

noun:

  • sandpiper (any bird of family Scolopacidae, incl. the curlews, godwits, phalaropes, redshanks, ruff, snipes, turnstones, and woodcocks)
入唐八家【にっとうはっけnittouhakke】

noun:

  • eight Japanese monks who visited China during the early Heian (Enchin, Engyō, Ennin, Eun, Jōgyō, Kūkai, Saichō, and Shūei) ➜ 八家
天の御柱【あまのみはしらamanomihashira】

noun:

  • Ama no Mihashira; the heavenly pillar on Onokoro Island, around which Izanagi and Izanami are said to have wed - archaism ➜ オノコロ島
金文【きんぶんkinbun】

noun:

  • Chinese bronze inscriptions; type of lettering used on metal objects, especially in China during the Yin and Zhou dynasties
未読スルー【みどくスルーmidokuSURUU】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー
中ソ【ちゅうソchuuSO】中蘇【ちゅうそchuuso】

noun:

prefix:

日和る【ひよるhiyoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal ➜ 日和見
手水を使う【ちょうずをつかうchouzuwotsukau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to wash one's face and hands
  • to go to the toilet
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差し引き☆【さしひきsashihiki】差引き Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • deduction; subtraction; balance
  • ebb and flow; rise and fall
各位☆【かくいkakui】

noun:

  • everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen
古今☆【ここんkokon・こきんkokinobs.】

noun / ~の noun:

  • ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present

彼kareはha古今kokonにni並ぶnarabu者monoのnoないnai偉大なidaina政治家seijikaであるdearu。 He is the greatest statesman that ever lived.

アップダウンAPPUDAUN・アップ・ダウンAPPU/DAUN

noun:

  • ups and downs; up-and-down - From English "up down"
狐疑逡巡【こぎしゅんじゅんkogishunjun】

expression:

  • being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision - four character idiom
明鏡止水【めいきょうしすいmeikyoushisui】

noun:

  • clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

私のwatashino心kokoroはha明鏡止水meikyoushisuiだda。 My mind is as bright and clean as a stainless mirror.

鉄火味噌【てっかみそtekkamiso】

noun:

  • miso, fried soybeans and vegetables seasoned with sake and sugar
玄黄【げんこうgenkou】

noun:

  • black and yellow silk (offered to gods); heaven and earth - obscure term
甲乙丙丁【こうおつへいていkouotsuheitei】

noun:

  • A, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth
検非違使【けびいしkebiishi・けんびいしkenbiishi・けいびいしkeibiishi】

noun:

  • police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
飴と鞭【あめとむちametomuchi】飴とムチ【あめとムチametoMUCHI】アメとムチAMEtoMUCHI

expression / noun:

  • carrot and stick; candy and whip [literal] - idiom
治乱興亡【ちらんこうぼうchirankoubou】

noun:

  • nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall - four character idiom
自由闊達【じゆうかったつjiyuukattatsu】自由豁達・自由濶達 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • free and easy; open and natural; not fastidious - four character idiom
深慮遠謀【しんりょえんぼうshinryoenbou】

noun:

  • deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan - four character idiom
波乱曲折【はらんきょくせつharankyokusetsu】波瀾曲折

noun:

  • very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns - four character idiom
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