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つまみ食い【つまみぐいtsumamigui】摘まみ食い・摘み食い・撮み食い Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • eating with one's fingers
  • snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting
  • embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something
  • flirting

彼kareはhaケーキKEEKIをwoつまみ食いtsumamiguiするsuruのnoをwo見られたmirareta。 He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.

用人【ようにんyounin】

noun:

  • manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
  • useful person
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利益★【りえきrieki・りやくriyaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • profit; gains
  • benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
  • grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle ［りやく］

一郎ichirouはha利益riekiよりもyorimo友情yuujouをwo大切にするtaisetsunisuru。 Ichiro puts friendship above profit.

利益riekiになるninaruようなyouna本honをwo読みyomiなさいnasai。 Read books that are worthwhile.

中国★【ちゅうごくchuugoku・ちゅうこくchuukoku】

noun:

  • China ［ちゅうごく］ ➜ 中華人民共和国
  • Chūgoku region of western Honshu (incl. Okayama, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures) ［ちゅうごく］ - abbreviation ➜ 中国地方
  • central part of a country; main region ［ちゅうごく］
  • province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

中国chuugokuやyaチベットCHIBETTOのno山yamaにni住んでいるsundeiru白黒のshirokurono熊kumaはhaパンダPANDAとto呼ばれているyobareteiru。 The black and white bears living in the mountains in China and Tibet are called 'pandas'.

シンデレラSHINDERERAのno類ruiのno話hanashiはha、中国chuugokuやya日本nipponなどnado世界sekai各地kakuchiでde広くhiroku見受けmiukeられるrareruものmonoだda。 Stories like Cinderella can be found in China, Japan and in every land of the world.

ひらめhirame《平目・鮃・比目魚》ヒラメHIRAME

noun:

  • flounder (esp. the large-tooth flounders of family Paralichthyidae, but also lefteye flounders of family Bothidae)
  • bastard halibut; olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)
Ｓ【エスESU】ｓ

noun:

  • S; s
  • south - abbreviation
  • sulfur - abbreviation ➜ 硫黄

prefix:

  • nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7) - abbreviation ➜ 昭和

noun:

  • small - abbreviation
  • second - abbreviation
  • subject (grammar) - abbreviation ➜ 主語
  • sadist; sadistic - abbreviation Antonym: Ｍ
  • sister; female partner in a homosexual relationship - abbreviation
使い回す【つかいまわすtsukaimawasu】使いまわす Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to use one thing for several purposes; to use the same thing on multiple occasions
  • to work someone hard; to order around; to boss
くたばるkutabaru☆ Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to croak - colloquialism
  • to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
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くらいkurai☆・ぐらいgurai☆

suffix / particle:

  • approximately; about; around; or so - also written as 位
  • to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least
  • as ... as ...; like
頭文字☆【かしらもじkashiramoji】

noun:

  • first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence)
  • initials (of one's name)

頭文字kashiramojiのnoＮＴＴＮＴＴはha何naniをwo表していますarawashiteimasuかka。 What do the initials NTT stand for?

「あなたanataはhaたしかtashika・・・えーとeeto、えーとeeto・・・もmo」「頭文字kashiramojiからkara間違っとるmachigattoruわいwai！！」 "Let's see, you're ... er, um ... M-" "You're wrong from the first letter!!"

本籍☆【ほんせきhonseki】

noun:

  • one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】
時々刻々☆【じじこっこくjijikokkoku・じじこくこくjijikokukoku】時時刻刻

adverb:

  • hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom
差し支えなければ【さしつかえなければsashitsukaenakereba】差しつかえなければ

expression:

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間に合う☆【まにあうmaniau】間にあう・まに合う Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be in time for
  • to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

汽車kishaにni間に合うmaniauようにyouni急げisoge。 Hurry up in order to catch the train.

これkoreでde当分toubunはha間に合うmaniauでしょうdeshou。 This will do for the time being.

出産祝い【しゅっさんいわいshussan'iwai】

noun:

  • celebration of a birth (usu. approx. one month after birth)
  • gift at the birth of a child; baby gift
一刻一刻【いっこくいっこくikkokuikkoku】

noun / adverb:

  • hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom
痛痒を感じない【つうようをかんじないtsuuyouwokanjinai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something
天高く馬肥ゆる秋【てんたかくうまこゆるあきtentakakuumakoyuruaki】

expression:

  • autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout [literal]; autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather - proverb
北方限界線【ほっぽうげんかいせんhoppougenkaisen】

noun:

  • Northern Limit Line; North Limit Line; NLL; demarcation line in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and South Korea
連作☆【れんさくrensaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation
  • collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn
  • series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs); sequence
歳暮☆【せいぼseibo】

noun:

  • year-end gift ➜ お歳暮
  • end of the year; year end
本格派【ほんかくはhonkakuha】

noun:

  • classical school or style (e.g. of music, baseball pitching, etc.); orthodox school; authentic style
  • purist; follower of the orthodox school

彼のkareno料理ryouriはhaフランスFURANSU仕込みshikomiのno本格派honkakuhaだda。 His cooking is of the classic French style that he studied in France.

風雲急を告げる【ふううんきゅうをつげるfuuunkyuuwotsugeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
指定暴力団【していぼうりょくだんshiteibouryokudan】

noun:

  • designated organized crime group; designated criminal organisation; designated boryokudan; designated yakuza group; group officially listed as criminal by the National Police Agency ➜ 暴力団
スイカSUIKA

noun:

  • Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ
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