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ためにtameniold

conjunction:

  • for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
  • because of; as a result of
このかみkonokami

noun:

  • eldest son - archaism 長男
  • older brother; older sister - archaism
  • older person - archaism
  • head of a clan; head of a region - archaism 氏上
  • skilled craftsman - archaism
さんしょうsanshou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

10kouwo参照sanshouしてshite下さいkudasai Please refer to paragraph ten.

ひっぱりタイヤhippariTAIYA

noun:

  • stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look
スキンヘッドSUKINHEDDO

noun:

  • shaved head; person with a shaved head - From English "skinhead"
  • skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
かんそうkansou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course

サムSAMUにはnihaマラソンMARASONwo完走kansouするsuruだけdakenochikaragaないnai Sam doesn't have the stamina to finish a marathon.

しゅじょうさいどshujousaido

noun:

  • enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism) - four character idiom
かたたがえkatatagae

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり方違へ所
かたたがいkatatagai

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり
おんみょうどうonmyoudouおんようどうon'youdou

noun:

  • Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
らくざrakuza

noun:

  • free markets and open guilds - abbreviation 楽市楽座
  • way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
のりゆみnoriyumi

noun:

  • prize archery
  • imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
さえるsaeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
  • to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
  • to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
  • to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
  • to be satisfying - often as 冴えない 冴えない
  • to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned

コーヒーKOOHIIwo一杯ippai飲むnomutoatamaga冴えるsaeru I feel more alert after drinking a cup of coffee.

いちじichiji

temporal noun:

  • one o'clock

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • once; at one time; formerly; before

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

  • for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period

noun:

kareha一時ichijihaロンドンRONDONni滞在taizaiしていたshiteita He stayed in London for a time.

kirinoためにtameni交通koutsuuha一時ichiji不通futsuuになっているninatteiru Due to the fog, traffic is temporarily suspended.

からうつしkarautsushi

noun:

  • clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
コテハンKOTEHANこてハンkoteHAN

noun:

  • user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation 固定ハンドル
  • user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation 固定ハンドル
きつねつきkitsunetsuki

noun:

  • possession by a fox spirit; person possessed by a fox spirit
ねかしつけるnekashitsukeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

utade子供kodomowo寝かしつけるnekashitsukeru Hum baby to sleep.

みずをさすmizuwosasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to pour water (into); to dilute with water
  • to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)
こくじんkokujin

noun / ~の noun:

  • black person

noun:

  • woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism 玄人

マーテイン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニアMAATEIN/RUUSAA/KINGU/JUNIAha黒人kokujin牧師bokushiwochichiとしてtoshite生まれたumareta Martin Luther King, Jr., was the son of a black minister.

おくりびとokuribito

noun:

  • person who sees someone else off (e.g. at the airport) 迎え人
むかえびとmukaebito

noun:

ほんだいにはいるhondainihairu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
めをたのしませるmewotanoshimaseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on 目を悦ばす
あつかうatsukau Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
  • to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
  • to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
  • to deal in; to sell
  • to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
  • to treat A as B - as AをBとして扱う
  • to mediate (an argument) - archaism
  • to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
  • to gossip - archaism

心理学shinrigakuha人間ningenno感情kanjouwo扱うatsukau Psychology deals with human emotions.

彼女kanojohaこのkono機械kikaiwo扱うatsukauのにnoni慣れているnareteiru She is used to handling this machine.

ブラウンBURAUNさんsanha羊毛youmouwo扱うatsukau商人shouninですdesu Mr. Brown is a wool merchant.

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