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いきちがいikichigaiゆきちがいyukichigai

noun:

  • crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
  • difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement
ホワイトフィンサージョンフィッシュHOWAITOFYINSAAJONFYISSHUホワイトフィンサージャンフィッシュHOWAITOFYINSAAJANFYISSHU

noun:

  • whitefin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albipectoralis, species of Western Pacific tang found on the Great Barrier Reef through the Coral Sea to Tonga)
殿うまばどのumabadonoばばどのbabadonoうまばのおとどumabanootodo殿うまばのおとどumabanootodo

noun:

  • building for observing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. (sometimes specifically that used by the emperor on the greater palace grounds) - archaism 武徳殿
さみだれしきsamidareshiki

noun:

  • off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on - often 五月雨式に - four character idiom 五月雨【さみだれ】
くちどめkuchidome Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy

noun:

なにさまnanisama

noun:

  • person of importance; a somebody - often used sarcastically

adverb:

  • absolutely; certainly; to be sure

自分jibunwo何様nanisamadato思っているomotteiruのだnodahitowoそんなsonna風にkazeni見てmite Who do you think you are, to look at me like this?

きねんかんkinenkan

noun:

  • memorial hall; museum (esp. in memory of a person or event)
使いしishi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bossing someone around; having a person under one's control あごで使う
ごくらくとんぼgokurakutonbo

noun:

  • happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante - four character idiom
きちがいにはものkichigainihamono

expression:

  • incredible danger; (handing a) sword to an insane person [literal] - sensitive
だれひとりとしてdarehitoritoshite

expression:

  • not a single person (with negative verb); no one
ももじりmomojiri

noun:

  • somebody who is bad at horse-riding
  • a fidgety, restless person
かいしゃくにんkaishakuninかいしゃくじんkaishakujin

noun:

  • person who beheads somebody to end a seppuku 介錯
  • assistant; helper
ワンオペレーションWAN'OPEREESHONワン・オペレーションWAN/OPEREESHON

noun:

  • staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"
ぶっしょくbusshoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; rummaging; scouring (a place) looking for (something)
  • picking out; singling out

コンピューターKONPYUUTAAwo物色busshokuしてshite歩いたaruitaあげくageku、デイヴィド,DEIVYIDOよりyori200ドルDORU安いyasui値段nedande手に入れたteniireta I shopped around for my computer and ended up paying $200 less than David.

つけるtsukeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to hunt a spy; to put a tail on someone; to stalk - from 尾行する and 付ける
ちょんぎるchongiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation)
  • to fire (a person)
ぐぶgubu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • accompanying; being in attendance on

noun:

  • inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) - abbreviation 内供奉
とおるtooru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
  • to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
  • to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
  • to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
  • to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
  • to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
  • to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
  • to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
  • to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
  • to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
  • to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
  • to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
  • to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism

suffix / godan ~る verb:

  • to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb

容易youini試験shikenni通るtooruto思うomou I expect her to pass the examination easily.

法案houanha間違いなくmachigainaku通るtooruyo This bill is safe to pass.

富んでいるtondeiruものmonogakaminokunini入るhairuよりyorihaらくだrakudagaharinoanawo通るtooruhougaもっとmotto易しいyasashii It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

くさってもたいkusattemotai

expression:

  • a diamond on a dunghill is still a diamond; quality is quality; an old eagle is better than a young crow; even if it's rotten, it's still sea bream [literal] - proverb
とらのおをふむtoranoowofumu Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to play with fire; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail [literal] - idiom
とりつぐtoritsuguirr.irr. Inflection

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

  • to act as an agent for; to intermediate
  • to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to receive (a guest at reception); to usher in (a guest)
  • to convey (a message)
かんとういkantoui

noun:

  • simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head
チキンCHIKINチッキンCHIKKIN Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • chicken
  • person who scares easily; person who lacks courage
どうこくじんdoukokujin

noun:

  • fellow countryman; compatriot; person from same province
  • person from said country

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