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聖人君子【せいじんくんしseijinkunshi】

noun:

  • person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint - four character idiom
聴者【ちょうしゃchousha】

noun:

  • listener
  • person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person
直言居士【ちょくげんこじchokugenkoji】

noun:

  • straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is
清水の舞台から飛び降りる【きよみずのぶたいからとびおりるkiyomizunobutaikaratobioriru】清水の舞台から飛び下りる・清水の舞台から飛びおりる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom
鬼面仏心【きめんぶっしんkimenbusshin】

noun:

  • having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom
教壇に立つ【きょうだんにたつkyoudannitatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to stand on a podium
  • to teach; to be a teacher
中年者【ちゅうねんものchuunenmono】

noun:

  • middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life
ハーフHAAFU☆

noun:

  • half
  • biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage - from "half blood" - sensitive
単細胞【たんさいぼうtansaibou】單細胞old

noun / ~の noun:

  • single cell
  • simple-minded person; one-track-minded person - colloquialism

時々tokidoki、皆さんminasanはha単細胞tansaibouだda。 Sometimes, everyone is simple minded.

没風流漢【ぼつふうりゅうかんbotsufuuryuukan】

noun:

  • prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine - four character idiom
留学希望者【りゅうがくきぼうしゃryuugakukibousha】

noun:

  • person interested in studying abroad; person wanting to study abroad
健聴者【けんちょうしゃkenchousha】

noun:

  • person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person
覗き【のぞきnozoki】覘き

noun / ~の noun:

  • peep; peeping

noun:

  • peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures - abbreviation ➜ 覗き機関

カーテンKAATENをwo閉めshimeてte！　向かいmukaiのno家ieのno人hitoはha、覗きnozoki魔maなnaんnだdaからkara。 Close the curtains! It's because the person living in the house across the street is a voyeur.

本膳【ほんぜんhonzen】

noun:

  • main course (of a formal meal)
  • extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理
JLPTN1
縁側☆【えんがわengawa】椽側

noun:

  • veranda; porch; balcony; open corridor ➜ 縁【えん】
  • bone at the base of a fin; meat at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish) ［縁側］ ➜ 担鰭骨

其のsono日hiはha一日nichi淋しいsabishiiペンPENのno音otoをwo聞いkiiてte暮しkurashiたta。其のsono間maにniはha折々oriori千代chiyo々々とto云うiu声koeもmo聞えkikoeたta。文鳥bunchouもmo淋しいsabishiiからkara鳴くnakuのnoでdeはhaなかろnakaroうuかkaとto考えkangaeたta。然しshikashi縁側engawaへhe出deてte見るmiruとto、二本honのno留りtomari木の間konomaをwo、彼方kanataへhe飛んtonだりdari、此方へhe飛んtonだりdari、絶間taemaなくnaku行きikiつtsu戻りmodoriつtsuしshiてteいるiru。少しsukoshiもmo不平fuheiらしいrashii様子yousuはhaなかっnakaたta。 I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.

丁種【ていしゅteishu】

noun:

  • being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty
刀禰【とねtone】

noun:

  • priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
  • member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
  • government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
  • prominent member of a town - archaism
  • river boatman; captain of a riverboat
  • (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
  • bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism
飛耳長目【ひじちょうもくhijichoumoku】

expression:

  • sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom
金仏【かなぶつkanabutsu・かなぼとけkanabotoke】

noun:

  • metal statue of Buddha (usu. bronze)
  • cold-hearted person; cold-blooded person
JLPTN2
見送る★【みおくるmiokuru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
  • to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
  • to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
  • to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
  • to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
  • to take care of somebody until he dies
  • to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)

彼のkareno弟otoutoはha彼kareをwo見送るmiokuruためtame駅ekiへhe行ったitta。 His brother went to the station to see him off.

一事不再議【いちじふさいぎichijifusaigi】

noun:

  • the principle of not resuming debate on an item in the same Diet session in which it has been voted down
臥龍【がりゅうgaryuu・がりょうgaryou】臥竜

noun:

  • unrecognized genius; exceptional person hidden among the masses
  • reclining dragon
困った人【こまったひとkomattahito】困ったひと・こまった人

expression / noun:

  • difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
ムードメーカーMUUDOMEEKAA・ムード・メーカーMUUDO/MEEKAA

noun:

  • life of the party; inspiring person; (an) inspiration - From English "mood maker"
怠け者☆【なまけものnamakemono】なまけ者・怠けもの・懶け者

noun:

  • lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person ➜ 樹懶

彼kareはha怠け者namakemonoに対してnitaishite点tenがga辛いtsurai。 He is very hard on lazy people.

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