Results, 'possum up a gum tree

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越後獅子【えちごじしechigojishi】

noun:

  • street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
寺預け【てらあずけteraazuke】

noun:

  • incarcerating a criminal in a temple as a form of punishment (popular during the latter Muromachi and Azuchi-Momoyama periods) - obscure term ➜ 寺入り
おこたokota

noun:

  • kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】
食事を取る【しょくじをとるshokujiwotoru】食事をとる・食事を摂る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag
ワッサーWASSAA

noun:

  • peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine
百害あって一利なし【ひゃくがいあっていちりなしhyakugaiatteichirinashi】百害あって一利無し

expression:

  • all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; a hundred harms and not a single gain [literal] - idiom
開講☆【かいこうkaikou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • holding a course (of lectures); offering a course
  • beginning a series of one's lectures; starting a new course

１年次nenji開講kaikouのno『大学生daigakuseiのnoためtameのno表現法hyougenhou』とto２年次nenji開講kaikouのno『食品shokuhin化学kagaku』のno２科目kamokuをwo担当tantouしていますshiteimasu。 I'm teaching two courses, year one's "Self-expression for University Students" and year two's "Food Chemistry".

一笑千金【いっしょうせんきんisshousenkin】

expression:

  • A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman - four character idiom
豚を盗んで骨を施す【ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこすbutawonusundehonewohodokosu】

expression:

  • you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb
蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる【へびにかまれてくちなわにおじるhebinikamaretekuchinawaniojiru】蛇に咬まれて朽ち縄に怖じる・蛇に噛まれて朽縄に怖じる・蛇に噛まれて朽縄におじる・蛇にかまれて朽縄におじる

expression:

  • once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience; to be bitten by a snake and thus fear a rotten rope (which resembles a snake) [literal]
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新しい★【あたらしいatarashii】新らしいirr. Inflection

adjective:

  • new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

あなたanataのno新しいatarashii車kurumaはha調子choushiよくyoku動いていますugoiteimasuかka。 Is your new car behaving well?

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停滞★【ていたいteitai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation; falling into arrears

そのsono船funeはha海岸kaiganをwo少しsukoshi離れてhanarete停滞teitaiしていたshiteita。 The ship stopped a little way off the shore.

切り札★【きりふだkirifuda】切札

noun:

  • trump card
  • ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

あのano会社kaishaのno社長shachouはha切り札kirifudaをwo隠し持っていますkakushimotteimasu。 The president of that company has an ace up her sleeve.

ラインアップRAIN'APPU☆・ラインナップRAINNAPPU・ライナップRAINAPPU Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
起動☆【きどうkidou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

我々warewareのno計算keisanによるとniyorutoロケットROKETTOはha起動kidouをwo外れているhazureteiru。 Our calculations show that the rocket is off its course.

二段構え☆【にだんがまえnidangamae】

noun:

  • keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
デコパージュDEKOPAAJU・デクパージュDEKUPAAJU

noun:

  • découpage; decoration using cut-up colored paper, etc. - From French
にわか作り【にわかづくりniwakazukuri】にわか造り・俄作り・俄造り

~の noun / noun:

  • makeshift; improvised; hurriedly prepared; hastily got up
国籍条項【こくせきじょうこうkokusekijoukou】

noun:

  • nationality clause; legislated ban on foreigners taking up public posts
落ち穂拾い【おちぼひろいochibohiroi】落穂拾い

noun:

  • gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)
叩き上げ【たたきあげtatakiage】たたき上げ

noun:

  • working one's way up

noun / ~の noun:

  • self-made person; veteran
書斎にこもる【しょさいにこもるshosainikomoru】書斎に籠もる・書斎に籠る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to shut oneself up in one's study
土崩瓦解【どほうがかいdohougakai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • complete collapse; (something) going to pieces (breaking up beyond repair) - four character idiom
納め【おさめosame】収め

noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

  • the end (of); last time (doing); finishing up; closing - oft. after noun or -masu stem of verb
恨みつらみ【うらみつらみuramitsurami】恨み辛み・怨みつらみ・怨み辛み

noun:

  • pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
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