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にっちもさっちもいかないnitchimosatchimoikanai《にっちもさっちも行かない・二進も三進もいかない・二進も三進も行かない》 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
管を以て天を窺う【くだをもっててんをうかがうkudawomottetenwoukagau】

expression:

  • to make a personal judgment on a problem with little insight; to look at the sky through a tube (Zhuangzi) [literal] ➜ 管窺【かんき】
上前をはねる【うわまえをはねるuwamaewohaneru】上前を撥ねるold Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to take a commission; to take a cut; to take a piece of the action; to take a kickback - colloquialism
百点満点【ひゃくてんまんてんhyakutenmanten】

noun:

  • (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom
焼け野の雉夜の鶴【やけののきぎすよるのつるyakenonokigisuyorunotsuru】

expression:

  • parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term
子泣き爺【こなきじじいkonakijijii】子啼爺・子なき爺・子泣きじじい

noun:

  • Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
すぽっとsupotto・スポッとSUPOtto

adverb:

  • snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
  • (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia
女人成仏【にょにんじょうぶつnyoninjoubutsu】

noun:

  • a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana - Buddhism term
JLPTN5
先生★【せんせいsensei・せんじょうsenjouobs.】

noun:

  • teacher; master; doctor - honorific language

suffix:

  • with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific - honorific language

noun:

  • previous existence ［せんじょう］ - archaism ➜ 前生

われわれwarewareのno先生senseiはha真のshinno意味imiでde紳士shinshiですdesu。 Our teacher is a gentleman in the true sense of the word.

ぼくbokuはhaジョーンズJOONZU先生senseiにni作文sakubunをwo直してnaoshiteもらったmoratta。 I had my composition corrected by Mr. Jones.

JLPTN3
だってdatte☆

conjunction:

  • after all; because - colloquialism
  • but - colloquialism

particle:

  • even
  • too; as well; also
  • they say; I hear; you mean
濃密☆【のうみつnoumitsu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); deep (colour); strong (smell, scent)
  • crowded
心残り☆【こころのこりkokoronokori】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • regret

noun:

  • flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart, usu. served as yakitori

私watashiはha彼kareにni一度も一domo優しくyasashikuしてshiteやらなかったyaranakattaのnoがga心残りkokoronokoriだda。 I regret that I have never been kind to him.

傍若無人☆【ぼうじゃくぶじんboujakubujin】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom

傍若無人boujakubujinのnoふるまいfurumaiだdaねne。 They are cutting loose.

朝飯前【あさめしまえasameshimae】

expression / noun:

  • trivial matter; cinch; easy as pie; piece of cake; child's play

noun:

  • before breakfast - orig. meaning

こつkotsuさえsae覚えればoboereba、朝飯前asameshimaeですdesuよyo。 It's a snap once you get the hang of it.

いんこinko《鸚哥・音呼》インコINKO

noun:

  • true parrot (esp. small parrots such as the parakeet, lory and conure)

インコINKOをwo飼うkauためにtameni必要なhitsuyounaものmonoをwo揃えましょうsoroemashou。 Let's get what we need to keep a parrot.

命の洗濯【いのちのせんたくinochinosentaku】

expression / noun:

  • casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back
ツーカーの仲【ツーカーのなかTSUUKAAnonaka】

expression:

  • on such good terms as to know what each other is thinking - apparently from 通過の仲 - idiom
バイト敬語【バイトけいごBAITOkeigo】

noun:

  • polite Japanese as used by young part-time employees in restaurants, etc. - derogatory term ➜ バイト・敬語
上の人【うえのひとuenohito】

expression / noun:

  • superior; boss; higher-up
  • them (as opposed to "us")
  • person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
外張り【そとばりsotobari】外張irr.

noun:

  • posting something to the exterior of a building, etc.; something posted in such a place
  • fortifications outside a military encampment
すぽんsupon・スポンSUPON・ずぼんzubon

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
  • (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia ➜ すぽっと
打たれ強い【うたれづよいutarezuyoi】 Inflection

adjective:

  • able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
  • able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
  • resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity
JLPTN3
現在★【げんざいgenzai】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • now; current; present; present time; as of

私watashiはha現在genzaiのno地位chiiにni満足manzokuしているshiteiru。 I am content with my current position.

神明☆【しんめいshinmei】

noun:

  • deity; god
  • Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity) ➜ 天照大神
首相兼外相【しゅしょうけんがいしょうshushoukengaishou】

noun:

  • Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister
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