Results, under the overhang of a Japanese roof

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八専【はっせんhassen】

noun:

  • 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) ➜ 間日【まび】
窮すれば通ず【きゅうすればつうずkyuusurebatsuuzu】

expression:

  • necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb
霞を食う【かすみをくうkasumiwokuu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to live on air
  • to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人
洛陽の紙価を高める【らくようのしかをたかめるrakuyounoshikawotakameru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism
玉飾り【たまかざりtamakazari】

noun:

  • New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
青軸【あおじくaojiku】

noun:

  • cultivar of Japanese apricot (Prunus mume)
  • cultivar of mulberry
JLPTN3
方★【ほうhou】

noun:

  • direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
  • side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
  • type; category
  • field (of study, etc.)
  • indicates one side of a comparison
  • way; method; manner; means
  • length (of each side of a square)

審判shinpanのno方houをwoちらりとchirarito睨むniramuがga、審判shinpanはha涼しいsuzushii顔kaoしてshite鼻クソhanaKUSOをwoほじっていhojitteiやがったyagatta。「ちくしょうchikushou、八百長yaochouかkaよyo・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"

グリーンGURIIN夫人fujinはha、私のwatashino子供たちkodomotachiがga歌utaをwo習っているnaratteiru方houですdesuがga、今度kondoのno日曜nichiyouにni独唱会dokushoukaiをwo開くhiraku予定yoteiですdesu。 Mrs. Green, from whom my children have lessons in singing, is to have a recital next Sunday.

ジョンJONのno方houがga二人のnoうちuchiでde背が高いsegatakai。 John is the taller of the two.

本門【ほんもんhonmon】

noun:

  • main gate; front gate - obscure term
  • latter half of the Lotus Sutra, which describes the nature of the Buddha - Buddhism term ➜ 迹門
JLPTN2
裂く☆【さくsaku】割く☆ Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
  • to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
  • to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
  • to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
  • to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く

私watashiはhaとてもtotemo忙しいisogashiiのnoでdeさくsakuべきbeki時間jikanがgaないnai。 I am so busy that I have no time to spare.

十三夜【じゅうさんやjuusan'ya】

noun:

  • 13th day (of the moon); the night of the 13th day of 9th lunar month
年末年始【ねんまつねんしnenmatsunenshi】

noun:

  • New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

年末年始nenmatsunenshiはhaオーストラリアOOSUTORARIAでde過ごすsugosu予定yoteiですdesu。 My plan is to spend the New Year's holiday in Australia.

重陽【ちょうようchouyou】

noun:

  • Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句
節気【せっきsekki】

noun:

  • 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
二十四節気【にじゅうしせっきnijuushisekki】

noun:

  • 24 divisions of the solar year; 24 terms used to denote the changing of the seasons
一点一画【いってんいっかくitten'ikkaku】

noun:

現状否定【げんじょうひていgenjouhitei】

noun:

  • refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom
菊の節句【きくのせっくkikunosekku】

noun:

進退両難【しんたいりょうなんshintairyounan】

noun:

  • being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom
顔ぶれ★【かおぶれkaobure】顔触れ☆

noun:

  • personnel; members; lineup (of a team); roster; cast (of a play)
  • announcement of next day's match-ups - Sumo term
八分【はちぶhachibu】

noun:

  • eight-tenths
  • casting someone out
  • type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 鳶ズボン
神武以来【じんむいらいjinmuirai・じんむこのかたjinmukonokata】

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom
時雨忌【しぐれきshigureki】

noun:

  • Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)
廠舎【しょうしゃshousha】

noun:

  • barracks; cantonment
  • temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises) - orig. meaning
JLPTN2
座敷☆【ざしきzashiki】坐敷irr.

noun:

  • tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room
  • dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
根【こんkon】

noun:

  • stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
  • radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
  • root - Mathematics term
  • indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term
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