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ノリのよいNORInoyoi Inflection

adjective:

  • easy to get into (e.g. of music, etc.); easily getting into (a certain mood, etc.)
そつsotsu

noun:

  • low-ranking soldier
  • graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) - abbreviation 卒業
  • low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) - abbreviation 卒族
  • death (of a noble, etc.) - abbreviation 卒去

タクシーTAKUSHII運転untenshuniなっnata東大toudaisotsuno木村kimuraさんsanhadarekano物指しmonosashide落ちこぼれochikoborenanoかもkamoしれshireないnaiけどkedo運転unten好きsukiならnaraいいiinじゃjaないnaikana Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.

つじごうしゃくtsujigoushaku

noun:

  • stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money
つじばなしtsujibanashi

noun:

  • stories (esp. war stories) or lectures told by someone near a road or temple while begging for money - obscure term 辻講釈
ぶつどbutsudo

noun:

  • realm of a Buddha; Pure Land; paradise - Buddhism term 浄土
  • Buddhist country; land where Buddha has appeared to spread his teachings - Buddhism term
さんせんsansen

noun:

  • thrice moving from house to house
  • the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation 三遷の教え
けしょうみずkeshoumizu

noun:

  • water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout - Sumo term
  • fresh water used when making up one's face
アニメかANIMEka Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • turning a comic, novel, etc. into an animated movie or TV series; making an animated version
りょうにらみryounirami Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time
とうにおちずかたるにおちるtouniochizukataruniochiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
げすのあとぢえgesunoatojie

expression:

  • hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit - proverb
ちゅうるchuuru

noun:

  • banishment (to a somewhat distant province); middle-degree punishment of the three banishment punishments under the ritsuryo system
ふろfuro

noun:

  • bath; bathtub お風呂
  • bathroom; bathhouse
  • room for drying lacquerware
  • base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)

インカINKAjinhaヨーロッパ人YOOROPPAjinよりもyorimo多くooku風呂furohe入ったhaitta The Inca took baths more often than Europeans.

そのsonoアパートAPAATOにはniha3つmittsuno小さなchiisana部屋heyato風呂furogaついているtsuiteiru The apartment consists of three small rooms and a bath.

せいじんseijin Inflection

noun:

  • adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup

noun / ~する noun:

  • becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman) 新成人

そのsono映画eigaha成人seijinしかshikaみられないmirarenai Only adults may watch that film.

サンドSANDORAha成人seijinしてshite美人bijinになりましたninarimashita Sandra has grown up to be a beautiful woman.

よこばいyokobai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways よこばい

noun:

  • leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
  • sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
  • levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing
たいとうtaitou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

ロシアROSHIAhaもう1つmouhitotsuno超大国choutaikokuとしてtoshite台頭taitouしていたshiteita Russia had emerged as a second superpower.

ねたnetaネタNETA

noun:

  • material (for a story, article, etc.); information; news item - from たね, kana reversed 種【たね】
  • joke; jest; pretending; made-up story
  • proof; evidence
  • (magician's) trick; secret
  • ingredients
にぎりnigiri

noun:

  • grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch
  • handful; fistful
  • handle; grip; knob
  • rice ball - abbreviation 握り飯お握り【おにぎり】
  • nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc. - abbreviation

ドアDOAwo開けようakeyouとしたらtoshitaraドアDOAno握りnigirigaとれたtoreta I tried to open the door, and the doorknob came off.

つるtsuru

noun:

  • bowstring
  • string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
  • bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
  • diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁

ギターGITAAnotsuruga切れkireta A string on my guitar broke.

せんにんsennin

noun:

  • immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
  • one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men

世捨て人yosutebitotoなりnari仙人senninnoようyouni山中sanchuuwoさまよいsamayoi自給自足jikyuujisokudedaretomo接触sesshokusezu野垂れ死にnotarejiniwoshiないnai方法houhoutoha絶対zettaiあるaru There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.

けさkesa

noun:

  • kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
  • wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation 袈裟懸け
じあげjiage Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
  • raising the ground level (with fill)
ほとけのかおもさんどhotokenokaomosando

expression:

  • even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb
たけやりせんじゅつtakeyarisenjutsu

noun:

  • tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe - four character idiom
鹿きかいばかkikaibaka

noun:

  • skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

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