Results, a-doin'

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土俵祭り【どひょうまつりdohyoumatsuri】

noun:

  • ceremony to purify the ring before the start of a tournament - Sumo term
一本歯【いっぽんばipponba】

noun:

  • tall geta with a single tooth
原発銀座【げんぱつぎんざgenpatsuginza】

noun:

  • area where a string of nuclear power plants are located - four character idiom
神詣で【かみもうでkamimoude】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • visiting a shrine
花持ち【はなもちhanamochi】

noun:

  • maintaining the quality of a flower; lasting quality of a cut flower
時を待つ【ときをまつtokiwomatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
寸足らず【すんたらずsuntarazu】 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • a little too short
  • slightly worse; a bit inferior
トルコ嬢【トルコじょうTORUKOjou】

noun:

マイルドヤンキーMAIRUDOYANKII・マイルド・ヤンキーMAIRUDO/YANKII

noun:

  • young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー
封戸【ふこfuko・ふごfugo・ほうこhouko】

noun:

  • household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封
台屋【だいやdaiya】

noun:

  • caterer in a red-light district - archaism
捨て札【すてふだsutefuda】捨札

noun:

  • bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period) - archaism
一筆書く【ひとふでかくhitofudekaku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to drop a few lines
御神燈【ごしんとうgoshintou・ごじんとうgojintou】御神灯・ご神灯・ご神燈

noun:

  • light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
  • paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)
メッシー君【メッシーくんMESSHIIkun】

noun:

一日一善【いちにちいちぜんichinichiichizen】

noun:

  • doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day - four character idiom
食封【じきふjikifu・しょくほうshokuhou】

noun:

  • stipend given to a designated person, such as a noble, and which was paid by a designated household (ritsuryo system) ➜ 封戸
剣を抜く【つるぎをぬくtsurugiwonuku・けんをぬくkenwonuku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to draw a sword
台の物【だいのものdainomono】

noun:

  • food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand
  • food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer - archaism
襲職【しゅうしょくshuushoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • taking over a duty
武士に二言なし【ぶしににごんなしbushininigonnashi】

expression:

  • a samurai never goes back on his word - proverb
初宮参り【はつみやまいりhatsumiyamairi】

noun:

  • first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) ➜ 宮参り
畳縁【たたみべりtatamiberi】

noun:

  • the edge (overlapping) part of a tatami mat
七光【ななひかりnanahikari】七光り

noun:

  • benefiting from the influence of a master or parent
戸主【こしゅkoshu】

noun:

  • head of a household
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