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JLPTN3
紐☆【ひもhimo】ヒモHIMO

noun:

  • string; cord
  • man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp - oft. as ヒモ - usually written using kana alone

何かnanikaをwo記録kirokuするsuruためにtameni、彼らkareraはhaラマRAMAかkaアルパカARUPAKAのno毛糸keitoでdeできたdekita、結び目musubimeのnoついたtsuitaひもhimoをwo使ったtsukatta。 To record something, they used knotted cords made of the wool of the llama or alpaca.

足音☆【あしおとashioto】跫音【あしおとashioto・きょうおんkyouon】跫【あしおとashioto】

noun:

  • sound of footsteps
  • sense or sign that something is approaching ［あしおと］

ネコNEKOはhaそのsono足音ashiotoをwo聞いたkiita。 The cat listened to its steps.

開帳【かいちょうkaichou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • unveiling a Buddhist image
  • gambling
  • revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden
マグロ女【マグロおんなMAGUROonna】鮪女【まぐろおんなmaguroonna】

noun:

  • dead lay; starfish; woman who is inactive during sexual intercourse - slang - vulgar ➜ マグロ
指事【しじshiji】

noun:

  • indicative (kanji whose shape is based on logical representation of an abstract idea)
親はなくても子は育つ【おやはなくてもこはそだつoyahanakutemokohasodatsu】親は無くても子は育つ

expression:

  • nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb
腹も身の内【はらもみのうちharamominouchi】

expression:

  • moderation is its own medicine; take care of your stomach; don't overeat - proverb
イソハゼISOHAZE

noun:

  • Eviota abax (species of pygmy goby ranging from Southern Japan to Hainan Is.)
リア充【リアじゅうRIAjuu】

noun:

  • person who is satisfied with his or her real (offline) life - from リアル+充実 - slang ➜ リアル・充実
親はなくとも子は育つ【おやはなくともこはそだつoyahanakutomokohasodatsu】親は無くとも子は育つ

expression:

  • nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up [literal] - proverb
地獄にも鬼ばかりではない【じごくにもおにばかりではないjigokunimoonibakaridehanai】

expression:

  • you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb
JLPTN1
何卒☆【なにとぞnanitozo・なにそつnanisotsuirr.】何とぞ☆【なにとぞnanitozo】

adverb:

  • please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you - humble language ➜ どうぞ
  • by all means; without fail ➜ どうぞ

浅学非才sengakuhisaiのno私watashiではありますdehaarimasuがga、何とぞnanitozo皆様minasamaのnoおo力力をwo賜りtamawariたくtaku、ここkokoにniお願い申し上げるonegaimoushiageru次第shidaiですdesu。 I may not have much to offer in the way of learning or ability, but I want to do whatever I can for us all and humbly ask for your favor.

鞍上人なく鞍下馬なし【あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなしanjouhitonakuankaumanashi】鞍上人無く鞍下馬無し

expression:

  • riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one - idiom
刺し箸【さしばしsashibashi】

noun:

  • skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
空箸【そらばしsorabashi】

noun:

  • touching a food with one's chopsticks, then removing them without taking it (a breach of etiquette)
金輪奈落【こんりんならくkonrinnaraku】

noun / adverbial noun:

  • utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom
衣ばかりで和尚はできぬ【ころもばかりでおしょうはできぬkoromobakarideoshouhadekinu】衣許りで和尚は出来ぬ

expression:

  • the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb
多々益々弁ず【たたますますべんずtatamasumasubenzu】多々ますます弁ず・多多ますます弁ず・多多益益弁ず

expression:

  • the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
  • the more, the better - proverb
庚申待【こうしんまちkoushinmachi】庚申待ち

noun:

  • staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸
前虎後狼【ぜんここうろうzenkokourou】

expression:

  • one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom
マスクスクイズMASUKUSUKUIZU・マスク・スクイズMASUKU/SUKUIZU

noun:

  • mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face
JLPTN2
真っ先☆【まっさきmassaki】まっ先・真先irr.

noun:

  • the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

彼のkareno名前namaeがga成績表seisekihyouにni真っ先massakiにni出ていたdeteita。 His name headed the list.

尊王討幕【そんのうとうばくsonnoutoubaku】

noun:

  • reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate
この上ない【このうえないkonouenai】此の上無い

expression:

  • the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
鼻先☆【はなさきhanasaki】端先

noun:

  • tip of nose ［鼻先］
  • before one's eyes; under one's nose; in front of ［鼻先］
  • tip (of something)

彼kareはha私のwatashino鼻先hanasakiでdeドアDOAをwoぱたんとpatantoしめたshimeta。 He slammed the door right in my face.

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