Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll

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しょうshou

noun / suffix noun:

  • nature (of a person or thing)
  • that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term
はせるhaseru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
  • to win (fame) 名をはせる
ふみはずすfumihazusu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to miss one's footing
  • to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
なんでやねんnandeyanen

expression:

  • what the hell; what the fuck; what are you going on about; you've got to be kidding - Kansai dialect
つくtsuku Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to ascend (the throne); to accede 付く【つく】
  • to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to be hired; to be employed 就く
  • to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart 就く
  • to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice 就く

友人yuujinno好意kouideshokuni就くtsukuことができたkotogadekita I was able to get a job through the good offices of my friend.

chichihaもっとmottoよいyoi地位chiiniつくtsukuためにtameni辞職jishokuしたshita Father resigned from his position for a better one.

しめいつうわshimeitsuuwa

noun:

  • person-to-person call; personal call

212ー836ー1725ni指名通話shimeitsuuwawoかけkakeたいtaindaけどkedo I want to make a person-to person call to 212-836-1725.

せきわんsekiwan

noun:

  • one-armed person; one-handed person
せいしんしょうがいしゃseishinshougaisha

noun:

  • mentally handicapped person; mentally challenged person
けいしょうしゃkeishousha

noun:

  • slightly-injured person; slightly-wounded person
しなだしshinadashi

noun:

  • stocking shelves
  • stock person; stocking person
あるひとaruhito

noun / expression:

  • someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
しとあおぐshitoaogu Inflection

godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
使ひとをつかうhitowotsukau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to take a person in one's service; to employ
ぎぜんgizen Inflection

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

  • towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person) - archaism
いかけやのてんびんぼうikakeyanotenbinbou

expression:

  • intrusive person; being intrusive; a tinker's shoulder pole [literal] - obscure term
おつぎotsugi

noun / ~の noun:

  • next; next person - polite language - honorific language 次【つぎ】
  • room adjoining a noble's parlor - from お次の間
ほごにするhogonisuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to throw away as useless; to scrap
  • to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke
おいうちoiuchi

noun:

  • attacking a fleeing enemy
  • additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
あおせんaosen

noun:

  • blue line
  • area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) 青線地帯
こきゅうをあわせるkokyuuwoawaseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
いきをあわせるikiwoawaseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
わかみやwakamiya

noun:

  • young imperial prince
  • child of the imperial family
  • shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine 本宮
  • newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred) 勧請
ますがたmasugataますがたmasugataとがたtogataoldますがたmasugata

noun:

  • square (shape) ますがた
  • square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) 斗形
  • (in a castle) rectangular space between the inner and outer gates (where troops can gather) ますがた
ものかmonokaもんかmonka

particle:

  • used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language
というとtoiuto

conjunction:

  • if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) 言う言う
  • so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

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