Results, A big difference between what one hears and what one sees

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手水を使う【ちょうずをつかうchouzuwotsukau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to wash one's face and hands
  • to go to the toilet
手弄り【てまさぐりtemasaguri】手まさぐり Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • playing with something with one's fingers
  • searching with one's fingers (e.g. in the dark)
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縁【えんen・えにしenishi・えにeni・えe】江にateji【えにeni】

noun:

  • fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together)
  • relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; link; connection
  • family ties; affinity
  • opportunity; chance (to meet someone and start a relationship) ［えん］
  • pratyaya (indirect conditions, as opposed to direct causes) ［えん］ - Buddhism term ➜ 因
  • narrow open-air veranda ［えん］ - also written as 椽

金kinのno切れ目kiremeがga縁enのno切れ目kireme。 Relationships built on money will end when the money runs out.

戸籍koseki上jouのno縁enはha切れてkireteもmo、昔日sekijitsuのno絆kizunaはhaそのままsonomamaだda。 Our connection may be cut on paper but the bonds of old remain as they were.

その後sonogo、カードKAADOをwo引き抜いたhikinuita（空気kuukiはhaまったくmattaku入っていないhaitteinaiのでnode水mizuはha漏れないmorenai。グラスGURASUのno縁enはhaぴったりpittariテーブルTEEBURUにni接しているsesshiteiruからkara）。 Then I slipped out the card. No water leaks out because no air can come in; the rim is too close to the table for that.

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噛む☆【かむkamu】咬む☆・嚙む・嚼む Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to bite; to chew; to gnaw
  • to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
  • to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
  • to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
  • to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
  • to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism

彼のkarenoほえるhoeruのnoはhaかむkamuのnoよりyoriひどいhidoi。 His bark is worse than his bite.

彼kareはhaいまima歯haがga痛むitamuのでnodeよくyokuかむkamuことができないkotogadekinai。 He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now.

あなたanataのno犬inuはha噛むkamu？ Does your dog bite?

選手生命【せんしゅせいめいsenshuseimei】

noun:

  • player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete - four character idiom
金玉が上がったり下がったり【きんたまがあがったりさがったりkintamagaagattarisagattari】 Inflection

expression / noun / ~する noun:

因果応報【いんがおうほうingaouhou】

noun:

  • retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior - four character idiom

汚いkitanai手teでde会社kaishaをwo乗っ取ったnottottaものmonoのno、腹心fukushinだdaとto思っていたomotteita部下bukaにni裏切られuragirare、因果応報ingaouhouだdaねne。 When the trusted confidant of the person who conducted a hostile takeover of the company betrayed him, it was a sort of retributive justice.

志操堅固【しそうけんごshisoukengo】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • being faithful to one's principles; being of firm purpose and deep commitment; constancy; true blue - four character idiom
口ほどにも無い【くちほどにもないkuchihodonimonai】口ほどにもない・口程にも無い・口程にもない Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
縦乗り【たてのりtatenori】タテノリTATENORI

noun:

  • pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music
ビッグクランチBIGGUKURANCHI・ビッグ・クランチBIGGU/KURANCHI

noun:

  • big crunch (theoretical reversal of the big bang resulting in the demise of the universe)
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分☆【ぶんbun】

noun / suffix noun:

  • part; segment; share; ration ➜ 分の
  • rate
  • degree; one's lot; one's status; relation; duty; kind; lot ➜ 身分

suffix noun:

  • relationship; connection; correspondence

noun / suffix noun:

  • in proportion to; just as much as

あなたanataはha家賃yachinのno三ヶ月kagetsu分bunをwo資金shikinとしてtoshite払わharawaなければならないnakerebanaranai。 You have to give three months' rent as a deposit.

彼のkarenoほうhouにni分bunがgaあるaru。 The odds are in his favor.

背水の陣【はいすいのじんhaisuinojin】

expression:

  • fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom
耳が痛い【みみがいたいmimigaitai】耳がいたい Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
  • having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
命乞い【いのちごいinochigoi】命ごい・命乞irr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
結い上げる【ゆいあげるyuiageru】結上げる Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
鼎の軽重を問う【かなえのけいちょうをとうkanaenokeichouwotou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb (spec.):

  • to call one's ability into question; to weigh one's ability
命を捨てる【いのちをすてるinochiwosuteru】いのちを捨てる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to give one's life; to lay down one's life
近所付き合い【きんじょづきあいkinjozukiai】近所づきあい Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • interaction with one's neighbors; relationship with one's neighbors (neighbours)
自己責任【じこせきにんjikosekinin】

noun:

  • self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
目にしみる【めにしみるmenishimiru】目に染みる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to sting one's eyes; to make one's eyes smart
人生論【じんせいろんjinseiron】

noun:

  • one's world view; one's view of life; essay on life
心のまま【こころのままkokoronomama】心の儘

expression:

  • to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires ➜ 思うまま
顔バレ【かおバレkaoBARE】

noun:

  • having one's face revealed; having one's face seen - colloquialism ➜ ばれる
仕事観【しごとかんshigotokan】

noun:

  • (one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
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