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末席を汚す【まっせきをけがすmassekiwokegasu・ばっせきをけがすbassekiwokegasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to attend a meeting; to have the honor of being present at a meeting; to soil the lowest seat by one's presence [literal] - humble language
豚を盗んで骨を施す【ぶたをぬすんでほねをほどこすbutawonusundehonewohodokosu】

expression:

  • you cannot excuse a bad deed with a petty act of benevolence; steal a pig and give the feet for alms [literal] - proverb
幻日【げんじつgenjitsu】

noun:

  • parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻月
幻月【げんげつgengetsu】

noun:

  • paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻日
追い上げる☆【おいあげるoiageru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
読み上げ算☆【よみあげざんyomiagezan】

noun:

  • having the figures read aloud by another person; calculation by abacus
通人【つうじんtsuujin】

noun:

  • man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person
常人【じょうじんjoujin】

noun:

  • ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe

要するにyousuruniタイマンTAIMAN勝負shoubuなんだnandaけどkedo、そのsono試合shiai内容naiyouはha常人joujinでdeはha考えられないkangaerarenaiほどhodoのno高レベルkouREBERU。 Essentially it's a one-to-one match, but the content of that match is a level so high as to be unthinkable to an ordinary person.

謦咳に接する【けいがいにせっするkeigainisessuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

  • to meet someone in person; to have the pleasure of meeting
落花流水【らっかりゅうすいrakkaryuusui】

noun:

  • mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned - four character idiom
酒人【さかびとsakabito・さけびとsakebito】掌酒【さかびとsakabito】

noun:

  • person in charge of the brewing of sacrificial wine - archaism ➜ 神酒
シュルントSHURUNTO

noun:

  • schrund (crevasse, esp. a bergschrund, a crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German ➜ ベルクシュルント
雪の花【ゆきのはなyukinohana】雪の華

noun:

  • snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) ➜ スノードロップ
  • snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower
  • red snow ➜ 赤雪
振休【ふりきゅうfurikyuu】

noun:

弱き者☆【よわきものyowakimono】

noun:

  • weak person; the weak
アイドルコラージュAIDORUKORAAJU・アイドル・コラージュAIDORU/KORAAJU

noun:

  • altered photograph, usu. with sexual connotations, such as putting someone's face on top of a picture of a nude idol, etc. - From English "idol collage"
JLPTN3
分【ぶbu】

numeric:

  • one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

  • one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
  • thickness
  • advantageous circumstances
  • one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

彼kareのno打率daritsuはha３割wari４分fun３厘rinでde、ホームランHOOMURANはha５４本honであったdeatta。 He batted .343 with 54 home runs.

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

跳ね☆【はねhane】撥ね

noun:

  • (a) jump
  • splashes (usu. of mud)
  • upward turn at the bottom (e.g. of a vertical stroke of a kanji or of a hairdo) - often 撥ね
  • close (e.g. of a theatrical performance); breakup

トムTOMUはhaベッドBEDDOからkara跳ねhane起きoki、適当tekitouなna服fukuをwoひっかけhikkake、朝食choushokuをwo腹haraにniおさめるosameruとto、10分fun後goにniはhaもうmou玄関genkanのno外sotoにniいiたta。 Tom sprang out of bed, threw on some clothes, ate breakfast and was out of the door within ten minutes.

筈緒【はずおhazuo】

noun:

  • hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast ➜ 筈
終着【しゅうちゃくshuuchaku】

noun:

  • arriving at the final stop (of a bus, train, etc.); reaching the end of the line
がたっとgatatto

adverb:

  • with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
  • the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)
法体【ほったいhottai・ほうたいhoutai】

noun:

  • clerical appearance; appearance of a priest - Buddhism term
  • teachings of Buddha; condition of the universe at creation; in the pure land teachings, the name of Amitabha, or prayers to Amitabha; investiture of a Buddhist priest
JLPTN4
髪★【かみkami】髮old

noun:

  • hair (on the head)

そのsono洋服youfukuはha彼女のkanojono赤いakai髪kamiにni合うau。 That dress matches her red hair.

海上★【かいじょうkaijou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • on the sea; maritime; marine ➜ 陸上

たくさんtakusanのno船funeがga海上kaijouをwo走っているhashitteiru。 Many boats are sailing on the sea.

のたびにnotabini☆・のたんびにnotanbini《の度に》

expression / auxiliary:

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