Results, meaning of life

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きまわしkimawashi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations
プレミアムかんPUREMIAMUkan

noun:

  • sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)
さいこうけいごsaikoukeigo

noun:

  • highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term
もちまきmochimaki

noun:

もちなげmochinage

noun:

  • throwing of mochi to an assembled crowd, esp. during the framework-raising ceremony of a new building 餅まき
ぼんぼんbonbon

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) - onomatopoeia
  • bong-bong (of clock ringing) - onomatopoeia
  • with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) - onomatopoeia

noun:

  • striking clock - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ぼんぼん時計
  • green young man from a well-to-do family - Kansai dialect
ひきとるhikitoruirr. Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim
  • to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt
  • to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out

watashiha苦情kujouwo言ったittagamisedehaこのkonoセーターSEETAAwo引き取るhikitorunowo拒んだkobanda I complained, but they refused to take this sweater back.

簿ひこうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせいhikousokumeiboshikihireidaihyousei

noun:

  • proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained 拘束名簿式比例代表制
おにoniki

noun:

prefix:

  • very; extremely; super- おに - slang

来年rainennoことkotowo言えばiebaoniga笑うwarau Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.

同じonajikoro事務員jimuin有村arimuranatsumegumiha今月kongetsuを限りにwokagirini退職taishokuするsurumunewoonijouni申し入れたmoushiireta At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of his intent to resign after this month.

kareha仕事のshigotonoonida He is an eager beaver.

いなりinari

noun:

  • Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) 稲魂
  • Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
  • fox (said to be messengers of Inari)
  • fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) 油揚げ
  • inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone いなり寿司
調てんめいちょうtenmeichou

noun:

  • style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) 天明蕉風
  • style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) 狂歌
ポーンPOONぽーんpo-n

noun:

  • pawn (chess piece) ポーン

~と adverb:

  • boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
  • flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia
チューレンポウトウCHUURENPOUTOU

noun:

  • nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term
ゆばはじめyubahajime

noun:

  • ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
  • first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
もんmonかどkado

noun / suffix noun:

  • gate
  • branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master もん
  • division; phylum もん - Biology term

counter:

  • counter for cannons もん

2人no兵士heishigamonnoところtokorode見張りmihariwoしていたshiteita Two soldiers kept guard at the gate.

kimumonkyouhatetsudeできているdekiteiru The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.

たけtakeたきtakiobs.old

noun:

  • height; stature
  • length (esp. of clothing)
  • all (one has); everything 思いのたけ心のたけ
  • magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

takeno長いnagai黒いkuroiコートKOOTOwo着たkitaあのano長身choushinnootokoだったdatta It was the tall man in the long, black coat.

コートKOOTOwo探してますsagashitemasu背が低いsegahikuiのでnodetakeha短めmijikamedeなるべくnarubekuすっきりsukkiriしたshitaデザインDEZAINnoものmonowo I'm looking for a coat. I'm short so the length should be on the short side, and as refined a design as possible.

つきだしtsukidashi

noun / ~の noun:

  • protrusion; projection

noun:

  • (Japanese) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; snacks - Food term
  • (winning technique of) pushing out of the ring - Sumo term
かくれみのkakuremino

noun:

  • cover; front (e.g. for illegal activities); magic cloak of invisibility
  • Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant) - usually written using kana alone

そのsono倉庫soukoha麻薬mayaku密売mitsubaishano隠れみのkakureminoだったdatta The warehouse was a front for drug traffickers.

コケしょくぶつKOKEshokubutsuこけしょくぶつkokeshokubutsu

noun:

  • bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)
おおさかのくいだおれoosakanokuidaore

expression:

  • financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) 京の着倒れ食い倒れ
ナヌカザメぞくNANUKAZAMEzoku

noun:

  • Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)
きゅうそうkyuusou Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • echoing beautifully (of the sound produced by striking together jewels or metals); "beautiful (of a melody, etc.)" [figurative] - archaism
かちぐみkachigumi

noun:

  • bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)
しゅとうshutou

noun:

  • dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)
べつじねんぶつbetsujinenbutsu

noun:

  • recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

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