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帯広告【おびこうこくobikoukoku】

noun:

  • strip of paper featuring advertisements, wrapped around a book's jacket
轡【くつわkutsuwa・くつばみkutsubamiobs.】銜【くつわkutsuwa】馬銜【くつわkutsuwa・くつばみkutsubamiobs.】轡銜【くつばみkutsubamiobs.】

noun:

  • bit (i.e. attached to a bridle)
棚から牡丹餅【たなからぼたもちtanakarabotamochi】棚からぼた餅

expression:

  • receiving a windfall; having an unexpected piece of good luck ➜ 棚牡丹
アイドリングストップAIDORINGUSUTOPPU・アイドリング・ストップAIDORINGU/SUTOPPU

noun:

  • turning off a vehicle engine when stopped - From English "idling stop"
樹雨【きさめkisame】

noun:

  • precipitation resulting from thick fog condensing on leaves in a forest
たわわtawawa《撓わ・撓》 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • (of a branch heavily laden with fruit, etc.) drooping; bending

そのsono木kiにはniha実miがgaたわわtawawaになっていたninatteita。 The tree was heavy with fruit.

ちょっとしたchottoshita《一寸した》 Inflection

pre-noun adjectival:

水斑【すいはんsuihan・みずぶちmizubuchi】

noun:

  • water spot (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)
三賞【さんしょうsanshou】

noun:

三役揃い踏み【さんやくそろいぶみsan'yakusoroibumi】

noun:

  • ritual stomping in unison on the final day of a tournament - Sumo term
断髪式【だんぱつしきdanpatsushiki】

noun:

  • retirement ceremony of a wrestler where his top-knot is cut - Sumo term
手刀を切る【てがたなをきるtegatanawokiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award - Sumo term
薬石無効【やくせきむこうyakusekimukou】

noun:

  • neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient - four character idiom
豁然大悟【かつぜんたいごkatsuzentaigo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden - four character idiom
名声嘖々【めいせいさくさくmeiseisakusaku】名声嘖嘖 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation - four character idiom
御前試合【ごぜんじあいgozenjiai】

noun:

  • game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom
怠業戦術【たいぎょうせんじゅつtaigyousenjutsu】

noun:

  • slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute) - four character idiom
当選圏内【とうせんけんないtousenkennai】

noun:

  • (having a) good chance of being elected (winning) (in an election) - four character idiom
無知愚昧【むちぐまいmuchigumai】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B - four character idiom
耳年増【みみどしまmimidoshima】

noun:

  • young woman with a lot of superficial knowledge about sex, etc.
しのぎshinogi《鎬》

noun:

  • ridges on a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
  • ridged pattern in building
スペルミスSUPERUMISU・スペル・ミスSUPERU/MISU

noun:

  • spelling mistake (usually in a foreign language) - From English "spell miss"
一両日中【いちりょうじつちゅうichiryoujitsuchuu】

adverbial noun / noun:

  • within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

一両日中ichiryoujitsuchuuにniもmo決まりkimariそうsouだda。 It should be decided in the next day or two.

チーターCHIITAA・チータCHIITA

noun:

  • cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
  • cheater (esp. in a video game)
ノーズコーンNOOZUKOON・ノーズ・コーンNOOZU/KOON

noun:

  • nose cone (e.g. of a rocket)
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