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雲集霧散【うんしゅうむさんunshuumusan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering - four character idiom
即決即断【そっけつそくだんsokketsusokudan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions - four character idiom
しめやかshimeyaka Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle
聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは末代の恥【きくはいっときのはじきかぬはまつだいのはじkikuhaittokinohajikikanuhamatsudainohaji】

expression:

問うは一旦の恥問わぬは末代の恥【とうはいったんのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじtouhaittannohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji】

expression:

  • better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb
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両極☆【りょうきょくryoukyoku】

noun:

  • both extremities ➜ 両極端
  • North and South Poles
  • positive and negative poles
与野党★【よやとうyoyatou】

noun:

  • ruling and opposition parties; parties in and out of power

国会kokkaiのno動きugokiはhaこのkono問題mondaiをwoめぐるmeguru与野党yoyatou間kanのno政治的seijiteki綱引きtsunahikiとなったtonatta。 Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

犬猿の仲☆【けんえんのなかken'ennonaka】

noun / ~の noun:

  • loggerheads; like cats and dogs; relationship of dogs and monkeys [literal] - idiom
送受☆【そうじゅsouju】 Inflection

noun:

  • sending and receiving; transception

~する noun:

  • to transceive; to send and receive
色香【いろかiroka】

noun:

  • loveliness; charm; allure; beauty
  • colour and scent; color and scent

彼女のkanojono色香irokaにni迷ったmayotta。 He was fascinated with her beauty.

夢現【ゆめうつつyumeutsutsu】夢うつつ

noun:

  • half asleep and half awake; trance
  • dream and reality

夢うつつyumeutsutsuでdeテレビTEREBIをwo見ていたmiteita。 I was watching TV half sleeping.

負けず劣らず【まけずおとらずmakezuotorazu】

adverb / ~の noun:

  • equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
洒々落々【しゃしゃらくらくshasharakuraku】洒洒落落 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • free and easy; frank, easy, and openhearted; sophisticatedly refined - four character idiom
克己精進【こっきしょうじんkokkishoujin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion - four character idiom
小心姑息【しょうしんこそくshoushinkosoku】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) - four character idiom
未練未酌【みれんみしゃくmirenmishaku】

noun:

  • regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone - four character idiom
善悪の区別【ぜんあくのくべつzen'akunokubetsu】

noun:

  • discrimination between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad ➜ 正邪の区別

彼kareはha善悪の区別zen'akunokubetsuがgaないnai。 He cannot tell right from wrong.

人獣【じんじゅうjinjuu】

noun:

  • humans and animals; humans and beasts
  • beast in human form ➜ 人面獣心
テレビドアホンTEREBIDOAHON

noun:

  • video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"
押しくらまんじゅう【おしくらまんじゅうoshikuramanjuu】押しくら饅頭・押し競饅頭・おしくら饅頭

noun:

雪持ち【ゆきもちyukimochi】雪持

noun / ~の noun:

  • having leaves and branches loaded with snow

noun:

  • snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop ➜ 雪止め
小三元【しょうさんげんshousangen】

noun:

  • little three dragons; winning hand that contains two pungs or kongs of dragons and a pair of the third dragon - Mahjong term
見せ玉【みせぎょくmisegyoku】

noun:

  • layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】
見せ板【みせいたmiseita】

noun:

  • layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term
過ちを観て斯に仁を知る【あやまちをみてここにじんをしるayamachiwomitekokonijinwoshiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not
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