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Ａ級【エーきゅうEEkyuu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • class-A; A class; A grade
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演じる☆【えんじるenjiru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to perform (a play); to play (a part); to act (a part); to commit (a blunder)

彼女kanojoはhaジュリエットJURIETTOのno役yakuをwo演じるenjiruのにnoni適任tekininだda。 She is a natural to play the part of Juliet.

窓越し☆【まどごしmadogoshi】窓ごし

noun:

  • viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window - usu. as 窓越しに
もりそばmorisoba《盛りそば・もり蕎麦・盛り蕎麦・盛蕎麦irr.》

noun:

  • chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce
宇賀の神【うかのかみukanokami】

noun:

  • god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox) - obscure term ➜ 宇賀神
喝食【かっしきkasshiki・かしきkashiki・かつじきkatsujiki】

noun:

  • announcing meals (at a Zen monastery); meal announcer - Buddhism term
  • noh mask resembling a young attendant who announces mealtimes in a Zen monastery
鴨がねぎを背負って来る【かもがねぎをしょってくるkamoganegiwoshottekuru】鴨が葱を背負って来る・鴨がねぎを背負ってくる・鴨が葱をしょって来る・鴨がねぎをしょって来る・鴨がねぎをしょってくる Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] ➜ 鴨鍋
手向ける【たむけるtamukeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
  • to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
糒【ほしいhoshii・ほしいいhoshiii】干し飯・乾し飯・干飯irr.・乾飯irr.【ほしいいhoshiii】

noun:

  • dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers)
式神【しきがみshikigami】識神・職神

noun:

  • form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
雲煙過眼【うんえんかがんun'enkagan】

noun:

  • not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom
点検商法【てんけんしょうほうtenkenshouhou】

noun:

  • unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

くれぐれもkureguremo浄水器jousuikiのno悪質akushitsu訪問販売houmonhanbai業者gyoushaやya無料muryou点検商法tenkenshouhouにはnihaご注意gochuuiくださいkudasai。 Please exercise every caution against cowboy salesmen of water purifiers and fraudulent-test sales.

言うまでもなく【いうまでもなくiumademonaku・ゆうまでもなくyuumademonaku】言うまでも無く・言う迄もなく・言う迄も無く

expression:

  • obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying
一国二制度【いっこくにせいどikkokuniseido】

noun:

  • one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for the communist mainland and capitalist areas such as Hong Kong)
金魚藻【きんぎょもkingyomo】

noun:

  • Eurasian water milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) - colloquialism ➜ 穂咲の総藻
  • aquatic plants such as hornwort that are commonly used in goldfish tanks, etc.
仁丹【じんたんjintan】

noun:

  • Jintan (brand-name breath mint marketed as having various medicinal properties); refreshing candies resembling BBs or metallic dragees
脱法ハウス【だっぽうハウスdappouHAUSU】

noun:

  • apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space
みやいりがいmiyairigai《宮入貝》ミヤイリガイMIYAIRIGAI

noun:

  • miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝
遷宮☆【せんぐうsenguu】

noun:

  • installation of a deity in a new shrine; transfer of a shrine
突き指【つきゆびtsukiyubi】つき指・突指 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)

バレーボールBAREEBOORUをwoしていてshiteite突き指tsukiyubiをwoしましたshimashita。 I sprained my finger while playing volleyball.

煮詰まる☆【につまるnitsumaru】煮詰る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be boiled down
  • to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse - sometimes considered incorrect - colloquialism
  • to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
ウマが合う【ウマがあうUMAgaau】馬が合う【うまがあうumagaau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to get on well (with a person); to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider) [literal] - idiom ➜ 気が合う
宇賀神【うがじんugajin・うかじんukajin】

noun:

  • god of harvests and wealth (syncretized with Saraswati, and often taking the form of a heavenly woman, a white snake or a fox)
ちょんの間【ちょんのまchonnoma】

expression / noun:

  • brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)
  • quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act
  • just a short moment; a little while; an instant - orig. meaning
初冠【ういこうぶりuikouburi・ういかぶりuikaburi・ういかむりuikamuri・ういかんむりuikanmuri・しょかんshokan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

  • noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓
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