Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 聞き出す☆【ききだす】聞きだす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to get information out of a person
- to begin listening
トムはついにメアリーから本音をなんとか聞きだすことができた。 Tom finally managed to get Mary's true opinion out of her.
- きりきり舞い【きりきりまい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet
- チョン
noun:
- Korean (person) - derogatory term - slang - sensitive
- idiot
- Korean currency unit (1/100 of a won) - From Korean "jeon"
- 大の字【だいのじ】
expression / noun:
- shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
- 立て札☆【たてふだ】立札☆
noun:
- bulletin board; notice board; billboard; roadside sign; sign on a post, usu. wooden, esp. containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc. ➜ 高札
- あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにち】彼の世千日此の世一日
expression:
- a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
- 夜更かし☆【よふかし】夜更し・夜ふかし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
- マスクブロー・マスク・ブロー Inflection
~する noun:
- blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water or equalize the pressure - From English "mask blow" ➜ マスククリア
- 何を隠そう☆【なにをかくそう】何をかくそう
expression:
- to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
- 締める☆【しめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
運転者はシートベルトをしめるように指導された。 The driver advised us to fasten our seat belts.
飛行機が乱気流に近付いていたため操縦士は乗客にシートベルトを締めるよう呼びかけた。 As the plane was approaching turbulence, the pilot asked the passengers aboard the plane to fasten their seat belts.
彼は夏の熱い時期にネクタイを締めるのをいやがる。 He hates wearing a tie during the summer heat.
- 振替休日【ふりかえきゅうじつ】振り替え休日・振替え休日
noun:
- substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
- 辻相撲【つじずもう】
noun:
- amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn) - Sumo term
- wrestling show in a roadside tent - Sumo term
- 双鉤法【そうこうほう】
noun:
- in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法
- 糸爪【いとづめ】
noun:
- groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument ➜ 糸道【いとみち】
- 鹿島立ち【かしまだち】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- 傍観☆【ぼうかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- looking on; remaining a spectator
世間はいつまでこれらの暴虐を傍観し続けるのか。 How long can the world stand by and watch these atrocities?
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