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- コラ
noun:
- photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation ➜ コラージュ
- kora (West-African instrument)
- kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term
- 委託★【いたく】委托 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
ベンは日記を弁護士が管理するよう委託した。 Ben committed his diary to the lawyer's care.
- 籠の鳥【かごのとり】篭の鳥・かごの鳥
expression:
- caged bird
- person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
- リレーコラム・リレー・コラム
noun:
- regular column or opinion piece written by a different person each time - From English "relay column"
- 釜中の魚【ふちゅうのうお】
expression / noun:
- fish in a pot about to be boiled; "person who is blissfully unaware of deadly danger" [figurative]
- 三つ子の魂百まで【みつごのたましいひゃくまで】三つ子の魂百迄
expression:
- the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]
- 姫皮【ひめかわ】
noun:
- thin, soft membrane inside the tip of a bamboo culm; silky inner covering at the tip of a bamboo shoot ➜ 絹皮【きぬかわ】
- しゃち《鯱》シャチ
noun:
- orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
- mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) [しゃち] - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】
- フラグが立つ【フラグがたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to have a flag set (indicates the setting of a variable that determines, for example, how a game will end) - slang - IT term
- 藤八拳【とうはちけん】
noun:
- game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head
- 口を切る【くちをきる】口をきる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
- to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open
- 振り☆【ふり】風
noun / counter:
- swing; shake; wave; swinging
noun:
- appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
- pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone ➜ 振りをする
noun / ~の noun:
- going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone
noun:
- move (dance); postures
- lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone ➜ 前振り
- unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment
suffix / counter:
- counter for swords, blades, etc.
noun:
- not wearing underwear or pants - archaism
彼は彼女の話し振りが気に入らなかった。 He did not like her manner of speech.
人のふり見て我がふり直せ。 Learn wisdom from the faults of others.
私は彼の言っている事がわからないふりをした。 I pretended not to understand what he was saying.
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