Results, a teeter-totter
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- 切り★【きり】限り・限irr.
noun:
- end; finish; stop
- bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
- delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
- finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)
suffix / counter:
- counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)
particle:
- only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
- since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
- remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone
彼はそこに行ったきり2度と帰ってこなかった。 He went there, never to return.
彼女はひとりきりになったとたん、その手紙をあけた。 The moment she was alone, she opened the letter.
彼女は5年前に家を出たきりで、その後何の消息もありません。 She left home five years ago, and has never been heard of since.
- ノーマーク☆・ノー・マーク
~の noun / noun:
- not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar - From English "no mark"
- unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled
- 専科☆【せんか】
noun:
- specialized course; specialised course
- something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)
- 目の上のこぶ【めのうえのこぶ】目の上の瘤
expression / noun:
- a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom
- 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる【へたなてっぽうもかずうてばあたる】下手な鉄砲も数打てば当たる
expression:
- even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる
- 封戸【ふこ・ふご・ほうこ】
noun:
- household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封
- 匹夫も志を奪うべからず【ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず】
expression:
- one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb
- 女賢しくて牛売り損なう【おんなさかしくてうしうりそこなう】
expression:
- women are not as clever as they think; women should know their place; even a clever woman will fail at selling a cow [literal] - proverb
- 身を固める【みをかためる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
- to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
- 原色☆【げんしょく】
noun:
- primary colour; primary color
- pure color; unmixed color; striking color
- original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
- ぼーっと☆・ボーっと☆・ボーッと・ぼうっと・ぼおっと・ボウッと・ボウっと・ボオッと・ボオっと Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- doing nothing; being stupefied; flushingly; abstractedly; dazedly; blankly; dreamily - onomatopoeia
- dimly; hazily; faintly; vaguely; indistinctly - onomatopoeia
adverb:
- with a roar (e.g. flames); with a whoosh - onomatopoeia
- 水屋【みずや】
noun:
- purificatory font at shrines and temples
- kitchen
- cupboard
- room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed
- vendor of drinking water
- building for taking refuge during a flood
- スピードラン・スピード・ラン
noun:
- speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】
- めくりカルタ《捲りカルタ》
noun:
- mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
- hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札
- カバー☆・カヴァー Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- cover; covering; dust jacket
- cover song; cover version
- coverage
~する noun:
- to compensate for (a loss); to offset (a weakness); to back up
- 飛躍★【ひやく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- leaping; activity
- leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic)
- making great strides; making rapid progress
- emerging
- becoming active; playing an active part
私は今まさに最後の旅路につき、暗黒へと一大飛躍しようとしている。 I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark.
彼の言うことには理論の飛躍がありすぎる。 There is a leap of logic in what he says.
- 君子は豹変す【くんしはひょうへんす】
expression:
- a wise man changes his mind, a fool never; the wise adapt themselves to changed circumstances - proverb ➜ 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
- the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor - proverb - colloquialism
- 梅に鶯【うめにうぐいす】梅にウグイス【うめにウグイス】
expression / noun:
- match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom
- 下旬★【げじゅん】
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
8月下旬に彼らは繁殖のために長い旅に出発します。 In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.
- 参拝★【さんぱい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
元日に神社へ参拝する日本人は多い。 On New Year's Day many Japanese go to the shrine to worship.
- 風を吹かす【かぜをふかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun) - after noun ➜ 先輩風を吹かす
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