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シークレットシューズSHIIKURETTOSHUUZU・シークレット・シューズSHIIKURETTO/SHUUZU

noun:

  • shoes with thick soles to make one look taller - From English "secret shoes"
やるかたないyarukatanai《やる方ない・やるかた無い・やる方無い・遣る方無い・遣る方ない・遣るかたない・遣るかた無い》 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
背筋力【はいきんりょくhaikinryoku】

noun:

  • strength of one's back
平静を保つ【へいせいをたもつheiseiwotamotsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
精神構造【せいしんこうぞうseishinkouzou】

noun:

  • one's mental make-up (structure) - four character idiom
前程【ぜんていzentei】

noun:

  • the journey before one; distance one has to travel
ワンドリンク制【ワンドリンクせいWANDORINKUsei】

noun:

  • one drink minimum (condition for using a karaoke bar, etc.)
一つ家【ひとつやhitotsuya】

noun:

  • one house; the same house
  • detached house
交際相手【こうさいあいてkousaiaite】

noun:

  • person one has a relationship with; date; boyfriend; girlfriend
一犬【いっけんikken】

noun:

  • one dog
身代を傾ける【しんだいをかたむけるshindaiwokatamukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to squander one's fortunes
存命中【ぞんめいちゅうzonmeichuu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • in one's lifetime; (while) in life

天才tensaiがgaそのsono存命中zonmeichuuにni名naをwoなすnasuことkotoはhaめったにないmettaninaiとtoいうiuことkotoはha周知shuuchiのno事実jijitsuであるdearu。 It is a matter of common knowledge that a man of genius is seldom successful in his own lifetime.

墜死【ついしtsuishi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • falling to one's death
門前【メンゼンMENZEN】

noun:

  • one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 門前清
一諾千金【いちだくせんきんichidakusenkin】

expression:

  • one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom
ダブ西【ダブシャーDABUSHAA】

noun:

  • pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌
大手を振る【おおでをふるoodewofuru・おおてをふるootewofuruirr.】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to swing one's arms greatly while walking
  • to be brazen
ワンフロアWANFUROA・ワン・フロアWAN/FUROA

noun:

  • one floor (of a building); single floor
道を阻む【みちをはばむmichiwohabamu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to obstruct one's way
北枕【きたまくらkitamakura】キタマクラKITAMAKURA

noun:

  • lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping)
  • brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata) - usually written using kana alone
撥ね箸【はねばしhanebashi】

noun:

  • pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
力を込める【ちからをこめるchikarawokomeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to put one's strength into
自沈【じちんjichin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • scuttling one's own boat
家族サービス【かぞくサービスkazokuSAABISU】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty - colloquialism
子供に掛かる【こどもにかかるkodomonikakaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to depend on one's children
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