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宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る【たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえるtakaranoyamaniirinagaratewomunashikushitekaeru】

expression:

  • though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb
両雄並び立たず【りょうゆうならびたたずryouyuunarabitatazu】

expression:

  • if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb
モンツキテンジクザメ属【モンツキテンジクザメぞくMONTSUKITENJIKUZAMEzoku】

noun:

  • Hemiscyllium (genus of longtail carpet sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with short snouts, nostrils at the tip, and elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges)
愛敬毛【あいきょうげaikyouge】

noun:

  • straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock ➜ 後れ毛
擬く【もどくmodoku】牴牾く・抵牾く Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey - archaism
  • to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate - archaism
亭主関白【ていしゅかんぱくteishukanpaku】

noun:

  • husband who rules the roost; domineering husband - four character idiom
  • the hectoring of the husband
昔気質【むかしかたぎmukashikatagi】昔かたぎ・昔堅気 Inflection

noun:

  • old-fashioned way of thinking; old-fashioned spirit

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • old-fashioned

昔気質mukashikatagiなna祖父sofuがga近ごろchikagoroのno女子joshiのno服装fukusouについてnitsuite苦言kugenをwo呈しteishiてteいiますmasu。 My old-fashioned grandfather complains about the way girls are dressed nowadays.

騒がれる【さわがれるsawagareru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to be made much of; to be lionized; to be sought after
名に負う【なにおうnaniou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

名にし負う【なにしおうnanishiou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

京★【きょうkyou・けいkei】

noun:

  • imperial capital (esp. Kyoto) ［きょう］
  • final word of an iroha-uta ［きょう］ ➜ 伊呂波歌

numeric:

  • 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000; ten quadrillion - usu. けい

住めsumeばba京kyou。 No place like home.

はばかるhabakaru《憚る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think
  • to lord it over; to have great influence
潜める【ひそめるhisomeru】濳める Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to hide; to conceal
  • to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard
  • to become quiet and inconspicuous
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一流★【いちりゅうichiryuu】

~の noun / noun:

  • first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading
  • characteristic; peculiar; unique

noun:

  • school (e.g. of a performance art)
  • one flag; one banner; one streamer - also written as 一旒

こんなkonna一流ichiryuu選手senshuがga相手aiteでdeはha勝ち目kachimeがgaないnai。 We have no chance against those top players.

彼女kanojoはhaなかなかnakanakaやるyaruようだyoudaがga、一流ichiryuuじゃないjanaiねne。 She's pretty good at it, but she lacks class.

ボリュームBORYUUMU☆

noun:

  • volume (sound level)
  • volume (books)
  • volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); bulk; bulkiness; mass ➜ ボリュームサラダ
  • any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
あうんの呼吸【あうんのこきゅうaunnokokyuu】阿吽の呼吸

expression / noun:

  • the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat - idiom
川蝉【かわせみkawasemi】翡翠【かわせみkawasemi・ひすいhisui・しょうびんshoubin】魚狗【かわせみkawasemi】

noun:

  • kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
  • jade (gem) ［ひすい］ ➜ 硬玉・軟玉・ジェイド・翡翠色
  • beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers ［ひすい］
連チャン【れんチャンrenCHAN】連荘【れんチャンrenCHAN・れんちゃんrenchan】連ちゃん【れんちゃんrenchan】

noun:

  • repeated events (meetings, drinking sessions, etc.); series of events; streak; straight
  • dealer continuing as dealer and east after winning; dealer keep - orig. meaning - Mahjong term
全力投球【ぜんりょくとうきゅうzenryokutoukyuu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out - four character idiom
  • throwing a ball as hard as one can - Baseball term
中人【ちゅうにんchuunin・ちゅうじんchuujin】

noun:

  • child in elementary or middle school
  • go-between; intermediary; middleman; mediator; intercessor ➜ 仲人【ちゅうにん】
  • person of middling talent, strength, etc. ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
  • middle-class person; bourgeois person ［ちゅうじん］ - archaism
思い立ったが吉日【おもいたったがきちじつomoitattagakichijitsu・おもいたったがきちにちomoitattagakichinichi】

expression:

  • no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb
御用人【ごようにんgoyounin】

noun:

  • manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人
菊酒【きくざけkikuzake】

noun:

  • chrysanthemum sake; rice wine infused with chrysanthemum, served on the Chrysanthemum Festival (September 9th, 9/9) - Food term ➜ 重陽
  • strong mirin, typical of Kaga and Higo provinces - Food term ➜ 味醂【みりん】
花筏【はないかだhanaikada】ハナイカダHANAIKADA

noun:

  • floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft - poetical term
  • Helwingia japonica (species of shrub) - usually written using kana alone
  • oily perfume applied under white makeup - archaism
胎内くぐり【たいないくぐりtainaikuguri】胎内潜り

noun:

  • going through a cave, grass ring or the interior of a large Buddhistic statue, etc. (symbolizing rebirth)
  • narrow grotto (into which a person can barely fit)
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