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JLPTN3
叩く☆【たたくtataku】敲くold Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to strike; to clap; to knock; to beat; to tap; to pat
  • to play drums
  • to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult
  • to consult; to sound out
  • to brag; to talk big
  • to call; to invoke (e.g. a function) - IT term

１人のno醜いminikui男otokoがga私のwatashino家ieのno戸toをwoたたいたtataita。 An ugly man knocked on my door.

彼女kanojoはhaドラムDORAMUたたくtatakuことができるkotogadekiru。 She can play the drum.

新聞shinbunはha一斉にisseiniそのsono政治家seijikaをwoたたきtatakiはじめたhajimeta。 The newspapers opened fire on the politician.

余計者【よけいものyokeimono】

noun:

  • person whose presence is unwelcome, unnecessary or a nuisance; fifth wheel; third wheel; interloper
丸裸にする【まるはだかにするmaruhadakanisuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to strip a person of all his or her clothes
  • to steal someone blind - slang
拾い箸【ひろいばしhiroibashi】

noun:

  • passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
固定ハンドル【こていハンドルkoteiHANDORU】

noun:

  • online handle (esp. on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously); screen name; user name - colloquialism
  • user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously) - colloquialism
生成り【なまなりnamanari】生熟り Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • unfinished; unripe; incomplete

noun:

  • unfermented narezushi; unfermented brine-pickled sushi ➜ 熟れ鮨
  • noh mask with slightly protruding horns and frizzy hair (representing a woman on her way to becoming a hannya) ➜ 般若
亜流☆【ありゅうaryuu】

noun:

  • (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
  • follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
JLPTN3
頼る☆【たよるtayoru】便る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

武力buryokuにni頼るtayoruものmonoではなくdehanaku、理性に訴えriseiniuttaeなさいnasai。 Do not resort to the sword but appeal to reason.

豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね【とうふのかどにあたまをぶつけてしねtoufunokadoniatamawobutsuketeshine】

expression:

  • take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]
のし紙【のしがみnoshigami】熨斗紙

noun:

  • wrapping paper for a present; gift wrapping paper; wrapping paper with a noshi decoration printed on it ➜ 熨斗【のし】
JLPTN5
前☆【まえmae】

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

  • ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
  • in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
  • head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
  • in the presence of
  • helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
  • privates; private parts

そのsono作家sakkaはhaどの位donokurai前maeにniなくなりましたnakunarimashitaかka。 How long ago did the author die?

１９８７年nen１０月juugatsuのnoあるaru朝asa、スティーブンSUTEIIBUN・ホーキングHOOKINGUはha自分jibunのnoコンピューターKONPYUUTAAのno前maeにni座っていたsuwatteita。 One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.

彼女kanojoはha法廷houteiにni判事hanjiとto陪審員baishin'inのno前maeにniたったtatta。 She stood in the court before judge and jury.

わぁあ～～っwaaa～～！？隠してっkakushite！前mae、隠してkakushiteよっyo！ M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up!

トップランナーTOPPURANNAA・トップ・ランナーTOPPU/RANNAA

noun:

  • first runner (in a relay race)
  • top-class runner
  • vanguard (of a person); front line; cutting edge - idiom
  • top runner (system of benchmarking against best-in-class performance)
昔者【むかしものmukashimono】

noun:

  • old person; old-fashioned person
撮り下ろし【とりおろしtorioroshi】

noun:

  • taking photographs for a volume at the request of a publisher
  • photographs taken for a volume at the request of a publisher
向かって左★【むかってひだりmukattehidari】

expression:

  • on the left as one faces (it)
反面☆【はんめんhanmen】

adverbial noun / noun:

  • on the other hand; opposite side; reverse

そのsono仕事shigotoはha十分にjuubunniお金になるokaneninaruがga、そのsono反面hanmen１日にni１２時間jikan働かhatarakaなくてはならないnakutehanaranai。 The job pays well, but on the other hand I have to work twelve hours a day.

土下座☆【どげざdogeza】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
臨検☆【りんけんrinken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid
果ては☆【はてはhateha】

noun:

  • in the end; on top of that
周易【しゅうえきshuueki】

noun:

  • divination (based on the Book of Changes) ➜ 易経
その代わり【そのかわりsonokawari】その代り

conjunction:

  • instead; but (on the other hand)
命旦夕に迫る【めいたんせきにせまるmeitansekinisemaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be on the brink of death
薄め【うすめusume】薄目ateji Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • slight; thin; on the weak side
役人風【やくにんかぜyakuninkaze】

noun:

  • (putting on the) airs of an official
舌触りが良い【したざわりがよいshitazawarigayoi】舌触りがよい Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • soft and pleasant on the tongue
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