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- 茶腹も一時【ちゃばらもいっとき】
expression:
- anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb
- 役割を果たす【やくわりをはたす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
- 見逃す☆【みのがす】見のがす・見遁す・見逃がすirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice
- to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to
- to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)
- to let (a good ball) go by - Baseball term
見逃すことはありませんよ。 You can't miss it.
まっすぐ行けばわかります。見逃すことはありませんよ。 Go straight ahead and you will find it. You can't miss it.
- 構える☆【かまえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
- to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
- to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to put on an air; to assume an attitude
- to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
- to plan; to scheme
気長に構える必要があります。 You have to be patient.
彼らはロンドン郊外に居を構えることに決めた。 They decided to settle in a suburb of London.
- 甲★【こう】
noun:
- carapace; shell
- 1st in rank; grade A
- instep; back of hand
- the A party (e.g. in a contract); the first party; plaintiff (label in legal documents) ➜ 乙【おつ】
- 間に入る【あいだにはいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
- 寂寞【せきばく・じゃくまく】寂莫irr. Inflection
noun:
- loneliness; desolation
~たる adjective / ~と adverb / ~の noun:
- lonely; lonesome; dreary; desolate; deserted
- harsh (words); cutting (criticism)
~する noun:
- to separate in thought; to consider as independent
- 春秋の筆法【しゅんじゅうのひっぽう】
noun:
- critical argument laden with value judgment, where an indirect cause, often trivial, is made to appear as leading to the effect
- 大己貴神・大穴牟遅神【おおなむちのかみ・おおあなむちのかみ】大汝神【おおなむちのかみ】
noun:
- Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命
- 副露【フーロ】
noun:
- calling another player's discarded tile to complete a meld (but not to complete one's hand) - Mahjong term
- declaring a kong or calling a discarded tile to complete a meld - Mahjong term
- 官尊民卑【かんそんみんぴ】
noun:
- putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom
- 日本的経営【にほんてきけいえい】
noun:
- Japanese-style business management; adoption of Japanese business practices (such as lifelong employment, seniority-based promotions, etc.)
- 鉛粉【えんぷん】
noun:
- white powder (lead carbonate) used in the past as face pigment and used in paint more recently
- カニ殻【カニがら】蟹殻【かにがら】カニガラ
noun:
- crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal
- エアプ
noun:
- pretending to be more experienced than one actually is; acting as though one is knowledgeable about something - from エアプレイ(ヤー) - slang
- 伺う☆【うかがう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
- to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to visit - humble language
- to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う
病気のため本日はうかがうことができませんでした。 On account of illness, I couldn't call on you today.
- 国勢☆【こくせい】
noun:
- state of a country (population, resources, etc.); condition of a country; strength of a country
- 寝る子は育つ【ねるこはそだつ】
expression:
- sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child - proverb
- 奇貨可居【きかおくべし・きかかきょ】奇貨居くべし【きかおくべし】
expression:
- You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom
- ぶっ放す【ぶっぱなす】ブッ放す【ブッぱなす】打っ放す【ぶっぱなす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to fire a gun; to let off a gun; to loose off a shell
- ぶち当たる【ぶちあたる】打ち当たる Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively); to hit
- to face (e.g. trouble, a problem); to confront
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