Results, it is always darkest before the dawn
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- 息を合わせる【いきをあわせる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
- 東夷西戎【とういせいじゅう】
noun:
- barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom
- 七珍万宝【しっちんまんぽう】
noun:
- the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom
- 一山越す【ひとやまこす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
- 龍天に登る【りゅうてんにのぼる】りゅう天に登る
expression:
- rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)
- 本尊☆【ほんぞん】
noun:
- principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
- the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term
この寺の本尊は何であるか知っていますか。 Do you know which deity this temple is dedicated to?
- 狐の子は頬白【きつねのこはつらじろ】
expression:
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term
- 軍配が上がる【ぐんばいがあがる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
- to be declared the winner - idiom
- 大事を取る【だいじをとる】大事をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
- 狐焼【きつねやき】
noun:
- cooking (something) to a golden brown; something cooked until it's golden brown - obscure term
- 土踏まず【つちふまず】
noun:
- arch of the foot; plantar arch; (the part that) does not step on the ground [literal]
- 御本尊【ごほんぞん】ご本尊
noun:
- principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol
- the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter - humorous term
- 紅葉衣【もみじごろも】
noun:
- comparing autumn leaves to a garment
- layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)
- 何たる【なんたる】 Inflection
pre-noun adjectival:
- what (e.g. "what rudeness") (an expression of surprise, anger)
expression:
- what (something) is like - usu. as 〜の何たるか
- あちら立てればこちらが立たぬ【あちらたてればこちらがたたぬ】彼方立てれば此方が立たぬ
expression:
- it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb
- 事情変更の原則【じじょうへんこうのげんそく】
noun:
- clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)
- 賢者タイム【けんじゃタイム】
noun:
- post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term
- 賢者モード【けんじゃモード】
noun:
- post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term
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