Results, under the overhang of a Japanese roof
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- 予備軍【よびぐん】
noun:
- reserves (esp. troops); reserve army
- potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
営業マンだって、リストラ予備軍に配属されないように必死な訳です。 After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.
- 人影☆【ひとかげ・じんえい】人かげ【ひとかげ】
noun:
- figure of a person; figures of people
- shadow of a person
船上の人々はその島に5人の人影を見てびっくりしました。 The men on board were surprised to see five men on the island.
- 燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや【えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんや】
expression:
- only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom
- 一通☆【いっつう】
noun:
- one copy (of a document); one letter
- one-way traffic - abbreviation ➜ 一方通行
- pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9) - sometimes written イッツー - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 一気通貫【いっきつうかん】
- 丑の時参り【うしのときまいり】
expression / noun:
- cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り
- 丑の刻参り【うしのこくまいり】
noun:
- cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
- 中継ぎ☆【なかつぎ】中次ぎ☆・中継・中次 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- joining; joint
- intermediation; acting as an intermediary
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- relaying; taking over
noun:
- middle relief pitcher; middle reliever - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 中継ぎ投手
- pole-shaped item with a join in the middle
- tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body
- 目の上のこぶ【めのうえのこぶ】目の上の瘤
expression / noun:
- a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); nuisance; something in the way - idiom
- 下手な鉄砲も数撃てば当たる【へたなてっぽうもかずうてばあたる】下手な鉄砲も数打てば当たる
expression:
- even the unskilled can succeed by a fluke given enough tries; even a poor marksman will hit the target with enough shots [literal] - proverb ➜ 下手な鉄砲も数撃ちゃ当たる
- 弾正台【だんじょうだい・ただすつかさ】
noun:
- Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE) [だんじょうだい]
- Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制
- 中庸【ちゅうよう】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path
noun:
- the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書
都会と田舎の生活の中庸を見つけるのは難しい。 It is difficult to find a happy medium between city and countryside.
- 性海【しょうかい】
noun:
- world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term
- 明刻子【ミンコーツ】
noun:
- open three-of-a-kind (meld); three-of-a-kind made with a tile called from another player - Mahjong term ➜ 刻子
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