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下手な考え休むに似たり【へたなかんがえやすむににたりhetanakangaeyasumuninitari】

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり
下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたりhetanokangaeyasumuninitari】

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手な考え休むに似たり
天下り★【あまくだりamakudari】天降り Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
  • command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition
  • descent from heaven - orig. meaning

日本nipponのno官僚kanryou達tachiはha国家kokkaがga破綻hatanするsuruまでmade天下りamakudariをwo続けtsuzukeてte税金zeikinをwoむさぼるmusaboru国賊kokuzokuにni過ぎsugiないnai！ Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.

心がこもる【こころがこもるkokorogakomoru】心が籠もる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
待ちに待つ【まちにまつmachinimatsu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
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頼む★【たのむtanomu】恃む・憑む Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to request; to beg; to ask
  • to call; to order; to reserve
  • to entrust to
  • to rely on - esp. 恃む

明日ashita電話denwaでdeトムTOMUにni連絡renrakuしてshite手伝ってtetsudatteくれるkureruようにyouni頼むtanomuつもりtsumoriだda。 I'm going to call Tom tomorrow and ask him to help.

田中tanakaさんsanのnoことkotoをwo頼むtanomuよyo。 Take care of Mr. Tanaka for me!

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省く☆【はぶくhabuku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate
  • to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise

時を得たtokiwoeta一針hariはha九針hariのno手間temaをwo省くhabuku。 A stitch in time saves nine.

ムックMUKKU

noun:

  • thick illustrated publication on a single topic printed to look like a magazine - from "magazine" and "book" - From English "mook"
送り狼【おくりおおかみokuriookami】

noun:

  • "gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
奉幣【ほうへいhouhei・ほうべいhoubei】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • offering a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
見付【みつけmitsuke】見附・見付けirr.・見附けirr.

noun:

ああ言えばこう言う【ああいえばこういうaaiebakouiu】

expression:

  • to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom
バチ環【バチかんBACHIkan】バチカンBACHIKAN

noun:

  • clasp or ring for attaching a pendant to a chain
てなtena

particle:

  • a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun
三十六計逃げるに如かず【さんじゅうろっけいにげるにしかずsanjuurokkeinigerunishikazu】三十六計逃げるにしかず

expression:

  • the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat - proverb ➜ 三十六計
檀越【だんおつdan'otsu】

noun:

  • alms-giver; person who donates to a monk or a temple; dana-pati
磐座【いわくらiwakura】岩座

noun:

  • dwelling place of a god (usu. in reference to a large rock) - archaism
移封【いほうihou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
持ち戻り【もちもどりmochimodori】持戻り・持戻

noun:

  • returning of a package to depot after a failed delivery attempt
くじくkujiku《挫く》 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to sprain; to twist
  • to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten; to dispirit; to depress; to unnerve; to crush

観客kankyaku側gawaからkara相手aiteチームCHIIMUをwoわらってwaratteやるyaruことkotoはha、そのsono士気shikiをwoくじくkujikuことkotoになろうninarou。 If the spectators made fun of the other team, then it would weaken their morale.

賛する【さんするsansuru】讃する Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

  • to approve; to agree; to assent; to endorse; to support; to back
  • to inscribe
  • to praise; to laud
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吸う☆【すうsuu】喫う Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to smoke; to breathe in; to inhale
  • to suck; to sip; to slurp
  • to absorb; to soak up
  • to kiss

教室kyoushitsuでdeどうどうとdoudoutoタバコTABAKOをwoすうsuu高校生koukouseiたちtachiとtoそれsoreをwo注意chuuiできないdekinai教師kyoushiたちtachiはha罰を受けるbachiwoukeruことになりますkotoninarimasu。 High school students who flagrantly smoke in class and the teachers who can't caution them will be punished.

例えばtatoeba、たばこtabakoをwoぷかぷかpukapuka吸うsuu先生senseiがga、たばこtabakoをwo吸うsuu生徒seitoにni注意chuuiしてshiteもmoそのsono注意chuuiはha矛盾mujunしているshiteiruだろうdarou。 For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

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汚す☆【よごすyogosu・けがすkegasu】穢す【けがすkegasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to make dirty; to stain
  • to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor; to defile - esp. けがす

あんなanna行動koudouはha彼kareのno体面taimenをwo汚すkegasuものmonoだda。 Such behavior is beneath his dignity.

工場koujouのno廃棄物haikibutsuがga私達watashitachiのno川kawaをwo汚すkegasuことがあるkotogaaru。 Factory waste sometimes pollutes our rivers.

物心が付く【ものごころがつくmonogokorogatsuku】物心がつく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion
あぼーんabo-n・あぼ〜んabo~n・あぼんabon・あぼおんaboon Inflection

expression:

  • deleted; marks a bulletin board post that was deleted because it contained inappropriate content - slang

~する noun:

  • to delete; to break; to disappear - slang
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