Results, the bow-wow theory
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- 名字帯刀【みょうじたいとう】
noun:
- the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom
- 代表取締社長【だいひょうとりしまりしゃちょう】
noun:
- company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
- 処世上手【しょせいじょうず】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom
- 苗字帯刀【みょうじたいとう】
noun:
- the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom
- 様子次第【ようすしだい】
noun:
- according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops - four character idiom
- 処世達者【しょせいたっしゃ】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life - four character idiom
- 仮置き【かりおき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)
- 空気読めない【くうきよめない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む
- 空気を読めない【くうきをよめない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation ➜ 空気を読む
- ピンキリ
expression:
- from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで
- 恵【え】慧
noun:
- wisdom; enlightenment
- prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学
- 踏み越す【ふみこす】踏越す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term
- 父母の恩は山よりも高く海よりも深し【ふぼのおんはやまよりもたかくうみよりもふかし】
expression:
- our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb
- 目隠し☆【めかくし】目かくし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage
- concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
詐欺師は新たに人をだますまえに、目隠し、すなわち、人をだますテクニックを磨く。 A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim.
- 成り立ち☆【なりたち】成立ち
noun:
- the way in which something came about; origin
- structure; organization; the way something is constructed
この学校の成り立ちをお話しましょう。 Let me tell you about the origin of this school.
- 露払い☆【つゆはらい】
noun:
- outrider; herald
- rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term
- 踏み抜く【ふみぬく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)
- 同期生【どうきせい】
noun:
- classmate; graduates in the same class
- wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term
- 六書【りくしょ・りきしょ・ろくしょ】
noun:
- the six classes of (kanji) characters ［りくしょ・りきしょ］
- Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
- 乙姫【おとひめ】弟姫
noun:
- younger princess Antonym: 兄姫
- Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime
乙姫様は浦島太郎に美しい玉手箱をくれました。 Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.
- 三悪趣【さんあくしゅ・さんなくしゅ・さんまくしゅ】
noun:
- the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪道
- 息が掛かる【いきがかかる】息がかかる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
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