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- 桑田変じて滄海となる【そうでんへんじてそうかいとなる】桑田変じて滄海と成る
expression:
- the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb
- 升☆【ます】枡・桝・斗
noun:
- measuring container; measure
- box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
- square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
- square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) [斗]
灯火をますの下にかくすな。 Hide not your light under a bushel.
チェッカー盤の黒と白の枡は交互に並んでいる。 The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.
- 晴耕雨読【せいこううどく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom
晴耕雨読の人生にも少々は憧れるけれど、僕にはそんな生き方、3日ももたないだろうな。 I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.
- 下町★【したまち】
noun:
- low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.)
- Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds) ➜ 山の手
彼女は下町で生まれ育った。 She was born and brought up on the backstreets.
- 我が身をつねって人の痛さを知れ【わがみをつねってひとのいたさをしれ】我が身を抓って人の痛さを知れ
expression:
- walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb
- 藍摺り【あいずり】藍摺irr.
noun:
- ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
- 落とし【おとし】落し
noun:
- dropping; losing - abbreviation
- missing item; something one forgot to write down
- trap
- wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed
- conclusion (of a speech, etc.)
- metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 落とし掛け
- 首をひねる【くびをひねる】首を捻る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
- 五摂家【ごせっけ】
noun:
- the five regent houses; five families of the Fujiwara clan (Konoe, Kujo, Nijo, Ichijo, and Takatsukasa) entrusted as imperial regents and advisors starting in the Kamakura period ➜ 摂関
- ぷかぷか・プカプカ
adverb / ~と adverb:
- lightly (floating); buoyantly - onomatopoeia
- puffing (on a pipe, cigarette, etc.) - onomatopoeia
- tooting (a trumpet, horn, etc.); blowing (a flute, whistle) - onomatopoeia
- 塵も積もれば山となる【ちりもつもればやまとなる】塵も積もれば山と成る
expression:
- many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; even dust becomes a mountain if piled together [literal] - proverb
- 書皮【しょひ】
noun:
- book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー
- ぱたり
~と adverb:
- with a clink; with a flop - onomatopoeia
- suddenly; all of a sudden - onomatopoeia ➜ ぱったり
- 白刃一閃【はくじんいっせん】
noun / adverbial noun:
- (with) a flash of a drawn sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom
- 独走☆【どくそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- running alone; running solo
- having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
- having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action
ヤンキースは優勝へ独走態勢を整えている。 The Yankees are running away with the pennant race.
- こたつ☆《炬燵・火燵》コタツ
noun:
- kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat
こたつで寝ちゃったら風邪引くのはあたりまえ。自己管理がなっていない。 Of course you'll catch a cold if you fall asleep under the kotatsu. You have to learn to take care of yourself.
- 何々☆【なになに】何何
pronoun:
- such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that
interjection:
- What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?
- 保護スーツ【ほごスーツ】
noun:
- diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion
- 沖縄返還協定【おきなわへんかんきょうてい】
noun:
- Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
- 司会★【しかい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship
noun:
- chairman; presenter; host; moderator; master of ceremonies ➜ 司会者【しかいしゃ】
その会議は森首相が司会をした。 The conference was presided over by Mr Mori.
- 火事泥【かじどろ】
noun:
- looter; thief at the scene of a fire - abbreviation ➜ 火事場泥棒
- someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime
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