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堰を切ったよう【せきをきったようsekiwokittayou】せきを切ったよう・堰を切った様・せきを切った様・関を切ったようirr. Inflection

expression / adjectival noun:

  • gushing forth; bursting out; like breaking a dam [literal]
組み付け【くみつけkumitsuke】組付け

noun:

  • imposition (printing); laying out page order
  • assembly (e.g. of components)
退居【たいきょtaikyo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • retirement from active life
  • moving out of accommodation; finding a new residence - recent meaning
モロバレMOROBARE・もろばれmorobare Inflection

adjectival noun / ~する noun:

  • obviously known; open secret; clear for all to see; being found out - from もろに and ばれる - colloquialism - idiom
のうnou《喃》

interjection:

  • excuse me! (when calling out to someone) - archaism
  • right?; don't you agree? - archaism
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突っ込む☆【つっこむtsukkomu】突っこむ・突込む Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into
  • to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something)

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill
  • to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into ➜ 首を突っ込む

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to riposte; to retort; to quip

人hitoのno問題mondaiにni鼻hanaをwo突っ込むtsukkomuのnoはhaよしてyoshiteくれkureよyo。 Stop sticking your nose into other people's business.

突き込む【つきこむtsukikomu】突込む・突きこむ Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

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転び公妨【ころびこうぼうkorobikoubou】

noun:

  • falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest ➜ 公妨
すればするほどsurebasuruhodo

expression:

  • the more you do (it), the... (e.g. "the more you drink, the better it tastes")
光は東から【ひかりはひがしからhikarihahigashikara】

expression:

  • the light comes from the East; the light rises from the East; ex oriente lux - from the Roman saying, in reference to Constantinople - proverb
年末年始【ねんまつねんしnenmatsunenshi】

noun:

  • New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

年末年始nenmatsunenshiはhaオーストラリアOOSUTORARIAでde過ごすsugosu予定yoteiですdesu。 My plan is to spend the New Year's holiday in Australia.

突き止める☆【つきとめるtsukitomeru】突きとめる・突止める・突き留める Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; to locate; to identify
  • to stab to death - archaism ➜ 突き殺す

彼らのkarerano隠れ家kakuregaをwo突き止めるtsukitomeruのにnoni１週間かかったkakatta。 It took one week to locate their hiding place.

天職☆【てんしょくtenshoku】

noun:

  • vocation; lifework; calling
  • sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)
  • prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period) ➜ 天神

彼kareはha教えるoshieruことkotoがga彼のkareno天職tenshokuであるdearuことkotoにni気づいたkizuita。 He found that teaching was his calling.

易行道【いぎょうどうigyoudou】

noun:

  • the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道
回峰行【かいほうぎょうkaihougyou】

noun:

  • thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term
左前★【ひだりまえhidarimae】

noun:

  • wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
  • going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation
依代【よりしろyorishiro】依り代・憑代

noun:

  • object representative of a divine spirit; object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned; object or animal occupied by a kami ➜ 形代
心に思う【こころにおもうkokoroniomou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)
射止める☆【いとめるitomeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
  • to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

彼kareにはniha彼女のkanojonoハートHAATOをwo射止めるitomeru見込みmikomiはhaないnaiだろうdarou。 He will have no chance of winning her heart.

飛び掛かる【とびかかるtobikakaru】飛びかかる・跳び掛かる・跳びかかる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
浮世☆【うきよukiyo・ふせいfusei】浮き世・憂き世・憂世【うきよukiyo】

noun:

  • fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
  • sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
  • the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
  • (the world of the) red light districts

浮世ukiyoのno心配事shinpaigotoのnoないnai人hitoはhaないnai。 No one is free from worldly cares.

あなたanataはha浮き世ukiyoのno悩みnayamiがgaないnaiようなyouna顔kaoをwoしているshiteiru。 You look as if you don't have a care in the world.

正朔【せいさくseisaku】

noun:

  • beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar
下意上達【かいじょうたつkaijoutatsu】

noun:

  • conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom
ら抜き【らぬきranuki】

noun:

  • 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

ら抜きranuki言葉kotobaってtte知っているshitteiru？けっこうkekkou間違ったmachigatta言葉kotobaをwo使うtsukau生徒seitoがga多いooiみたいmitai。 You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.

ヨハネ黙示録【ヨハネもくしろくYOHANEmokushiroku】

noun:

  • the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録
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