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退庁【たいちょうtaichou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • leaving one's office
身の安全【みのあんぜんminoanzen】

expression / noun:

  • one's physical safety; personal security Antonym: 身の危険

私のwatashino主たるshutaru関心事kanshinjiはhaあなたanataのno身の安全minoanzenなのですnanodesu。 My primary concern is your safety.

一国一城【いっこくいちじょうikkokuichijou】

noun:

  • (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance) - four character idiom
  • establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
学歴詐称【がくれきさしょうgakurekisashou】

noun:

  • false statement (misrepresentation) of one's academic career - four character idiom
宝の山に入りながら手を空しくして帰る【たからのやまにいりながらてをむなしくしてかえるtakaranoyamaniirinagaratewomunashikushitekaeru】

expression:

  • though sitting on a pile of riches, one comes back empty handed; to have a good opportunity only to let it slip from your grasp - proverb
文武不岐【ぶんぶふきbunbufuki】

expression:

  • scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path - four character idiom
重役出勤【じゅうやくしゅっきんjuuyakushukkin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • arriving at work late as if one were an executive; management attendance at work [literal] - humorous term - four character idiom
政権亡者【せいけんもうじゃseikenmouja】

noun:

  • one who is obsessed with (getting into, holding on to) political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government - four character idiom
舌なめずり【したなめずりshitanamezuri】舌舐めずり Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • licking one's lips; licking one's chops
髪頭【かみかしらkamikashira・かみがしらkamigashira】

noun:

  • hair on one's head
  • head; top of one's head
  • kanji "hair" radical at top ［かみがしら］
懐中【かいちゅうkaichuu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • one's pocket

わwa！停電teidenだda！ねえnee、懐中kaichuu電灯dentouどこdokoだっdaたta？ Oh no! It's a power outage! Hey, where was the flashlight again?

愛情を傾ける【あいじょうをかたむけるaijouwokatamukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to fix one's affection on
君寵【くんちょうkunchou】

noun:

  • the favor of one's ruler (favour)
遊びほうける【あそびほうけるasobihoukeru】遊び呆ける・遊び惚ける Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
敏腕を振るう【びんわんをふるうbinwanwofuruu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to show one's competence; to demonstrate one's skill
仕事に勤しむ【しごとにいそしむshigotoniisoshimu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to be assiduous in one's business
一つ目【ひとつめhitotsume】ひとつ目

~の noun:

  • one-eyed

~の noun / noun:

  • first (in a series); initial

妻tsumaはhaひとつ目hitotsumeのno猫nekoをwo見てmite震え上がったfurueagatta。 My wife shuddered at the sight of a one-eyed cat.

一了簡【いちりょうかんichiryoukan】

noun:

  • at one's discretion
本手【ほんてhonte】

noun:

  • one's true ability; the right way; professional
子子孫孫【ししそんそんshishisonson】子々孫々

noun:

  • one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity - four character idiom
一風景【いちふうけいichifuukei・いっぷうけいippuukei】

expression:

  • one scene
土産話【みやげばなしmiyagebanashi】

noun:

  • tales of one's travels
持ち扱う【もちあつかうmochiatsukau】持扱う Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to hold or operate with one's hands; to handle
  • to find difficult to manage ➜ 持て余す
眉を曇らす【まゆをくもらすmayuwokumorasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to knit one's brows; to frown
阿弥陀被り【あみだかぶりamidakaburi】

noun:

  • wearing a hat pushed back on one's head
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