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- 足切り【あしきり】
noun:
- Japanese children's game
- preliminary test to eliminate weak contenders - sensitive
- 芳信【ほうしん】
noun:
- honorific reference to another's letter; tidings of peach blossoms
- 物干し竿【ものほしざお】物干竿
noun:
- pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
- 紋日【もんび・もんぴ】
noun:
- holiday ➜ 物日
- day on which prostitutes had to receive clients ➜ 物日
- 自由結婚【じゆうけっこん】
noun:
- freedom to choose one's marriage partner, parental wishes notwithstanding
- 負けず嫌い【まけずぎらい】負けずぎらい Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
- 申し越し【もうしこし】申越し
noun:
- sending word (by letter, messenger, etc.); writing (to someone)
- 打ち水【うちみず】打水 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- sprinkling water (to keep down dust, cool pavements, etc.)
「とりあえず店の前、掃除しといてくれ」「了解！」「打ち水も頼む」 "Clean up in front of the shop first." "OK!" "Sprinkle some water out there too."
- 大入り袋【おおいりぶくろ】
noun:
- bonus paid to employees on occasion of a full house
- 福耳【ふくみみ】
noun:
- plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
- 地団駄を踏む【じだんだをふむ】じだんだを踏む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.) - idiom
- 説き起こす【ときおこす】説き起す・説起こす・説起す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)
- 生え変わる【はえかわる】生え替わる・生えかわる・生え変る・生え替る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be replaced with new growth
- 御主【おぬし】お主
pronoun:
- you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors) - archaism ➜ 主【ぬし】
- 靴を揃える【くつをそろえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to arrange (one's) shoes (e.g. in a genkan) ➜ 玄関【げんかん】
- 書斎にこもる【しょさいにこもる】書斎に籠もる・書斎に籠る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to shut oneself up in one's study
- 侑觴【ゆうしょう】
noun:
- urging one to drink more good wine during a banquet - obscure term
- いかんせん《如何せん》
expression / adverb:
- to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately
expression:
- it cannot be helped - in the form 〜をいかんせん
- 移行期間【いこうきかん】
noun:
- period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
- 充電期間【じゅうでんきかん】
noun:
- period of time in which to recharge one's batteries
- 先陣争い【せんじんあらそい】
noun:
- competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
- 地獄耳【じごくみみ】
noun:
- sharp ear; long ears
- ability to remember everything one hears
- 人事訴訟事件【じんじそしょうじけん】
noun:
- litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions, etc.)
- 人事訴訟【じんじそしょう】
noun:
- litigation related to personal status (e.g. divorce actions, etc.)
- 鳴り出す【なりだす】鳴りだす Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)