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乗り切る☆【のりきるnorikiru】乗りきる Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across
  • to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; to survive

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

良かれ悪しかれyokareashikare、困難konnanをwo乗り切るnorikiruにはnihaこうするkousuruよりyori他taないnai。 For good or ill, there is no way but this to tide over the difficulty.

雀の千声鶴の一声【すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえsuzumenosenkoetsurunohitokoe】

expression:

  • the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane [literal] - proverb
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進学★【しんがくshingaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

彼kareはha大学院daigakuinにni進学shingakuしないshinaiだろうdarou。 He won't go on to graduate school.

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乳★【ちちchichi・ちchi】

noun:

  • milk
  • breast
  • loop ［ち］
  • decorative bump (on a hanging bell) ［ち］ ➜ 梵鐘

うちのuchino牛ushiはha全くmattaku乳chichiがga出ないdenai。 Our cow doesn't give us any milk.

和子wakoがga胸muneをwoはだけてhadakete赤ん坊akanbouにni乳chichiをwoふくませたfukumaseta。 Kazuko bared her breast and fed the baby.

点滅☆【てんめつtenmetsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

バックミラーBAKKUMIRAAにni赤いakaiランプRANPUがga点滅tenmetsuしているshiteiruのnoがga見えたmieta時tokiはha、ガックリGAKKURIきたkitaねne。 I saw flashing red lights in my rear-view mirror and my heart sank.

強行軍☆【きょうこうぐんkyoukougun】強硬軍irr.

noun:

  • forced march
  • "doing something on a very strict schedule" [figurative]
内申書【ないしんしょnaishinsho】

noun:

  • school record (on a student); transcript (of grades) ➜ 調査書
  • confidential report
片袖机【かたそでづくえkatasodezukue・かたそでつくえkatasodetsukue】

noun:

  • desk with a tier of drawers on one side
字音【じおんjion】

noun:

  • Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations) ➜ 音読み
大入り袋【おおいりぶくろooiribukuro】

noun:

  • bonus paid to employees on occasion of a full house
川遊び【かわあそびkawaasobi】

noun:

  • enjoying oneself on a river (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing)
ガヤGAYA・がやgaya

noun:

  • background chatter on a soundtrack
  • extra (actor)
  • (and) many others ➜ その他大勢
水縞【すいこうsuikou】

noun:

  • water stripe (e.g. dried on a dish after washing)
側路【そくろsokuro】

noun:

  • access lanes (e.g. on a freeway); service road; bypass
漢字音【かんじおんkanjion】

noun:

  • Japanese pronunciation of a kanji (based on adopted Chinese pronunciations) ➜ 音読み
エロ画【エロがEROga】

noun:

  • erotic photograph (on a computer, mobile phone, etc.) - abbreviation - slang ➜ エロ画像
満空情報【まんくうじょうほうmankuujouhou】

noun:

  • information on space availability in a parking lot (car park) - four character idiom
寄って集って【よってたかってyottetakatte】寄ってたかって

expression:

  • forming a crowd; ganging up on; joining forces against
平均棍【へいきんこんheikinkon】

noun:

  • halter; haltere (small balancing organ on a two-winged fly)
節の間【ふしのまfushinoma】

noun:

  • space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) - archaism
  • a short time
小窓【こまどkomado】

noun:

  • small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
灯涼し【ひすずしhisuzushi】燈涼しold

expression:

  • coolness of distant twinkling lights (on a summer night)
徒侍【かちざむらいkachizamurai】

noun:

  • humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot
春日和【はるびよりharubiyori】

noun:

  • sky pattern on a calm and clear day of spring
週末起業【しゅうまつきぎょうshuumatsukigyou】

noun:

  • running a start-up company after work or on weekends
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