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あかひげakahige《赤髭・赤鬚》アカヒゲAKAHIGE

noun:

  • red beard; person with a red beard ［あかひげ］
  • Westerner ［あかひげ］ - derogatory term
  • Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
ＳＮＥＰ【スネップSUNEPPU】

noun:

  • solitary non-employed person; non-employed person aged 20-59, not married or engaged in study who has no social interactions with anybody outside their family - From English
坊主☆【ぼうずbouzu】房主old

noun:

  • Buddhist priest; bonze
  • close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
  • boy; sonny; lad - familiar language - derogatory term
  • not catching anything (in fishing) ➜ お凸【おでこ】

酔っyoてte来るkuruとto、随分zuibun面白いomoshiroi坊主bouzuでde、いろんなironnaことkotoをwoしゃべりshaberi出すdasu。 When he gets drunk, he's quite an interesting priest, and he talks about various things.

宗派shuuhaによってniyotteはha、おo坊さんbousanはha坊主bouzuにniしshiなくnakuてteもmoいいiiんnだってdatteねne。知らshiraなかっnakaたtaよyo。 I didn't know that depending on which sect they belong to, priests don't necessarily have to shave their head.

悪木盗泉【あくぼくとうせんakubokutousen】

expression:

  • A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be - four character idiom
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玉【ぎょくgyoku】

noun:

  • precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
  • egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
  • stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
  • position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
  • geisha
  • time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
  • king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

ボスBOSUにはniha玉石混交gyokusekikonkouのnoグループGURUUPUとはtoha言われたiwaretaけれどkeredo、俺oreはha玉tamaかなkana、それともsoretomo石ishiなnaのnoかなkana。 The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.

王手outeをwoかけられたkakeraretaほうhouはha、玉tamaをwo逃げるnigeruなどnadoのno方法houhouでde王手outeをwo防がfusegaねばなりませんnebanarimasen。 The checked player must find a way for the king to escape and block the check.

馬の耳に念仏【うまのみみにねんぶつumanomimininenbutsu】

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏
面取り【めんとりmentori】

noun:

  • chamfering; beveling; bevelling
  • rounding the edges (of a vegetable); trimming the corners
御詠【ぎょえいgyoei】

noun:

  • poem written by the Emperor or a member of the imperial family
二十四気【にじゅうしきnijuushiki】

noun:

  • the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar - four character idiom
中止法【ちゅうしほうchuushihou】

noun:

  • grammatical rule allowing the usage of the continuative form as a conjunction
大阪会議【おおさかかいぎoosakakaigi】

noun:

  • Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)
先憂後楽【せんゆうこうらくsen'yuukouraku】

noun:

  • hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom
軍配を返す【ぐんばいをかえすgunbaiwokaesu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term
九牛一毛【きゅうぎゅういちもうkyuugyuuichimou・きゅうぎゅうのいちもうkyuugyuunoichimou】

noun:

  • a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom
親藩大名【しんぱんだいみょうshinpandaimyou】

noun:

  • the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom
カンストKANSUTO Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

御神渡り【おみわたりomiwatari】お神渡り

noun:

  • ridged cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa
表徴【ひょうちょうhyouchou】標徴 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • appearing on the surface
  • symbol; sign

noun:

  • distinguishing mark; diagnostic character - Biology term
輔弼【ほひつhohitsu】補弼 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • giving the Emperor advice on affairs of state; assistance; counsel
着たきり雀【きたきりすずめkitakirisuzume】着た切り雀・着たきりすずめ

expression / noun:

  • owning nothing except the clothes on one's back
真冬日【まふゆびmafuyubi】

noun:

  • day on which the temperature fails to reach 0 degrees Centigrade
焚書坑儒【ふんしょこうじゅfunshokouju】

noun:

  • burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive - four character idiom
突き膝【つきひざtsukihiza】

noun:

  • knee touch down - Sumo term
  • posture with knees and toes on the floor
角形【かくけいkakukei・かっけいkakkei】

noun:

庭火【にわびniwabi・ていりょうteiryou】庭燎

noun:

  • garden bonfire (esp. one held on the imperial grounds) - archaism
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