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あらしめるarashimeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to bring into existence; to make be; to let be - archaism
じぶんをもつjibunwomotsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
つうようをかんじないtsuuyouwokanjinai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • to neither itch nor feel pain; to not be affected by something; to not feel the effects of something
うおこころあればみずこころありuokokoroarebamizukokoroari

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb 魚心あれば水心
うおごころあればみずごころuogokoroarebamizugokoro

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb
しるひとぞしるshiruhitozoshiru

expression:

  • well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
たらしめるtarashimeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to make; to make something what it should be; to cause to be - archaism
みずごころあればうおごころmizugokoroarebauogokoro

expression:

  • if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom 魚心あれば水心
たざんのいしもってたまをおさむべしtazannoishimottetamawoosamubeshi

expression:

  • one should learn from other's mistakes; stones from other mountains can be used to polish one's own gems [literal] - proverb 他山の石
ざいりゅうとくべつきょかzairyuutokubetsukyoka

noun:

  • Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers
てんきりんtenkirin

noun:

  • weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
  • sun pillar 太陽柱
ざいとくzaitoku

noun:

  • Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers - abbreviation 在留特別許可
けんえんけんken'enken

noun:

  • non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space
ごじあいくださいgojiaikudasai

expression:

  • please take care of yourself; please be careful not to... (concerning one's health or well-being)
せんきゅうがんsenkyuugan

noun:

  • batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term
にっしょうけんnisshouken

noun:

  • the right to sunshine; in zoning, the right to have sunlight falling on one's building not be obstructed by new buildings
かんせいまずつくkanseimazutsuku

expression:

  • the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb
りょうやくはくちににがしryouyakuhakuchininigashi

expression:

  • good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb
えんがないenganai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to 縁のない
よかろうyokarou

expression:

  • that's right; very well; it would be best to ...
ききずてならないkikizutenaranaiききすてならないkikisutenaranai

expression:

  • inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
うけもつukemotsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

  • to take (be in) charge of

費用hiyouwo受け持つukemotsumononi決定権ketteikengaあるaru He who pays the piper calls the tune.

つなひきtsunahiki

noun:

  • tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
  • forward puller (of a rickshaw)

国会kokkaino動きugokihaこのkono問題mondaiwoめぐるmeguru与野党yoyatoukanno政治的seijiteki綱引きtsunahikiとなったtonatta Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

ぼしゅboshu

noun:

  • person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)
ぞくじんしゅぎzokujinshugi

noun:

  • principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) 属地主義

Kanji

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