Results, thin as a rake
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- 順接【じゅんせつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)
- 新相撲【しんすもう】
noun:
- "new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi - Sumo term
- ぐい呑【ぐいのみ】ぐい呑み・ぐい飲み Inflection
noun:
- large sake cup
noun / ~する noun:
- gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something
- 転封【てんぽう・てんぷう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
- ファブレス
noun:
- fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"
- 嚢中の錐【のうちゅうのきり】
expression:
- cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb
- 粋作り【いきづくり】
noun:
- stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style
- バニング・バンニング
noun:
- loading goods on a truck - From English "vanning"
- remodelling a station wagon, light van, etc.
- 動きが取れない【うごきがとれない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom
- 実事【じつごと・じつじ】
noun:
- fact; (a) truth
- realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) [じつごと] - in kabuki
- ネイティブチェック・ネイティブ・チェック
noun:
- checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"
- 暖簾分け【のれんわけ】のれん分け Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
- 根★【ね】
noun:
- root (of a plant)
- root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.)
- root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis
- one's true nature
- (fishing) reef
彼らは皆、根は善良な男たちなのだ。 They are all good men at heart.
彼は都会人の作法を身につけているけれども根は田舎育ちだ。 For all his city ways, he is a country boy at heart.
- 種☆【たね】
noun:
- seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
- material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
- ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
- cause; source
- trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
- paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
- breed (of a stock); sperm; semen
蒔かぬ種は生えない。 You must sow before you can reap.
1つの種が絶滅するたびに、我々は自然界の一部を永久に失うことになる。 Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
そんなことをすれば笑いものの種なるよ。 If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.
- 転び公妨【ころびこうぼう】
noun:
- falsely-provoked arrest for obstruction; police pretending to be knocked down so as to have grounds for an arrest ➜ 公妨
- アクセント☆
noun:
- accent (on a syllable, word); stress; pitch accent
- intonation; inflection; cadence
- (language) accent (e.g. American, British)
- accent (e.g. in a design); highlight; emphasis
- accent (on a note) - Music term
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