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- 流行語【りゅうこうご】
noun:
- buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase; word (phrase) in fashion or on everybody's lips
コンピューターを使う人は多くの流行語を用いるが、他の人が理解できるかどうかは怪しいものだ。 Computer users have so many buzzwords, it's a wonder if anyone else can understand them.
- 温故知新【おんこちしん】温古知新
noun:
- developing new ideas based on study of the past; learning from the past - four character idiom
温故知新というからねえ。歴史の勉強は大切だよ。 They say you should consult the past if you want to learn about the future. History has a lot to teach us.
- けしかける《嗾ける》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
- がてら
particle:
- on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
- ばらつく・バラつく Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart ➜ ばらばら
- 食い繋ぐ【くいつなぐ】食いつなぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:
- to ration out and survive on (some food)
- to eke out a living
- 御家流【おいえりゅう】
noun:
- Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period ➜ 青蓮院流
- 一年の計は元旦にあり【いちねんのけいはがんたんにあり】一年の計は元旦に在り
expression:
- the whole year's plans should be made on New Year's Day
- 割烹旅館【かっぽうりょかん】
noun:
- Japanese inn priding itself on its cuisine; Japanese-style restaurant with an attached inn
- 垂れ込む【たれこむ】たれ込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
- 皇民化政策【こうみんかせいさく】
noun:
- imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation
- 机に向かう【つくえにむかう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
- 桟戸【さんど】
noun:
- batten door; battened door; ledged door; strong door with crosspieces placed on the reverse side
- 鍾馗さん【しょうきさん】
noun:
- small statue of Shoki the Plague-Queller (placed on the overhang of traditional houses) ➜ 鍾馗
- 運勢隆々【うんせいりゅうりゅう】運勢隆隆 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom
- キャラクタービジネス・キャラクター・ビジネス
noun:
- business based on anime and manga characters; character-based business - From English "character business"
- 調査書【ちょうさしょ】
noun:
- written investigation; report of an investigation
- school record (on a student); transcript (of grades)
- 女子アナ【じょしアナ】
noun:
- young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー
- フライングゲット・フラッグゲット・フライング・ゲット Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"
- ヤンキー座り【ヤンキーすわり・ヤンキーずわり】ヤンキー座irr. Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)
- 地雷★【じらい】
noun:
- land mine; "booby trap" [figurative]
- topic that sets one off (esp. based on previous experience); sensitive topic; taboo topic - colloquialism
彼は地雷の上を運転して、彼のジープは爆裂した。 He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
- どっこい
interjection:
- heigh-hoh; heave-ho
- hold on!; just a minute
- used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm
- 小振り【こぶり】小ぶり Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun:
- smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; undersized; small size ➜ 大振り
noun / ~する noun:
- short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
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