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手先が不器用【てさきがぶきようtesakigabukiyou】 Inflection

expression / adjectival noun:

  • clumsy with one's hands; all thumbs
自注【じちゅうjichuu】自註

noun:

  • self-annotation of one's writings
一方【ひとかたhitokata】 Inflection

noun:

  • one person - honorific language

adjectival noun:

  • ordinary; common - often in negative form
身が入る【みがはいるmigahairu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it - idiom
口から漏れる【くちからもれるkuchikaramoreru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
ファビョるFUABYOru《火病る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb:

故主【こしゅkoshu】

noun:

  • one's former master
表意【ひょういhyoui】

noun:

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利き手【ききてkikite】利手

noun:

  • one's dominant hand
顎をしゃくる【あごをしゃくるagowoshakuru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

羽を広げる【はねをひろげるhanewohirogeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to spread one's wings
一手間【ひとてまhitotema】ひと手間

noun:

  • one small touch; small twist
壁ドン【かべドンkabeDON】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
  • banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism
自らの手で【みずからのてでmizukaranotede】

expression:

  • with one's own hands
部屋食【へやしょくheyashoku】

noun:

  • meal (esp. dinner) served in one's room (at a ryokan) ➜ 旅館
懐を肥やす【ふところをこやすfutokorowokoyasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to feather one's own nest
獅子身中の虫【しししんちゅうのむしshishishinchuunomushi】

expression / noun:

  • snake in one's bosom; treacherous friend - idiom
宅つ神【やかつかみyakatsukami】

noun:

  • divinity which protects one's home
望みの綱【のぞみのつなnozominotsuna】

expression / noun:

  • one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope
無けりゃ【なけりゃnakerya】

interjection:

  • unless one ...; if one does not ... - colloquialism ➜ 無ければ
観点を変える【かんてんをかえるkantenwokaeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to change one's point of view
水茶屋【みずぢゃやmizujaya・みずちゃやmizuchaya】

noun:

  • (Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall ➜ 色茶屋・料理茶屋
研究資料【けんきゅうしりょうkenkyuushiryou】

noun:

  • material (data) for one's research; research material
義理を欠く【ぎりをかくgiriwokaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to fail in one's social duties
照れ隠し【てれかくしterekakushi】てれ隠し

noun:

  • hiding one's embarrassment
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