Results, 'possum up a gum tree
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- 言行齟齬【げんこうそご】
noun:
- inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom
- 内揚げ【うちあげ】
noun:
- inner pleat; the raising of fabric up in the middle to marry bottom edges of yukata and kimono
- よきにはからえ《よきに計らえ・良きに計らえ・良きにはからえ》
expression:
- take care of it; I'll leave it up to you; do as you see fit ➜ 計らう
- 簀巻き【すまき】簀巻・す巻
noun:
- wrapping something in a bamboo mat
- wrapping somebody in a bamboo mat and throwing him in a river (Edo period unofficial punishment)
- 割れる☆【われる】破れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to break; to be smashed
- to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
- to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party)
- to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed
- to be distorted (of a sound)
- to be divisible (without a remainder)
- to go below a minimum
頭が割れるように痛かったので、私はいつもより早く寝た。 Having a cracking headache, I went to bed earlier than usual.
通りでガラスが粉々に割れるのが聞こえたわ。 We heard glass shattering in our street.
- 一言半句【いちげんはんく・いちごんはんく】
noun:
- a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable - four character idiom
- 泊める☆【とめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
- 詰まらせる☆【つまらせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to clog; to block; to choke up; to jam; to obstruct
- ゲロる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to throw up; to vomit - slang
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to divulge; to reveal; to confess - slang
- 進出★【しんしゅつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- advance (into a new market or stage of progress); launching (a new career or venture); expanding (into a new market); stepping forward; emerging
うちの会社がアメリカに進出するなんて夢にも思わなかった。 I never dreamed that our company would expand its business to the U.S.
- 場繋ぎ【ばつなぎ】場つなぎ
noun:
- filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
- 歌う☆【うたう】唄う☆・謡う☆・詠う・唱う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to sing
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem - esp. 歌う, 詠う
- 休む☆【やすむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to be absent; to take a day off
- to rest; to have a break
- to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
- to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
彼はよく会合を休む。 He often absents himself from meetings.
老人は休むために少しの間立ち止まった。 The old man stopped for a moment to rest.
我々は、昼は働き夜は休む。 We work by day, and rest by night.
警察が墜落事故の原因を昼夜休むことなく調査している。 The police are investigating the cause of the crash around the clock.
- 田植え祭り【たうえまつり】田植え祭
noun:
- shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
- seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
- 獺祭【だっさい】
noun:
- arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
- otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning
- 起用★【きよう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
最終回にピンチヒッターが起用された。 A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.
- 円で囲む【まるでかこむ・えんでかこむ】丸で囲む【まるでかこむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
- 軍配を返す【ぐんばいをかえす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term
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