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手向ける【たむけるtamukeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
  • to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart
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先☆【さきsaki】前・先きirr.

noun / ~の noun / suffix noun / prefix:

  • previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
  • point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
  • head (of a line); front
  • ahead; the other side
  • the future; hereafter
  • destination
  • the other party

「私のwatashino後nochiからkara来るkuru方houはha私watashiにni優るmasaru方houであるdearu。私watashiよりyori先sakiにniおられたoraretaからkaraであるdearu。」とtoいったittaのnoはhaこの方konohouのno事kotoですdesu。 This was he of whom I said, "He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me."

このkono先のsakino丸くmarukuなったnatta鉛筆enpitsuでdeはha書けないkakenai。 I can't write with this dull pencil.

ここkokoからkara先sakiにはniha行けませんikemasen。 You cannot go any farther.

２０マイルMAIRU先sakiにni山yamaのno頂上choujouがga見えたmieta。 We could see the summit of a mountain twenty miles away.

でde、電話denwaしてshiteみたmitaらしいrashiiんnだけどdakedo、そのsono電話denwa先のsakino相手aiteってtteのnoがga問題mondaiだったdattaのnoよyo。 And so it seems she tried phoning but it's who was on the other end of that phone that was the problem.

坊主丸儲け【ぼうずまるもうけbouzumarumouke】

expression:

  • monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit
指物【さしものsashimono】指し物・差物・差し物・挿物・挿し物

noun:

  • cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
  • hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
  • colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism
けりkeri

auxiliary verb:

  • indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
  • indicates continuation from the past to the present
  • end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧
蝦夷地【えぞちezochi】

noun:

  • Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
  • Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido ➜ 和人地
言いなりになる【いいなりになるiinarininaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
こなたkonata・こんたkontaobs.《此方》

noun:

  • this way; here ［こなた］ ➜ こちら
  • the person in question; he; she; him; her ［こなた］
  • since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future) ［こなた］

pronoun:

  • me ［こなた］
  • you
江戸のかたきを長崎で討つ【えどのかたきをながさきでうつedonokatakiwonagasakideutsu】江戸の敵を長崎でうつ・江戸の敵を長崎で討つ・江戸の仇を長崎で討つ・江戸の仇を長崎でうつ Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest - idiom
ってゆうかtteyuuka・っていうかtteiuka・っつーかttsu-ka・っつうかttsuuka・つーかtsu-ka・てゆーかteyu-ka・ってかtteka・てかteka

conjunction:

  • or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか
首筋☆【くびすじkubisuji】頚筋・頸筋・首すじ

noun:

  • nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

彼のkareno首筋kubisujiをwo血chiがgaすっとsutto伝ったtsutatta。 A trickle of blood ran down his neck.

同国★【どうこくdoukoku】

noun:

  • the same country; the same province; the said country

あとato数社のno企業kigyouがga同国doukokuのno利益riekiのno高いtakaiペットフードPETTOFUUDO市場shijouにni参入sannyuuをwoねらっているneratteiru。 Several more companies are moving to enter the lucrative pet food market of the country.

武徳殿【ぶとくでんbutokuden】

noun:

  • building on the greater palace grounds used by the emperor for viewing horse racing, horseback archery, etc. ➜ 大内裏
  • martial arts practice hall at Heian Shrine (est. in 1895 by the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai, now defunct)
煙管乗車【キセルじょうしゃKISERUjousha】キセル乗車 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • cheating on train fare by buying tickets covering only the first and last portions of the journey (so-called because traditional pipes had metal only in two short segments at the ends) ➜ 煙管乗り
立て【だてdate】

suffix:

  • particularly; especially
  • indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
  • indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
土壇【どだんdodan】

noun:

  • dirt mound
  • dirt walls on the inside of the sunken hearth in a tea room
  • platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
馬鹿とはさみは使いよう【ばかとはさみはつかいようbakatohasamihatsukaiyou】馬鹿と鋏は使い様

expression:

  • everything comes in handy when used correctly; use the right tools for the right job; fools and (blunt) scissors have to be used in the right way - proverb
四大節【しだいせつshidaisetsu】

noun:

  • the four grand national holidays (Prayer to the Four Quarters, Empire Day, the Emperor's Birthday, Emperor Meiji's birthday; 1927-1948) ➜ 紀元節・四方拝・天長節・明治節
おいしいところを持っていく【おいしいところをもっていくoishiitokorowomotteiku】美味しいところを持っていく・おいしい所を持っていく・美味しい所を持っていく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to take a big bite
  • to take the best part; to steal all the good parts; to steal the show
射場【しゃじょうshajou・いばiba】

noun:

ひらさらhirasara《平更》

adverb:

  • earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
  • ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】
衆生済度【しゅじょうさいどshujousaido】

noun:

  • enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism) - four character idiom
狐が落ちる【きつねがおちるkitsunegaochiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to cease being possessed (by the spirit of a fox); to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit; to be exorcised from the fox spirit
勢力分野【せいりょくぶんやseiryokubun'ya】

noun:

  • the respective (relative) strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties - four character idiom
送検☆【そうけんsouken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • sending the person accused to the prosecutor
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