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- 木陰で憩う【こかげでいこう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to take a rest under a tree; to rest in the shade of a tree
- 上手【うわて・かみて】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- upper part
noun:
- upper stream; upper course of a river [かみて]
- right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) [かみて]
adjectival noun / noun:
- skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) [うわて]
noun:
- over-arm grip on opponent's belt [うわて] - Sumo term
- 独り相撲【ひとりずもう】一人相撲☆
expression:
- fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at - four character idiom
- single-person mimicking a wrestling match
- 頭の回転が遅い【あたまのかいてんがおそい】頭の回転が鈍い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- slow-witted; dull; slow on the uptake ➜ 頭の回転【あたまのかいてん】
- やんぴ・やんぺ・やーんぴ
expression:
- I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect
noun / counter:
- nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect
- 放射脳【ほうしゃのう】
noun:
- obsession with radiation effects (esp. after the 2011 tsunami and Fukushima reactor problems); person obsessed with radiation; radiation brain [literal] - humorous term - colloquialism
- ざわざわ☆ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
- rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
- feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia
- 沐猴にして冠す【もっこうにしてかんす】
expression:
- to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom
- 駅前留学【えきまえりゅうがく】
noun:
- attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)
- 猫に鰹節【ねこにかつおぶし】
expression:
- temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom
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