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凝り性^☆【こりしょうkorishou】 Inflection: adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:
fastidiousness; enthusiasm for one thing; meticulousness; monomania; obsession
susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders
いっぺんippen^☆《一遍》: adverbial noun:
once; one time; (all at) once; in one sitting
exclusively; only; alone; 北海道hokkaidou にはniha一遍ippenもmo 行ったokonatta ことがないkotoganai。 I've never been to Hokkaido.
言い残す^☆【いいのこすiinokosu】言残す Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention; さてsate、斬首zanshu 刑kei のno 時間jikan だda。この世konoyo にni言い残すiinokosu事koto はha ないnai かka。 Well, it's time for your decapitation. Don't you have any last words to say?
時々刻々^☆【じじこっこくjijikokkoku・じじこくこくjijikokukoku】時時刻刻: adverb:
hourly; from one minute to the next; from hour to hour; moment by moment; with each passing moment - four character idiom
気後れ^☆【きおくれkiokure】気おくれ Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
答礼^☆【とうれいtourei】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
return of a courtesy; returning one's thanks; return salute; return call
ご破算^☆【ごはさんgohasan・ごわさんgowasan】御破算: noun:
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); calling off
clearing an abacus - orig. meaning; ご破算gohasanにni しようshiyou。 Let's throw it away and start over with a clean slate.
動転^☆【どうてんdouten】動顛・動顚 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; being astonished; being frightened ➜ 気が動転する
transition; changing; moving; そのsono 出来事dekigoto がga 彼kare をwo動転doutenさせたsaseta。 The incident upset him.
考え事【かんがえごとkangaegoto】考えごと: noun:
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; worry; 考え事kangaegotoをwo してたらshitetara、乗り越してnorikoshite しまったshimatta。 Lost in thought, I missed my stop.
想定外【そうていがいsouteigai】: ~の noun / noun:
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
言い逃れる【いいのがれるiinogareru】言逃れる Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
癪にさわる【しゃくにさわるshakunisawaru】しゃくに障る・癪に障る・癪に触る^irr. Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious; しゃくにさわるshakunisawaruのno はha、私watashi がga 反対なhantaina のにnoni 彼女kanojo はha それsore をwo 買うkau といってきかないtoittekikanai ことkoto ですdesu。 What annoys me is that, although I object, she insists on buying it.
気合を入れる【きあいをいれるkiaiwoireru】気合いを入れる・気合をいれる・気合いをいれる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to motivate oneself
to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
一丁上がり【いっちょうあがりitchouagari・いっちょあがりitchoagari】: expression:
order's up; one order ready; coming up; your order is ready
problem solved; one down; all done
大泣き【おおなきoonaki】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping
陋屋【ろうおくrouoku】: noun:
cramped home; one's humble abode; hovel; pigsty; cottage; squalid hut
手が届く【てがとどくtegatodoku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
to be near (a certain age) - idiom
気息奄々【きそくえんえんkisokuen'en】気息奄奄 Inflection: ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom
やむにやまれぬyamuniyamarenu《止むに止まれぬ・已むに已まれぬ》: expression:
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれず・止むに止まれない
思いを馳せる【おもいをはせるomoiwohaseru】思いをはせる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す
止むに止まれない【やむにやまれないyamuniyamarenai】已むに已まれない: expression:
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれず・止むに止まれぬ
一義的【いちぎてきichigiteki】 Inflection: adjectival noun:
having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
principal; primary; most important
泣いても笑っても【ないてもわらってもnaitemowarattemo】: expression:
whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events
個人プレー【こじんプレーkojinPUREE】: noun:
individual play; one-man effort; non-cooperation; playing on one's own; selfish play
くんろkunro: auxiliary:
to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given - contraction of くれろ - Kansai dialect ➜ 呉れる

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