Results, spick-and-span
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- 無能無策【むのうむさく】
noun:
- ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation - four character idiom
- 老いも若きも【おいもわかきも】
noun:
- (both) young and old
日本では老いも若きも正月を祝います。 Young and old in Japan celebrate New Year's Day.
- 起き伏し【おきふし】起伏し・起き臥し Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rising and going to bed; daily life
adverb:
- all the time; constantly; whether awake or asleep
- 検非違使庁【けびいしちょう・けんびいしちょう】
noun:
- office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties - obscure term
- 聞き耳を立てる【ききみみをたてる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
- フリーブッキング・フリー・ブッキング
noun:
- agreement between film distributors and cinemas that the latter may freely pick and show films - From English "free booking" ➜ ブロックブッキング
- ぼくぼく Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- (of soil, etc.) soft, dry and crumbly - archaism - onomatopoeia
- sound of quiet walking - onomatopoeia
- 国際連合教育科学文化機関【こくさいれんごうきょういくかがくぶんかきかん】
noun:
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; UNESCO
- 猿猴月を取る【えんこうつきをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月
- 流転生死【るてんしょうじ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom
- 接辞【せつじ】
noun:
- prefixes and suffixes; affix
スミスのアプローチは、接辞付加ということを考慮に入れない点でほかと非常に異なっている。 Smith's approach differs greatly from others in that he did not take the affixation into consideration.
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