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下賜【かしkashi】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
桁が違う【けたがちがうketagachigau】けたが違う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison - idiom
青田買い^☆【あおたがいaotagai】: noun:
speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
recruiting of university students before the agreed date
過ぎたるは猶及ばざるが如し【すぎたるはなおおよばざるがごとしsugitaruhanaooyobazarugagotoshi】過ぎたるはなお及ばざるが如し・過ぎたるはなお及ばざるがごとし: expression:
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb
箸が転んでもおかしい年頃【はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろhashigakorondemookashiitoshigoro】箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃: expression / noun:
age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens)
触れ書き【ふれがきfuregaki】触書き・触書・触れ書: noun:
Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace ➜ 御触書
二十三夜【にじゅうさんやnijuusan'ya】: noun:
23rd night of a lunar month (esp. 8th month)
moon-waiting party held on 23rd night of a lunar month
祭り込む【まつりこむmatsurikomu】 Inflection: godan ~む verb / transitive:
to place an obnoxious person in an out-of-the-way post to be rid of him or her
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
開国^☆【かいこくkaikoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
founding a country
opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国; 開国kaikokuはha 日本nippon 文明bunmei にni 大きなookina 影響eikyou をwo もたらしたmotarashita。 The opening of the country had a great influence on Japanese civilization.
柱頭【ちゅうとうchuutou】: noun:
capital (of a column) - Architecture term
stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower - Biology term
仮初にも【かりそめにもkarisomenimo】仮初めにも: adverb:
for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree
話半分【はなしはんぶんhanashihanbun】: noun:
taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story; トムTOMU のno 言うiu ことkoto はha話半分hanashihanbunにni 聞いkii たta 方hou がga いいii よyo。 It's better if you take what Tom says with a grain of salt.
袖柱【そでばしらsodebashira】: noun:
small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate
秋の日は釣瓶落とし【あきのひはつるべおとしakinohihatsurubeotoshi】: expression:
the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well - proverb
認諾【にんだくnindaku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
admission by a defendant of the justice of a plaintiff's case; cognovit
承句【しょうくshouku】: noun:
development of a text ➜ 起承転結
the second line in a four-line Chinese poem
熨斗糸【のしいとnoshiito】: noun:
coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)
ンN・うんun・んn: prefix noun:
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
話の穂を継ぐ【はなしのほをつぐhanashinohowotsugu】話の穂をつぐ Inflection: expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation
はめるhameru^☆《嵌める・填める^old・篏める^old・塡める^old》 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)
踏み切る^☆【ふみきるfumikiru】踏切る Inflection: godan ~る verb / transitive:
to take off; to jump; to leap
to take the plunge; to decide; to embark on; to venture into; to launch out into
to step out of the ring - Sumo term
記念碑^☆【きねんひkinenhi】: noun:
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription); このkono記念碑kinenhiはha 祖国sokoku にni 命を捧げたinochiwosasageta 兵士heishi をwo 祭っているmatsutteiru。 This monument is dedicated to the soldiers who gave their lives to their country.
盛り付ける^☆【もりつけるmoritsukeru】盛りつける・盛付ける Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate); 女体nyotai 盛りzakari とto はha、女性josei のno 裸体ratai にni 刺身sashimi などnado 食べ物tabemono をwo盛り付けるmoritsukeruことkoto をwo 言うiu。 Body sushi is where food, like sashimi, is laid out on a naked woman.
売約済み【ばいやくすみbaiyakusumi】: noun:
Sold (typically a sign on something that has already been sold)

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