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傍若無人^☆【ぼうじゃくぶじんboujakubujin】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:
arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom; 傍若無人boujakubujinのno ふるまいfurumai だda ねne。 They are cutting loose.
全敗^☆【ぜんぱいzenpai】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
complete defeat; losing all of one's matches; finishing the tournament with no wins - Sports term; 我がwaga チームCHIIMU はha全敗zenpaiをwo 喫したkisshita。 Our team lost all of its games.
座右^☆【ざゆうzayuu・ざうzau】: noun / ~の noun:
nearby location; place close to one's person; area by one's hand
you - epistolary style, sometimes also used as the name of the recipient - honorific language; 私watashi はha そのsono 本hon をwo座右zayuuにni 置いているoiteiru。 I keep the book at hand.
独り立ち^☆【ひとりだちhitoridachi】一人立ち・ひとり立ち Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent; もうmou独り立ちhitoridachiすべきsubeki 時toki だda よyo。 It's time you stood on your own two feet.
入れ替わる^☆【いれかわるirekawaru】入れ代わる・入れ替る・入れ代る Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
空回り^☆【からまわりkaramawari】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle
fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles; エンジンENJIN をwo空回りkaramawariさせsase ちゃいかんchaikan。長持ちnagamochi させsase たいtai からkara ねne。 Don't race the car. We want to make it go as far as possible.
立つ瀬^☆【たつせtatsuse】: noun:
predicament; one's ground; one's position; それではsoredeha 私のwatashino立つ瀬tatsuseがga ないnai。 That would leave me in a fix.
四つ這い【よつばいyotsubai】四つばい: noun:
crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat ➜ 四つん這い【よつんばい】
一発ギャグ【いっぱつギャグippatsuGYAGU】: noun:
short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke
単打【たんだtanda】: noun:
base hit; one-base hit; single - Baseball term
力を抜く【ちからをぬくchikarawonuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to relax; to release tension from one's muscles; to let go limp
個人店【こじんてんkojinten】: noun:
privately-run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store ➜ 個人商店
専断【せんだんsendan】擅断 Inflection: noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:
arbitrary decision; on one's own authority; arbitrariness
節を曲げない【せつをまげないsetsuwomagenai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
remaining firm; sticking by one's principles; not budging an inch
気を回す【きをまわすkiwomawasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
箍を締める【たがをしめるtagawoshimeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to pull oneself together; to get one's act together; to brace oneself
アフターファイブAFUTAAFUAIBU・アフター・ファイブAFUTAA/FUAIBU: noun:
after five; one's private time; after-hours
蹈鞴を踏む【たたらをふむtatarawofumu】踏鞴を踏む・たたらを踏む Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
片切スイッチ【かたぎりスイッチkatagiriSUITCHI】: noun:
simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ ３路スイッチ【さんろスイッチ】・４路スイッチ【よんろスイッチ】
Ｂスイッチ【ビースイッチBIISUITCHI】: noun:
simple on-off switch; one-way switch (UK); two-way switch (US) ➜ 片切スイッチ【かたぎりスイッチ】
個人商店【こじんしょうてんkojinshouten】: noun:
privately-run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
滑舌【かつぜつkatsuzetsu】活舌: noun:
articulation; speaking one's lines smoothly; reciting one's lines well
心を入れ替える【こころをいれかえるkokorowoirekaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform
本懐成就【ほんかいじょうじゅhonkaijouju】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom
心を動かす【こころをうごかすkokorowougokasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)

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