Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll

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ちくchiku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
てんがいいtengaiiてんがいいtengaiiてんがよいtengayoiてんがよいtengayoi

expression:

  • having good marks
  • good on (a certain) point
かすりkasuri

noun:

  • splash pattern (e.g. on a kimono); dye pattern; kasuri
ふたんをかけるfutanwokakeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
しんけいにさわるshinkeinisawaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

なだれnadare

noun:

  • sloping; slope 傾れ
  • rundown of glaze on a piece of china
はなのしたをのばすhananoshitawonobasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
ローゼットROOZETTO

noun:

  • rosette; ceiling rose; circular electrical cord mounting, usu. on a ceiling
ゾロめZOROmeirr.ぞろめzorome

noun:

  • matching dice; doublets
  • bet on two horses in the same bracket
  • repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term
あたまのうえのはえもおえないatamanouenohaemooenaiあたまのはえもおえないatamanohaemooenai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom
ようけいyoukei

noun:

  • Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)
フラゲFURAGE Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - abbreviation - From English "flying get" フライングゲット
テンホーTENHOO

noun:

  • blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal - Mahjong term - From Chinese
あつものにこりてなますをふくatsumononikoritenamasuwofuku

expression:

  • a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb
おそいosoiold Inflection

adjective:

  • slow; time-consuming; sluggish 遅い・鈍い・遲い
  • late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night 遅い・晩い・遲い
  • later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual 遅い・晩い・遲い
  • too late; having missed the boat 遅い・晩い・遲い
  • dull; stupid 遅い・鈍い・遲い - archaism

myakuga遅いosoiですdesu My pulse is slow.

kareha今日kyoumo帰りkaeriga遅いosoi He is also returning late today.

今年kotoshihaharuno訪れotozurega遅いosoi Spring is late coming this year.

kareha覚えoboega遅いosoiはずがないhazuganai He cannot be a slow learner.

はなみちhanamichi

noun:

  • elevated walkway through the audience to the stage (kabuki)
  • honourable end to a career
しそうshisou

noun / ~の noun:

  • (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth
いえつきのむすめietsukinomusume

noun:

  • daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home
かちどくkachidoku

noun:

  • win of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term
まけどくmakedoku

noun:

  • loss of a low-ranked wrestler in the extra eighth bout in the tournament - Sumo term
わりをくうwariwokuu Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
しょういちいshouichii

noun:

  • first rank in the hierarchy of the government
  • highest rank given to a shrine
じんどうjindou

noun:

  • the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
へいろheiro Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) 開炉
きかおくべしkikaokubeshiきかかきょkikakakyoきかおくべしkikaokubeshi

expression:

  • You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

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