Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 馳駆【ちく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
- 負担をかける【ふたんをかける】負担を掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)
- 神経に障る【しんけいにさわる】神経にさわる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る
- 鼻の下を伸ばす【はなのしたをのばす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to have a lewd look on one's face; to ogle
- ゾロ目【ゾロめ】ぞろ目・揃目irr.【ぞろめ】
noun:
- matching dice; doublets
- bet on two horses in the same bracket
- repdigit; monodigit - Mathematics term
- 頭の上の蠅も追えない【あたまのうえのはえもおえない】頭の蠅も追えない【あたまのはえもおえない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom
- 洋形【ようけい】
noun:
- Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)
- フラゲ 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
- 天和【テンホー】天鳳
noun:
- blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal - Mahjong term - From Chinese
- 羹に懲りて膾を吹く【あつものにこりてなますをふく】羮に懲りて膾を吹く
expression:
- a burnt child dreads the fire; once bitten twice shy; to become over cautious from a bad experience - proverb
- 遅い☆【おそい】鈍い・晩い・遲いold 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
彼は今日も帰りが遅い。 He is also returning late today.
- 歯槽【しそう】
noun / ~の noun:
- (dental) alveolus; (dental) alveoli; socket in the jaw containing the root of a tooth
- 割を食う【わりをくう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
- 閉炉【へいろ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- closing of the fireplace in a Zen temple (first day of the 2nd month) ➜ 開炉
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