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かんながらkannagaraかむながらkamunagaraかみながらkaminagara

adverb / ~の noun:

  • as a god
  • as was done in the age of the gods
いえつきむすめietsukimusume

noun:

  • daughter of the home; unmarried woman who owns (the future rights to) a home
鹿しんろくshinroku

noun:

  • deer raised upon the grounds of a shrine (who serve as messengers of the gods)
こうとおつkoutootsu

expression:

  • the former and the latter; A and B
とどめをさすtodomewosasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to deliver the coup de grace
  • to put an end to; to deliver the final blow
  • to be the best for A - as AはBに止めを刺す
くりこすkurikosu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer
うわがきuwagaki Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address
  • overwriting (data, file, etc.) - IT term オーバーライト

a上書きuwagakishiちゃったchatta Uh oh, I saved over it.

しょうshou

noun:

  • important point (e.g. on a route)
  • important role (responsibility, etc.)
  • opposition - Astronomy term 合【ごう】
まもりきるmamorikiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
かどうやくものkadouyakumono

noun:

  • moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play - obscure term
のぼりがまnoborigama

noun:

  • climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope
えきしんせっしゅうekishinsesshuu

noun:

  • debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt
おかokaold

noun:

  • hill; height; knoll; rising ground 丘・岡・壟
  • bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game 丘・陸符 - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term

遠くからtookukara見ればmirebaそのsonookahazounoようだyouda Seen from a distance, the hill looks like an elephant.

しゅしゃふんべつshushafunbetsu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom
しほうそりかんなshihousorikanna

noun:

  • wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade 反台鉋
おいだしoidashi

noun:

  • expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction
  • drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
だいべんdaiben Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) 代弁・代辯
  • payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) 代弁・代辨
  • acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) 代弁・代辨

彼女kanojohaienoないnai人々hitobitono代弁daibenwoしたshita She spoke for the homeless.

西さいごくsaigokuさいこくsaikoku

noun:

  • the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
  • western nations (esp. India or Europe)
  • 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara 西国三十三所
  • a pilgrimage of these temples 西国巡礼
せんりどうふうsenridoufuu

noun:

  • a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom
ばつゲームbatsuGEEMU

noun:

  • game played as a form of punishment by the loser of a contest
よしのずいからてんじょうをのぞくyoshinozuikaratenjouwonozoku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]
よしのずいからてんじょうのぞくyoshinozuikaratenjounozoku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]
のれんをわけるnorenwowakeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
よむyomu Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
  • to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
リベンジRIBENJIリヴェンジRIVYENJI Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • revenge
  • making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time リターンマッチ

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