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ほんりょうあんどhonryouando

noun:

  • recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom
かいだしkaidashi

noun:

  • going out to shop; going shopping
  • buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
まきおこるmakiokoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
ぎょうほうgyouhou

noun:

  • industry law; law regulating a certain industry
  • work one is obligated to carry out - archaism
どうしょdousho

noun:

  • the same place; the same address; the said place
とうげをこすtougewokosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
  • to cross a pass - orig. meaning
とどのつまりtodonotsumari

expression / adverb:

  • in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] 鯔【とど】

そのsono説明setsumeiに対するnitaisurukarenokotaehaとどのつまりtodonotsumari意味をなさないimiwonasanai His explanation of the problem adds up to nonsense.

とうげをこえるtougewokoeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom 峠を越す
  • to cross a pass - orig. meaning
てあかのついたteakanotsuita

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • thumb-marked; well-used; well-thumbed; well-handled
  • worn-out (e.g. joke); stale; hackneyed
みやぶるmiyaburu Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out

watashihakareno正体shoutaiwo見破るmiyaburuことkotoha出来ませんでしたdekimasendeshita I could not find him out.

いいのがれるiinogareru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
うなりだすunaridasu Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to let out a roar (hum, groan, moan); to produce a loud noise
いしょうしんishoushin

noun:

  • mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness - Buddhism term
ひねりつぶすhineritsubusu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to pinch and crush; to pinch out
つかれきるtsukarekiru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to be exhausted; to be tired out
かたがくずれるkatagakuzureru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to get out of shape; to lose shape
せいがつきるseigatsukiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be exhausted; to be out of energy
さぐりをいれるsaguriwoireru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
おかねをおろすokanewoorosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to withdraw money; to take money out
がっしょうれんこうgasshourenkou

noun:

  • alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom 合従連衡
  • (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom
ふうぞくがふうfuuzokugafuu

noun:

  • (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people - four character idiom
いちりゅうまんばいichiryuumanbai

expression:

  • A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom
てんかいtenkai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • development; evolution; progressing; unfolding; (plot) twist
  • expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment; building up
  • expansion - Mathematics term
  • extraction (e.g. files); decompression; unpacking - IT term

こんなkonna展開tenkaiwodarega予想yosouしたshitaかしらkashira Who'd have thought this is how the pieces fit?

フロイトFUROITOha親子oyakokanno愛憎aizou関係kankeiwoエディプス・コンプレックスEDEIPUSU/KONPUREKKUSUとしてtoshite展開tenkaiしましたshimashita Freud developed the love-hate relationship between parents and child as the Oedipus complex.

すいかんsuikan

noun:

  • everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
  • silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out
ヤンしゃYANsha

noun:

  • low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ヤンキー

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