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聞き取る☆【ききとるkikitoru】聞取る・聞きとる・聴き取る・聴取る Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
  • to find out by asking
貧乏くじを引く【びんぼうくじをひくbinboukujiwohiku】貧乏籤を引く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain
JLPTN2
潰れる☆【つぶれるtsubureru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse
  • to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time)
  • to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail

たぶんtabunそのsono内閣naikakuはhaつぶれるtsubureruでしょうdeshou。 In all probability, the cabinet will fall.

壁ドン【かべドンkabeDON】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
  • banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism
JLPTN4
以下★【いかika・いげige】已下

noun:

  • not exceeding; and downward; ... and below
  • below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level)
  • the below-mentioned; the following; the rest

１６歳sai以下ikaのno子供kodomoはha劇場gekijouにはniha入場nyuujouできませんdekimasen。 Children who are sixteen years old or younger may not enter the theater.

君のkimino要約youyakuはha平均heikin以下ikaだdaねne。 Your summary is not up to par.

以下ikaのno説明setsumeiはha多くookuのno異なるkotonaru理論rironをwo比較的hikakuteki対照taishouするsuruことによってkotoniyotte得られたeraretaものであるmonodearu。 The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.

言葉尻を捉える【ことばじりをとらえるkotobajiriwotoraeru】言葉尻をとらえる・言葉尻を捕らえる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up
天一太郎【てんいちたろうten'ichitarou】

noun:

  • day of Ten'ichijin's first ascension to heaven in a year (the 30th day of the first sexagenary cycle of the year) - obscure term ➜ 天一神・天一天上・癸巳
衣々・衣衣【きぬぎぬkinuginu】後朝【きぬぎぬkinuginu・こうちょうkouchou・ごちょうgochou】

noun:

  • the morning after a couple have slept together; parting ways the morning after having slept together - archaism
  • the next morning ［こうちょう・ごちょう］ - archaism
合従連衡☆【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
祝別【しゅくべつshukubetsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration
JLPTN5
駅★【えきeki】驛old

noun:

  • railway station; train station
  • staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan)

グランドGURANDO・セントラルSENTORARU駅ekiまでmadeやってyatteくださいkudasai。 Grand Central Station, please.

目張り☆【めばりmebari】目貼り Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • weather strip; weather stripping; sealing up (a window)
  • putting on eyeliner (in theatre) ［目張り］
置き時計☆【おきどけいokidokei】置時計

noun:

  • clock to be placed on tables, bookshelves, etc. (as opposed to a watch)

そのsono古いfurui置き時計okidokeiはhaまだmada使われているtsukawareteiru。 The old clock is still in use.

袋叩き【ふくろだたきfukurodataki】袋だたき Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
着氷【ちゃくひょうchakuhyou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • icing (on an aircraft, ship, etc.); ice accretion
  • landing (a jump in ice skating) - Sports term
さいの目【さいのめsainome】賽の目・采の目

noun:

  • pip (spot on a die)
  • small cube (esp. of food); die; dice
最下部【さいかぶsaikabu】

noun:

  • lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.
次鋒【じほうjihou】

noun:

おおむねoomune《概ね・大旨》

adverb:

  • in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large

noun:

  • gist; point; main idea

あなたanataがga言ったittaことkotoはhaおおむねoomune正しかったtadashikatta。 What you said was in the main right.

お火焚【おひたきohitaki・おほたきohotaki】御火焚・御火焼

noun:

  • Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines)
火焚き【ほたきhotaki】火焼き・火焚・火焼

noun:

  • Kyoto area festival held on the 11th lunar month (wherein bonfires are burned at shrines) ➜ お火焚
その足で【そのあしでsonoashide】其の足で

adverb:

  • straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once
紐解く【ひもとくhimotoku】繙く Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to read (a book); to open (a book) to read
  • to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
立ち上がり★【たちあがりtachiagari】立上り・立ち上り・立上がり

noun:

  • start; beginning; build up
  • how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game - Baseball term
藪の中【やぶのなかyabunonaka】

expression:

  • inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony (name derived the Akutagawa Ryūnosuke story "In A Grove")
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