Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- ガード下【ガードした】
noun:
- under the tracks; area under the girders of a railway or highway (often used for shops, bars, etc.) ➜ ガード
- 神相撲【かみずもう】
noun:
- part of the shrine dedication ceremony at the Hachiman shrine in Yoshitomi, where articulated wooden dolls enact a sumo bout - Shintō term ➜ 紙相撲【かみずもう】
- 見せ玉【みせぎょく】
noun:
- layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term ➜ 見せ板【みせいた】
- 見せ板【みせいた】
noun:
- layering; placing a large amount of orders and cancelling before they are executed (with the intent of manipulating the market) - Finance term
- 目くそ鼻くそを笑う【めくそはなくそをわらう】目糞鼻糞を笑う・目糞鼻屎を笑う
expression:
- the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom
- のし上がる【のしあがる】伸し上がる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
- 日暮れて道遠し【ひくれてみちとおし】
expression:
- the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off - proverb
- 半切【はんせつ】半截・半折 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- cutting in half
- painting or calligraphy done on a half-sized piece of paper - esp. 半折
- ざるそば《ざる蕎麦・笊蕎麦・笊そば》ザルそば《ザル蕎麦》
noun:
- zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)
- 書類選考【しょるいせんこう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
- 目が離せない【めがはなせない】
expression:
- unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
- 退園【たいえん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- leaving a park, garden, zoo, etc.
- leaving kindergarten (e.g. end of day, on completion, expulsion)
- 口数☆【くちかず】
noun:
- number of words a person speaks ➜ 口数が多い
- number of dependents; number of mouths to feed
- number of shares, items, applications, etc.
- 抱き込む☆【だきこむ】抱込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to hold in one's arms
- to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
- もさもさ・モサモサ Inflection
~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:
- to be hairy (person); to be thickly bearded - onomatopoeia
- to be dense (vegetation); to be thick - onomatopoeia
- to be slow (person); to be dull - onomatopoeia
- 痛いところを突く【いたいところをつく】痛いところをつく・痛い所を突く・痛い所をつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot - idiom ➜ 痛い所
- ちくる・チクる Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism
- 映じる【えいじる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- 映ずる【えいずる】 Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:
- 持ち合わせ☆【もちあわせ】持ちあわせ・持ち合せ・持合せ・持合わせ
noun:
- things on hand; things in stock
- money on hand; money in one's wallet
~の noun:
- on hand; in stock
- 矢先☆【やさき】
noun:
- arrowhead
- target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)
- the very moment (when); the point (of doing) ➜ 矢先に
叔父は新しい冒険的事業を始める矢先だ、と言っている。 My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
- 六道銭【ろくどうせん】
noun:
- six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川
- 差す☆【さす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to shine ➜ 射す
- to be visible
- to be tinged with
- to rise (of water levels); to flow in
- to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one ➜ 気が差す・魔が差す
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to hold up (an umbrella, etc.); to put up; to raise
- to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 指す
- to insert; to put in ➜ 挿す
- to wear (a sword) in one's belt; to wear at one's side; to carry under one's arm ➜ 挿す
- to insert one's arm under an opponent's arm - Sumo term
- to pole (a boat) ➜ 刺す
- to pour; to add (liquid); to serve (drinks) ➜ 注す
- to put on (lipstick, etc.); to apply; to colour; to dye
- to light (a fire); to burn
- to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten ➜ 鎖す【さす】
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to stop in the midst of; to leave undone - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 止す【さす】
ほお紅や口紅を差すだけで表情や笑顔がどんどん変わってくるんです。 Expressions and smiles change like that just from applying rouge and lipstick.
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