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雀の千声鶴の一声【すずめのせんこえつるのひとこえsuzumenosenkoetsurunohitokoe】

expression:

  • the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane [literal] - proverb
律【りつritsu】

noun:

  • law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
  • vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
  • Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
  • lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
  • (musical) pitch - also りち
  • six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
  • Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

  • (in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)
間の子船【あいのこぶねainokobune】

noun:

  • semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat, popular during the latter half of the Meiji period and the Taisho period
京官【きょうかんkyoukan・けいかんkeikan】

noun:

  • public official stationed in the capital (under the ritsuryo system)
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前☆【まえmae】

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

  • ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
  • in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
  • head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
  • in the presence of
  • helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
  • privates; private parts

そのsono作家sakkaはhaどの位donokurai前maeにniなくなりましたnakunarimashitaかka。 How long ago did the author die?

１９８７年nen１０月juugatsuのnoあるaru朝asa、スティーブンSUTEIIBUN・ホーキングHOOKINGUはha自分jibunのnoコンピューターKONPYUUTAAのno前maeにni座っていたsuwatteita。 One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.

彼女kanojoはha法廷houteiにni判事hanjiとto陪審員baishin'inのno前maeにniたったtatta。 She stood in the court before judge and jury.

わぁあ～～っwaaa～～！？隠してっkakushite！前mae、隠してkakushiteよっyo！ M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up!

とまらtomara《枢・戸まら》

noun:

  • extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge) ➜ 枢【くるる】
伊達締め【だてじめdatejime】伊達締

noun:

  • small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric
慰安婦【いあんふianfu】

noun:

  • women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); comfort women [literal] - euphemism ➜ 従軍慰安婦
妻入り【つまいりtsumairi】妻入irr.

noun:

  • Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り
内官【ないかんnaikan】

noun:

力役【りきやくrikiyaku】

noun:

  • forced labor imposed by the government (e.g. under the ritsuryo system)
民部省【みんぶしょうminbushou・たみのつかさtaminotsukasa】

noun:

  • Ministry of Popular Affairs (1869-1871) ［みんぶしょう］
  • Ministry of Popular Affairs (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制
アラカルトARAKARUTO☆・ア・ラ・カルトA/RA/KARUTO

noun:

  • à la carte - From French
観護措置【かんごそちkangosochi】

noun:

  • placing a minor under protective detention; imposing a care and custody order
三光作戦【さんこうさくせんsankousakusen】

noun:

  • Three Alls Strategy; Japanese scorched earth policy during the second Sino-Japanese War - 三光 is a ref. to a Chinese phrase meaning 'kill all, burn all, loot all'
九〇式大空中聴音機【きゅうまるしきだいくうちゅうちょうおんきkyuumarushikidaikuuchuuchouonki】

noun:

  • Japanese war tuba; pre-radar acoustic locator used by the Imperial Japanese Army
従軍慰安婦【じゅうぐんいあんふjuugun'ianfu】

noun:

  • women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); (campaign) comfort women [literal] - euphemism
呂【りょryo】

noun:

  • bass range (in Japanese music) - abbreviation ➜ 甲【かん】
  • six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・律
  • Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) ➜ 呂旋
玉串料【たまぐしりょうtamagushiryou】玉ぐし料

noun:

  • cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods
ヤ行【ヤぎょうYAgyou】

noun:

  • the "ya" column of the Japanese syllabary table (ya, yu, yo)
口切り☆【くちきりkuchikiri】

noun:

  • start broaching (a subject); opening remark; start; commencement; beginning
  • event at the start of the tenth month of the lunar calendar
  • opening a sealed jar or container
舎人【しゃじんshajin・とねりtonerigikun】舍人old

noun:

  • servant; valet; footman
  • someone who works in close quarters with the emperor or imperial family - archaism
  • low-ranking official who works for the imperial family or nobility (under the Rituryo system) - archaism
  • ox-tender for oxcarts; horse boy - archaism
  • honorary junior official of the Imperial Household Department's Board of Ceremonies involved in miscellaneous duties related to ceremonies ➜ 宮内省
長歌【ちょうかchouka・ながうたnagauta】

noun:

  • traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven ➜ 短歌
  • long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century) ［ながうた］ ➜ 長唄
上声【じょうしょうjoushou】

noun:

  • rising tone (in Chinese)
  • (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone
田植え祭り【たうえまつりtauematsuri】田植え祭

noun:

  • shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
  • seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine
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