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おくにかぶきokunikabuki

noun:

  • Okuni kabuki; progenitor of modern kabuki, developed by Izumo Taisha shrine maiden Izumo no Okuni and popularized in Kyoto (early Edo period)
ゆうざいたいりゃくyuuzaitairyaku

noun:

  • superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies - four character idiom
とおきははなのかちかきはくそのかtookihahananokachikakihakusonoka

expression:

  • blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb
しどうshidou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • guidance; leadership; instruction; direction; coaching

noun:

  • shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo) - Martial Arts term

彼女kanojohaそのsonotouno指導shidouteki任務ninmuniつくtsukuことkotowo承認shouninしたshita She has consented to take the leadership of the party.

であしdeashi

noun:

  • turnout (of people)
  • start (e.g. race, campaign, term of office)
  • constant forward movement; initial charge; dash - Sumo term
じょうじjouji

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • usually; ordinarily
  • continuous; 24-hour (e.g. observation, operation (of a machine), care (of patient)); always on

彼らkareraha労働者roudoushani常時jouji雇用koyouwo保証hoshouしたshita They guaranteed regular employment to their workers.

きれあじkireajiirr.irr.

noun:

  • sharpness; cutting ability
  • quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill
  • peppiness (of a ball) - in ball sports

そのsonoナイフNAIFUha切れ味kireajiga悪くwarukuそれsorewo使っtsukatenikuwo切るkiruことkotogaできdekiなかっnakataのでnodewatashiha自分jibunnoポケットPOKETTOナイフNAIFUni頼っtayota That knife wasn't sharp and I couldn't cut the meat with it, so I resorted to using my pocket knife.

いたまえitamae

noun:

  • chef (esp. of high-end Japanese cuisine); cook - Kantō dialect 板場【いたば】
  • area of a kitchen that contains the chopping board - orig. meaning
くちべらしkuchiberashi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]
こうきkouki

noun:

  • Imperial era; system of counting years from the start of Emperor Jinmu's reign in 660 BC 神武
くろうどkuroudoくらんどkurandoくらびとkurabito

noun:

  • keeper of imperial archives
  • worker skilled in the brewing of sake or soy sauce
ひねりhineri

noun:

  • twist; spin
  • ingenuity; sophistication (e.g. of writing style)
  • wrapped offering (of money) お捻り【おひねり】
  • twisting throw - Sumo term
ぼうぼうboubouもうもうmoumou

noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

  • wide expanse of flat surface (e.g. sea, plains)
  • endless

noun / suffix noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

  • rampant growth of (weeds, hair)

そのsonoshimano飛行場hikoujouha今ではimadehakusagaぼうぼうboubouda The airfield on the island is now covered with weeds.

レビじんREBIjinレビびとREBIbito

noun:

  • Levite; member of the Hebrew tribe of Levi (who served a religious function)

ヨハネYOHANEno証言shougenhaこうkouであるdearuユダヤYUDAYA人達hitotachiga祭司saishitoレビ人REBIjinwoエルサレムERUSAREMUからkaraヨハネYOHANEnoもとmotoni遣わしてtsukawashiteあなたanatahadareですかdesukato尋ねさせたtazunesaseta Now, this is John's testimony: Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

きんめkinme

noun:

  • Edo-period unit of gold coinage 金目
  • golden eyes (of a cat, etc.)
  • splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) - abbreviation 金目鯛
てんかすtenkasuてんカスtenKASUてんかすtenkasu

noun:

  • tenkasu; crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura 天ぷら
きょうのきだおれkyounokidaore

expression:

さねsane

noun:

  • pit (of a fruit); stone - obscure term
  • core
  • tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
  • clitoris
こうkou

noun / suffix noun:

  • going; travelling (traveling)
  • type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)
  • district (of similar merchants); guild - archaism

suffix / prefix / counter:

  • bank

kareha10kouni10kono間違いmachigaiwoしたshita He made ten mistakes in as many lines.

34ページPEEJInoshitaからkara7koumewomiteくださいkudasai Look at the seventh line from the bottom on page 34.

すぎだまsugidamaすぎたまsugitama

noun:

  • sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries
スジメヒメオオトカゲSUJIMEHIMEOOTOKAGE

noun:

  • stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)
ツバメウオぞくTSUBAMEUOzoku

noun:

  • Platax (genus of 5 extant species of Indo-Pacific batfish in the spadefish family Ephippidae)
プレミアムかんPUREMIAMUkan

noun:

  • sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)
さいこうけいごsaikoukeigo

noun:

  • highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term
もちまきmochimaki

noun:

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