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肝胆【かんたんkantan】: noun:
the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being
次から次と【つぎからつぎとtsugikaratsugito】: expression:
in succession; one after another ➜ 次から次へと【つぎからつぎへと】
愛想尽かし【あいそづかしaisozukashi】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone; あいつaitsu はha 優柔不断yuujuufudan だからdakara、彼女kanojo がga愛想尽かしaisozukashiしshi ちゃったchatta んn だda よyo。 She got tired of his waffling and dumped him.
巡邏【じゅんらjunra】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
patrolling; making one's rounds
仕事量【しごとりょうshigotoryou】: noun:
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one; ここkoko でde のno 賃金chingin はha こなしたkonashita仕事量shigotoryouに応じてnioujite 支払われるshiharawareru。 Here the wages are paid in proportion to the amount of work done.
頭の上の蠅も追えない【あたまのうえのはえもおえないatamanouenohaemooenai】頭の蠅も追えない【あたまのはえもおえないatamanohaemooenai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
completely helpless; unable even to drive away the flies on one's own head - idiom
月下推敲【げっかすいこうgekkasuikou】: noun:
polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction - four character idiom
半跏趺坐【はんかふざhankafuza】半跏趺座: noun:
half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】
吐く息【はくいきhakuiki】: noun:
exhaled air; one's breath
巻き返す【まきかえすmakikaesu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb:
to rally; to regain one's strength
新型うつ病【しんがたうつびょうshingatautsubyou】新型鬱病・新型欝病: noun:
new type depression; depression where one is depressed only when at work
岩盤浴【がんばんよくganban'yoku】: noun:
stone sauna; facility where one rests on towels laid on a slab of heated natural rock
余裕をかます【よゆうをかますyoyuuwokamasu】余裕を噛ます・余裕を咬ます Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare - colloquialism
十三ヤオ九【シーサンヤオチューSHIISAN'YAOCHUU】十三么九: noun:
thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 国士無双
自由三昧【じゆうざんまいjiyuuzanmai】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun:
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes - four character idiom
五十路【いそじisoji】: noun:
age fifty; one's fifties
刀折れ矢尽きて【かたなおれやつきてkatanaoreyatsukite】: expression:
having exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows [literal]
鼬の最後っ屁【いたちのさいごっぺitachinosaigoppe】: expression / noun:
final emergency measure; final defence when one is cornered (defense) - idiom
在所【ざいしょzaisho】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
whereabouts; country; one's home village; one's residence
笛吹けども踊らず【ふえふけどもおどらずfuefukedomoodorazu】: expression:
we have piped unto you and ye have not danced; people ignoring one's invitation or effort to do something together - from Matthew 11:17 - idiom
跡取り息子【あととりむすこatotorimusuko】後取息子: noun:
son and heir; son who will succeed one
とう利天【とういりてんtouiriten】忉利天: noun:
heaven of the thirty-three; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天
どうのこうのdounokouno《如何の斯うの》: adverb:
this and that; one thing or another
相肩【あいかたaikata】: noun:
partner; someone who shares one's load
頭が変になる【あたまがへんになるatamagahenninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to go crazy; to go off one's head

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