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板子一枚下は地獄【いたごいちまいしたはじごくitagoichimaishitahajigoku】

expression:

  • there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb
徒士衆【かちしゅうkachishuu】

noun:

  • humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
  • bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】
升☆【ますmasu】枡・桝・斗

noun:

  • measuring container; measure
  • box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
  • square on a grid; cell of a grid - esp. マス
  • square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ［斗］

灯火tomoshibiをwoますmasuのno下shitaにniかくすkakusuなna。 Hide not your light under a bushel.

チェッカーCHEKKAA盤banのno黒kuroとto白shiroのno枡masuはha交互kougoにni並んでいるnarandeiru。 The black and white squares on a checker board are arranged alternately.

巷☆【ちまたchimata】岐・衢

noun:

  • the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
  • street; district; quarters
  • location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
  • divide (e.g. between life and death)
  • fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

ちまたchimataでdeはhaインターネットINTAANETTOなるnaruものmonoがgaはやっていますhayatteimasu。 People are talking about this Internet phenomenon.

そのsono歌utaはha巷chimataでde流行ryuukouしたshita。 The song caught on with the public.

切り捨て☆【きりすてkirisute】切捨て・斬り捨て・斬捨て

noun:

  • cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
  • omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation ➜ 切り上げ
鳥無き里の蝙蝠【とりなきさとのこうもりtorinakisatonokoumori】

expression / noun:

  • a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom
三尸【さんしsanshi】

noun:

  • the three worms (in Taoism, worms that inhabit the human gut and, on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle, ascend to heaven during one's sleep to report on one's wrongdoings) ➜ 庚申待
洋上☆【ようじょうyoujou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • on the sea; on the ocean
打ち首獄門【うちくびごくもんuchikubigokumon】

noun:

  • beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)
危ない橋を渡る【あぶないはしをわたるabunaihashiwowataru】あぶない橋を渡る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; to cross a dangerous bridge [literal]
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かかるkakaru☆《掛かる・懸かる・掛る・懸る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

godan ~る verb:

  • to hang
  • to come into view; to arrive ➜ お目にかかる
  • to come under (a contract, a tax)
  • to start (engines, motors)
  • to attend; to deal with; to handle

godan ~る verb / auxiliary verb:

  • to have started to; to be on the verge of

godan ~る verb:

  • to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover

godan ~る verb / auxiliary verb:

  • to (come) at

godan ~る verb:

歯医者haishaでde歯haにniついたtsuitaたばこtabakoのnoヤニYANIをwo取ってtotteもらうmorauとto、費用hiyouはhaどれくらいdorekuraiかかるkakaruでしょうdeshou？ About how much does it cost to have a dentist remove cigarette tar from your teeth?

所得税shotokuzeiはha控除額koujogakuをwo上回るuwamawaruいかなるikanaru所得shotokuにもnimoかかるkakaru。 An income tax is levied on any income that exceeds deductions.

歯haがga痛むitamuならnara、歯医者haishaさんsanにniかかるkakaruべきbekiですdesu。 If your tooth hurts, you should see a dentist.

見知らぬmishiranu人hitoにni吠えhoe掛かるkakaruのnoはha多くookuのno犬inuにni共通のkyoutsuuno習慣shuukanですdesu。 Barking at strangers is a habit common to many dogs.

戸toはha内側uchigawaでdeかんぬきkannukiがgaかかるkakaru。 The door bolts on the inside.

失意泰然【しついたいぜんshitsuitaizen】 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity - archaism - four character idiom
拝顔の栄【はいがんのえいhaigannoei】

noun:

  • honor of seeing (a person); honour of seeing (a person)
中宮【ちゅうぐうchuuguu】

noun:

  • the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
  • emperor's second consort
  • empress; palace of the empress
  • building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
  • demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居
ウォーターボールUOOTAABOORU・ウォーター・ボールUOOTAA/BOORU

noun:

  • water ball; large inflatable sphere that allows a person inside it to walk across the surface of a body of water
神送り【かみおくりkamiokuri】

noun:

  • rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
  • exorcism
JLPTN3
一方★【いっぽうippou】

noun:

  • one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party

conjunction:

  • on the one hand; on the other hand ➜ 他方
  • whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn

adverbial noun / suffix noun:

  • just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only - after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb

床yukaはha緑色にryokushokuni塗られていたnurareteitaがga、一方ippou壁kabeはha黄色kiiroだったdatta。 The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

しかしshikashi、そのsono一方ippou、ラテン語ratengoはhaそのsonoときtokiまでmadeにni「死語shigo」となっていたtonatteita。 But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.

本屋hon'yaでde英語eigo関係kankeiのno本honをwo見つけるmitsukeruとto、次々tsugitsugiにni買ってkatteしまってshimatte、読まずyomazuにniいるiruのでnode、たまるtamaru一方ippouですdesu。 I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.

クロハギ属【クロハギぞくKUROHAGIzoku】

noun:

  • Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)
虎の威を借る狐【とらのいをかるきつねtoranoiwokarukitsune】

expression:

  • person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger [literal] - idiom
ワープロ馬鹿【ワープロばかWAAPURObaka】

noun:

  • someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana-to-kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer - IT term
臥竜鳳雛【がりょうほうすうgaryouhousuu】

noun:

  • gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom
伏竜鳳雛【ふくりょうほうすうfukuryouhousuu】

noun:

  • gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom
安め【やすめyasume】安目 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun:

noun:

  • wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term
通り魔☆【とおりまtoorima】

noun:

  • random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher
  • demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by - original meaning

通り魔toorima事件jikenでde母子boshi3人ninがga刺殺さsashikorosaれreたta。 A mother and her two children were stabbed to death in a slasher incident.

唖【おしoshi・あa・おうしoushiobs.】

noun:

  • muteness; speech impairment
  • mute; deaf-mute ［おし・おうし］ - sensitive

二人ninのno職場shokubaへhe、一人ninのno少女shoujoがga黙々mokumokuとしてtoshite近づいchikazuiてte来kiたta。 黙々mokumokuとしてtoshite――といったtoittaのnoはha、実はjitsuha、そのsono少女shoujoはha唖oshiなnaのnoだda。 A girl quietly approached the pair's workplace. The girl did so quietly — though to be accurate, she was a mute.

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