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舞文曲筆【ぶぶんきょくひつbubunkyokuhitsu】: noun:
twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
留守の間【るすのあいだrusunoaida・るすのまrusunoma】留守のあいだ【るすのあいだrusunoaida】: expression / ~の noun:
(in) one's absence; 私watashi がga留守の間rusunomaあなたanata のno うちuchi にni 犬inu のno 世話をしてsewawoshite ほしいhoshii。 I'd like you to look after my dog.
方違い【かたたがいkatatagai】: noun:
setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり
かたいことは言いっこなし【かたいことはいいっこなしkataikotohaiikkonashi】硬いことは言いっこなし・固いことは言いっこなし: expression:
let's put formalities aside; let's not speak so stiffly
役を干される【やくをほされるyakuwohosareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
肩寄せる【かたよせるkatayoseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be (standing) together, an arm across the other's shoulder - contraction of 肩を寄せる
すかさずsukasazu《透かさず・隙かさず》: adverb:
without a moment's delay; 彼kare がga うろたえてるurotaeteru すきsuki にniすかさずsukasazu彼女kanojo はha 逃げたnigeta。 She took advantage of his confusion to escape.
身分相応【みぶんそうおうmibunsouou】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun:
appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom
それどころじゃないsoredokorojanai・それどころではないsoredokorodehanai: expression:
that's out of the question; it's just not possible
髪を直す【かみをなおすkamiwonaosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
御弾き【おはじきohajiki】お弾き: noun:
children's game similar to marbles, played with coin-shaped coloured glass ➜ 弾き【はじき】
tiddlywink; counter
秘書官【ひしょかんhishokan】: noun:
minister's secretary
間が持てない【まがもてないmagamotenai】: expression:
not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
くまたかkumataka《熊鷹》クマタカKUMATAKA: noun:
Hodgson's hawk eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis); mountain hawk-eagle
婿入婚【むこいりこんmukoirikon】婿入り婚: noun:
marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入
ヨーロッパおうぎはくじらYOOROPPAougihakujira《ヨーロッパ扇歯鯨》ヨーロッパオウギハクジラYOOROPPAOUGIHAKUJIRA: noun:
Sowerby's beaked whale (Mesoplodon bidens); North Atlantic beaked whale; North Sea beaked whale
指笛【ゆびぶえyubibue】: noun:
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
遺言状【ゆいごんじょうyuigonjou】: noun:
will; testament; 事務jimu 弁護士bengoshi にni遺言状yuigonjouのno 作成sakusei をwo 依頼irai したshita。 I asked the lawyer to make out my will.
身の程知らず【みのほどしらずminohodoshirazu】: expression / noun / ~の noun:
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
刺を通ずる【しをつうずるshiwotsuuzuru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):
to present one's card - also 刺を通じる - obscure term
寝言を言う【ねごとをいうnegotowoiu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to talk in one's sleep
初日を出す【しょにちをだすshonichiwodasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term
師説【しせつshisetsu】: noun:
the teacher's theory
舐めずる【なめずるnamezuru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb:
to lick one's lips
背にする【せにするsenisuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to turn one's back to

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