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予定を変える【よていをかえるyoteiwokaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to change the schedule; to change one's plans
個人個人【こじんこじんkojinkojin】: noun:
individual; one by one; 国家kokka のno 価値kachi はha 結局kekkyoku それsore をwo 構成kousei するsuru個人個人kojinkojinのno 価値kachi であるdearu。 The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
巻き舌【まきじたmakijita】巻舌: noun:
speaking with a trill; rolling one's r's
柳江人【りゅうこうじんryuukoujin】: noun:
Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia
腰を据える【こしをすえるkoshiwosueru】腰をすえる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
故郷へ錦を飾る【こきょうへにしきをかざるkokyouhenishikiwokazaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory - idiom ➜ 故郷に錦を飾る
ノーテンNOOTEN《不聴・ノー聴》: noun:
not fishing; needing more than one tile to win - Mahjong term ➜ テンパイ
下家【シモチャSHIMOCHA^irr.・しもチャshimoCHA・シャーチャSHAACHA】: noun:
right-hand opponent; player to one's right - Mahjong term - From Chinese
延齢【えんれいenrei】: noun:
longevity; prolonging one's life
脇見運転【わきみうんてんwakimiunten】わき見運転 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving - four character idiom
尊君【そんくんsonkun】: noun:
someone's father; one's companion - polite language
単発銃【たんぱつじゅうtanpatsujuu】: noun:
single shot gun; one-loader gun
嘱目【しょくもくshokumoku】属目 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
paying attention to; catching one's eye
洗濯場【せんたくばsentakuba】: noun:
washhouse; place for cleaning one's laundry
一円を笑う者は一円に泣く【いちえんをわらうものはいちえんになくichienwowaraumonohaichienninaku】: expression:
take care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen [literal] - proverb
体養【たいようtaiyou】: noun:
development of the body; caring for one's body
用心するに越したことはない【ようじんするにこしたことはないyoujinsurunikoshitakotohanai】用心するにこしたことはない: expression:
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb
浦島花子【うらしまはなこurashimahanako】: noun:
Rip van Winkle effect (for a woman); feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to Japan (for a woman)
二刀流【にとうりゅうnitouryuu】: noun:
two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
bisexuality - colloquialism
player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term
自信作【じしんさくjishinsaku】: noun:
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
キャリアアップKYARIAAPPU・キャリア・アップKYARIA/APPU Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects - From English "career up"
性懲り【しょうこりshoukori】: noun:
repenting; improving one's nature - usu. 〜もなく ➜ 性懲りもなく【しょうこりもなく】
腹が据わる【はらがすわるharagasuwaru】腹がすわる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to have guts; to be unwavering in one's resolution
難行道【なんぎょうどうnangyoudou】: noun:
the hard way; striving for enlightenment through one's own efforts (as opposed to reliance on Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 易行道
気を紛らす【きをまぎらすkiwomagirasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to distract oneself; to take one's mind off one's worries

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