Results, langage used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period
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- 掴み取り【つかみどり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
先日、パソコンショップでＳＩＭＭの掴み取りをやっていた。いくらなんでもマニアックすぎる。 I grabbed as much SIMM as possible in the computer shop the other day. Say what you like, it was more than just enthusiasm.
- 一頭地を抜く【いっとうちをぬく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to cut a conspicuous figure; to be by far the best
- 落とす☆【おとす】落す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
- to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
- to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
- to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
- to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
- to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
- to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
- to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
- to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
車の速度を落とす装置（ハンプや狭さく）について、意見があったら書いてください。 If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.
しみをこすり落とすことができなかった。 I couldn't scrub the stain out.
日本語のソフトを落とすコツ・いいサイトありませんか？ Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?
- 口を切る【くちをきる】口をきる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be the first to speak; to break the silence - idiom
- to open something for the first time; to broach (e.g. a cask); to break a seal; to break open
- 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼【しらぬほとけよりなじみのおに】
expression:
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the Buddha you don't [literal] - proverb
- 知らぬ神より馴染みの鬼【しらぬかみよりなじみのおに】
expression:
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know; better the ogre you know than the god you don't [literal] - proverb ➜ 知らぬ仏より馴染みの鬼
- つまり☆《詰まり・詰り》
adverb:
- that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
- in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
noun:
- clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
- shrinkage
- end; conclusion ➜ とどのつまり
- dead end; corner - archaism
- distress; being at the end of one's rope - archaism
超高圧水の噴射により、ほとんどの詰まりが排除される。 By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
光源、つまり光の向きだな、それと陰影とかにも気をつけて、できるだけ正確に手元にあるクロッキー帳に書き取っていくだけ。 Light source, that is what direction the light is facing, also take care with shadowing. Just copy down into the sketch book you have at hand as accurately as possible.
「ええと、その合コンというのはつまり・・・」「普通のコンパだよ」 "Er, that 'mixer party' thing is then ..." "Just a normal get together."
- 嘉肴ありと雖も食らわずんばその旨きを知らず【かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらず】
expression:
- one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb
- オウム真理教【オウムしんりきょう】アウム真理教【アウムしんりきょうirr.】
noun:
- Aum Shinrikyo; Japanese religious group responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway
- 龕【がん】
noun:
- niche or alcove for an image
- (in Okinawa) portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard
- 通す☆【とおす】徹す☆・透す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to stick through; to force through
- to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
- to make a path between two points
- to proceed in a logical manner ➜ 筋を通す【すじをとおす】
- to let pass; to allow through
- to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
- to go through (a middleman)
- to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
- to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
- to force to accept; to force agreement
- to continue (in a state); to persist in
- to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
- to do from beginning to end without a break - in the form とおして…する
- to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
- to do to the end; to carry through; to complete - after the -te form of a verb
彼女の反対はあるがそれをやり通すつもりだ。 I'm going to go through with it in spite of her opposition.
彼は全く有能で自分の立場を守り通すことができる。 He is quite capable and can hold his own.
- 大阪事件【おおさかじけん】
noun:
- Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885
- ＡＢＣＤ包囲陣【エービーシーディーほういじん】
noun:
- ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940
- 柊鰯【ひいらぎいわし】
noun:
- sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons
- いたちの道【いたちのみち】鼬の道
expression:
- not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]
- いたちの道切り【いたちのみちきり】鼬の道切り
expression:
- not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道
- 仮名草子【かなぞうし】仮名草紙
noun:
- early Edo-period book written entirely in kana or in a mixture of kana and kanji (primarily intended for women and children) - four character idiom
- 移る☆【うつる】遷る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to move (house); to transfer (department)
- to change the target of interest or concern
- to elapse (passage of time)
- to be permeated by a colour or scent
- to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) - usually written using kana alone
当座のところ、僕は叔父の家に泊めてもらっているが、将来小さなアパートに移るつもりだ。 I am staying with my uncle for the time being, but later I will move to a small apartment.
私は、新居へ移ると共に、私の部屋へ引っ込んで、自分で炊事できるだけの道具ーー土釜、土鍋、七輪の類をととのえた。 When I moved into my new home, I just brought with me the things that I needed for cooking, an earthen rice cooker, an earthenware pot and an earthen charcoal brazier.
- 町医者【まちいしゃ】
noun:
- physician in private practice
- town doctor; doctor who served the townspeople (as opposed to the emperor, a daimyo, etc.) - archaism
- さしずめ・さしづめ《差し詰め・差詰め》
adverb:
- after all; in the end; when all's said and done
- for the time being; at present
さしずめ忍耐力に自信のない筆者などは、２，３時間で音をあげてしまう作業である。 In fact, an artist lacking in confidence and fortitude would lose focus after 2 or 3 hours.
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