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- 産女【うぶめ】姑獲鳥・孕女
noun:
- Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
- woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth [産女・孕女] - obscure term
- 出かかる【でかかる】出掛かる・出懸かる・出掛る・出懸る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
- 打ち上がる【うちあがる】打ちあがる・打上がる・打ち揚がる・打ち上る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off
- to be washed up (on the shore)
- 云々☆【うんぬん】云云 Inflection
expression:
- and so on; and so forth; et cetera; and such; and the like
noun / ~する noun:
- comment; criticism
- 手ぐすね引く【てぐすねひく】手ぐすねひく・手薬煉引く・手薬練引く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く ➜ 薬煉
- 年中☆【ねんじゅう・ねんちゅう・ねんぢゅう】年じゅう【ねんじゅう】
noun:
- whole year; all year round; throughout the year
adverb:
- always; all the time; perpetually [ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう]
noun:
- during an era
- middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) [ねんちゅう]
私は1年中テニスをします。 I play tennis all the year around.
無理だと思うわ。年中、仕事で手一杯の人だから。 I don't think she could spare the time because she is always busy with her work.
- 目鼻が付く【めはながつく】目鼻がつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to complete most of something; to take a concrete shape; for the most important parts to be done; the nose and eyes are in place [literal] - idiom
- お立ち台【おたちだい】御立ち台・御立台
noun:
- Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public
- (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; rostrum - colloquialism
- dancing platform (in a disco) - slang
- 英学【えいがく】
noun:
- study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
- English literature; British studies
- 事始め【ことはじめ】こと始め
noun:
- taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
- starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
- resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め
- スピードラン・スピード・ラン
noun:
- speedrun; playing through a video game for additional challenge (e.g. as quickly as possible, to obtain the highest score, without using a certain weapon, etc.) ➜ やり込み【やりこみ】
- めくりカルタ《捲りカルタ》
noun:
- mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
- hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札
- 指折り数える【ゆびおりかぞえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to count on one's fingers
- to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
- モニター☆・モニタ Inflection
noun:
- (computer) monitor - IT term
noun / ~する noun:
- 吹っ掛ける【ふっかける】吹っかける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to blow upon; to breathe on; to spray ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】
- to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms) ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】
- to exaggerate; to overcharge ➜ 吹きかける【ふきかける】
- 暗がりから牛を引き出す【くらがりからうしをひきだす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; to come out from the darkness with a cow [literal] - idiom
- ミイラ取りがミイラになる【ミイラとりがミイラになる】
expression:
- intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom
- 良心が咎める【りょうしんがとがめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience
- 名前出し【なまえだし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)
- 現場★【げんば・げんじょう】
noun:
- actual spot; scene; scene of the crime; site; location; setting ➜ 現地・現場を押さえる【げんばをおさえる】
- shop floor; factory floor; (on) site [げんば]
- 下旬★【げじゅん】
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
8月下旬に彼らは繁殖のために長い旅に出発します。 In late August, they set off on a long journey for breeding.
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