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こじきをみっかすればやめられぬkojikiwomikkasurebayamerarenu

expression:

  • once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb
おがみばしogamibashi

noun:

  • clasping your chopsticks between your hands as in a gesture of prayer (a breach of etiquette)
ぜんぽういっちzenpouitchi

noun:

  • left-hand match; begins-with match; matching a sub-string with the beginning of a field - IT term 部分一致後方一致
おぶついれobutsuire

noun:

  • sanitary waste receptacle; sanitary napkin disposal bin (in a bathroom); fecal specimen receptacle (at a hospital)
いっせきぶつissekibutsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to give an address (before a large number of people); to give a forceful speech
ほころばすhokorobasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to rip up (a seam); to burst; to tear; to break out (e.g. into a smile)
しゅつだいshutsudai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • setting a question (for an exam)
  • setting a theme (for composition of poetry)

どうdouいったitta時事jijiga公務員試験koumuinshikende出題shutsudaiされるsarerunoka What sort of current affairs appear in the civil service examination?

へんhen

noun / suffix noun:

  • compilation (of a text); editing

noun / suffix noun / counter:

  • volume (of a text)
  • completed literary work

kareha一ヶ月nomanihennoshiwo書いたkaita He composed three poems in a month.

ところをtokorowoとこをtokowo

particle / conjunction:

  • although (it is a certain time or something is in a certain condition)
かんとうkantou

noun:

  • beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page
  • beginning (of a matter); start
きりあげるkiriageru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to close; to finish
  • to round up (a number)
  • to revalue (a currency)
はんぺんhanpenはんぺいhanpei

noun:

  • pounded fish cake
  • half a slice; half a ticket; ticket stub 半片
かえるのつらにみずkaerunotsuranimizu

expression:

  • like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]
ロムるROMUru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to lurk on a forum; to read a forum without posting messages - from ロム: Read-Only Member - slang ROM【ロム】
かぶさるkabusaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hang over; to cover
  • to take on a responsibility; to become a burden
宿けんぜんなるせいしんはけんぜんなるしんたいにやどるkenzennaruseishinhakenzennarushintainiyadoru

expression:

  • a sound mind is in a sound body; mens sana in corpore sano - proverb
たいのおよりいわしのかしらtainooyoriiwashinokashira

expression:

  • better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion - proverb
いっかをなすikkawonasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own
へんきhenki

noun:

  • one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) 偏諱を賜う
しゃくぎがくshakugigaku

noun:

  • exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
  • study of biblical interpretation
おっかぶさるokkabusaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hang over; to cover
  • to take on a responsibility; to become a burden
くびのかわいちまいkubinokawaichimai

expression:

  • still having a very small chance; still having a tiny shred of hope - idiom
しっかりしろshikkarishiro

expression:

  • pull yourself together; get a grip; get a hold of yourself; come on
らいてんしゃraitensha

noun:

  • visitor (to a shop or restaurant); customer (visiting a store or restaurant); patron
しんこうをふかめるshinkouwofukameru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to develop a relationship; to build intimacy; to deepen a friendship; to get acquainted

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