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約束を守る【やくそくをまもるyakusokuwomamoru】約束をまもる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

一目ゴム編み【ひとめゴムあみhitomeGOMUami】

noun:

  • single-rib stitches; knit-one-purl-one rib stitch
死して後已む【ししてのちやむshishitenochiyamu】死してのちやむ・死してのち已む Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to be determined to do or die; to never give up until one is dead
一臂【いっぴippi】

noun:

  • (a) (helping) hand; one's bit
歩きスマホ【あるきスマホarukiSUMAHO】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • texting while walking; looking at one's smartphone while walking ➜ スマホ
モノキニMONOKINI

noun:

  • monokini; one piece swimsuit with an exposed back
  • bikini briefs
身知らず【みしらずmishirazu】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • self-conceit; neglecting one's health
相隣る【あいとなるaitonaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to adjoin each other; to be beside one another
見識張る【けんしきばるkenshikibaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to assume an air of importance; to stand on one's dignity
胸を患う【むねをわずらうmunewowazurau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to suffer from pulmonary tuberculosis; to have trouble in one's lungs
足慣らし【あしならしashinarashi】足馴らし・足ならし

noun:

  • walking practice; getting one's legs into shape
  • warm-up; preparation
年甲斐も無い【としがいもないtoshigaimonai】年甲斐もない・年がいもない Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
口直し【くちなおしkuchinaoshi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate

noun:

  • palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal

おo口直しkuchinaoshiにniミカンMIKANをwoどうぞdouzo。 Have a satsuma for dessert.

招き猫【まねきねこmanekineko】

noun:

  • beckoning cat; figure of a cat with one paw raised (usu. white porcelain)

ダンDANはha誕生tanjou日biにni同僚douryouからkara招き猫manekinekoをwoもらっmoraたta。 Dan got a lucky cat figurine from a co-worker for his birthday.

小さい頃【ちいさいころchiisaikoro】小さいころ

expression:

  • as a child; when one was a child
四分【しぶんshibun】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • divide into four pieces; one fourth
身の危険【みのきけんminokiken】

expression / noun:

  • danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety Antonym: 身の安全

登山tozan隊taiはha身の危険minokikenをwoそれとなくsoretonaku感じていたkanjiteita。 The climbers were apprehensive of their danger.

忙中有閑【ぼうちゅうゆうかんbouchuuyuukan】

noun:

  • having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom
別行動【べつこうどうbetsukoudou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own Antonym: 団体行動
オシザメ科【オシザメかOSHIZAMEka】

noun:

  • Pseudotriakidae; family with only one species of false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon
電気あんま【でんきあんまdenkianma】

noun:

  • gas pedal; pressing one's foot on the genitals of a supine person while pulling on their feet
こぶつきkobutsuki《瘤付き・瘤つき》コブつきKOBUtsuki《コブ付き》

noun / ~の noun:

  • having a child (usu. from a former relationship); accompanied by one's child
泥を吐く【どろをはくdorowohaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans
野分き【のわきnowaki】野分

noun:

  • late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year ➜ 二百十日・二百二十日・台風
  • name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari
掛け声倒れ【かけごえだおれkakegoedaore】

noun:

  • starting with vigor but ending with no action; raising one's voice (in a call to action) and then failing to take action
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