Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 手持ち☆【てもち】手持
~の noun / noun:
- in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- handheld
- 圧力をかける【あつりょくをかける】圧力を掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
- 石弓【いしゆみ】弩
noun:
- crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
- netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
- slingshot; catapult
- 上天【じょうてん】
noun:
- sky; the heavens ➜ 下土
- God; the Lord; the Creator; the Supreme Being
- ascension (into heaven)
- 版籍奉還【はんせきほうかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom
- お目見え【おめみえ】お目見得・御目見・御目見得 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
- one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
- trial service (of a servant)
- 寄せ鍋【よせなべ】寄鍋irr.
noun:
- pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ
- 竹に雀【たけにすずめ】
expression:
- going well together; good combination - idiom
noun:
- family crest featuring a ring of bamboo with a sparrow in the middle
- design featuring bamboo and sparrows (motif in Japanese painting)
- 逸す【いっす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance) ➜ 逸する
- to overlook; to omit; to forget
- to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
- いらいら☆《苛々・苛苛・刺々old・刺刺old》イライラ Inflection
~する noun / noun / adverb / ~と adverb:
- to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
- すおう《蘇芳・蘇方・蘇枋》
noun:
- sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan)
- sappanwood dye (red in colour) (color)
- layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
- 竜灯【りゅうとう】
noun:
- phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering
- 割座【わりざ】
noun:
- sitting posture with the legs bent back on each side; Japanese traditional informal female sitting posture; w-sitting; reverse tailor style sitting
- あわよくば
expression:
- if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
- 物☆【もの・もん】
noun:
- thing; object; article; stuff; substance
- one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
- things; something; anything; everything; nothing
- quality
- reason; the way of things
- used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone
suffix noun:
- item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
- cause of ...; cause for ...
prefix:
- somehow; somewhat; for some reason [もの] ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
- really; truly [もの] ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】
遠まわしに物を言うな。 Don't beat around the bush.
ロバートは週末は店でよく父を手伝ったものだった。 Robert used to help his father in the store on weekends.
あなたの妹さんに会いたいものです。 I'd like to see your sister.
ウィルソンの解法は、同じ定数を使用したという点でハドソンのものと類似している。 Wilson's solution is similar to Hudson's in that they used the same constants.
僕は子どものころ、よくこの浜辺に来たものです。 I used to come to this beach when I was a boy.
- すがる☆《縋る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to cling to; to hang onto
- to rely on; to depend on
godan ~る verb:
- to implore; to entreat
彼女は行かせまいとして私に縋った。 She held on to me to prevent me from going.
- 世の習い【よのならい】世のならい
expression / noun:
- the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
- 後門の虎前門の狼【こうもんのとらぜんもんのおおかみ】
expression:
- between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】
- 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】
expression:
- between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom
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