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天が下【あまがしたamagashita・あめがしたamegashita】

noun:

  • the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
黔首【けんしゅkenshu】

noun:

  • the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed
おこぼれに預かる【おこぼれにあずかるokoboreniazukaru】お零れに預かる

expression:

  • to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying
燕雀安んぞ鴻鵠の志を知らんや【えんじゃくいずくんぞこうこくのこころざしをしらんやenjakuizukunzokoukokunokokorozashiwoshiran'ya】

expression:

  • only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom
花筏【はないかだhanaikada】ハナイカダHANAIKADA

noun:

  • floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft - poetical term
  • Helwingia japonica (species of shrub) - usually written using kana alone
  • oily perfume applied under white makeup - archaism
罪状明白【ざいじょうめいはくzaijoumeihaku】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom
ちょっくらchokkura

adverb:

  • a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute ➜ ちょっと
雨止み【あまやみamayami】

noun:

  • break in the rain
  • waiting for a break in the rain
定年退職【ていねんたいしょくteinentaishoku】停年退職

noun:

  • (compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
叩き込む【たたきこむtatakikomu】たたき込む・叩きこむ Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands)
  • to throw into (e.g. jail)
  • to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into; to drill into

彼kareにniそんなsonnaばかげたbakageta考えkangaeをwoたたきこむtatakikomuなna。 Don't put such silly thoughts into his head.

寝だめ【ねだめnedame】寝溜め Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • catching up on one's sleep; storing up sleep; getting extra sleep while one has the chance
JLPTN1
映像★【えいぞうeizou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot
  • video; film; footage; clip; video recording
  • image in one's mind; mental picture

「愛aiとto哀しみkanashimiのno果てhate」はha俗受けzokuukeしたshitaけどkedo何といってもnanitoittemo映像eizouのnoきれいなkireina映画eigaだったdatta。 Although it was a popular movie, Out of Africa was more of a coffee-table movie than anything else.

マス目【マスめMASUme】升目・ます目・桝目・枡目【ますめmasume】

noun:

  • measure
  • square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)
  • box (e.g. on a form)
高嶺の花【たかねのはなtakanenohana】

expression / noun:

  • goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

そんなsonnaことkotoはha私watashiにはniha高嶺の花takanenohanaですdesu。 That's to me like a flower on lofty heights.

フードテーマパークFUUDOTEEMAPAAKU・フード・テーマ・パークFUUDO/TEEMA/PAAKU

noun:

  • food theme park; indoor park with many restaurants and food shops based on a single theme
ウエーブUEEBU☆・ウェーブUEEBU・ウェイブUEIBU・ウェイヴUEIVU・ウェーヴUEEVU・ウエイブUEIBU Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wave (on water)
  • wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.)
  • wavy hairstyle
  • audience wave; the wave

noun:

  • WAVeform audio format; WAV - IT term
拘束名簿式比例代表制【こうそくめいぼしきひれいだいひょうせいkousokumeiboshikihireidaihyousei】

noun:

  • proportional representation electoral system (in which party votes are cast, and candidates from each party are elected based on an ordered list available to the public)
JLPTN2
注す☆【さすsasu】点す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

にかけてnikakete☆

expression:

  • till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
  • concerning (an area of expertise)
  • swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
JLPTN2
近づける☆【ちかづけるchikazukeru】近付ける☆ Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to bring near; to bring close; to let go near
  • to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)

電流denryuuがga流れるnagareru電線densenにniコイルKOIRUをwo近づけるchikazukeruとto、コイルKOIRUにもnimo電気denkiがga流れますnagaremasu。 When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.

出掛け☆【でがけdegake・でかけdekake】出がけ【でがけdegake】出掛irr.【でがけdegake・でかけdekake】

noun / adverb:

  • (being) about to start out; (being) about to leave - usu. 出掛けに, etc. ➜ お出掛け
  • having just left; (being) on the way
大漁貧乏【たいりょうびんぼうtairyoubinbou】

noun:

  • impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom
JLPTN3
まさにmasani☆《正に・将に・当に》

adverb:

  • exactly; surely; certainly; just - esp. 正に when in kanji
  • right then; just then; at that moment
  • just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening) - esp. 将に when in kanji
  • duly; naturally - esp. 当に when in kanji

ＤＴＰでde本honをwo作ればtsukureba、安いyasuiしshi早いhayaiしshi、まさにmasani一挙両得ikkyoryoutokuだda。 Desktop publishing lets you produce books quickly and cheaply. It's like killing two birds with one stone.

あなたanataのno電話denwaがga鳴ったnattaときtokiまさにmasani出かけようdekakeyouとするtosuruところtokoroだったdatta。 I was about to leave when you telephoned.

生き続ける【いきつづけるikitsuzukeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to carry on; to go on with one's life
  • to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
頭くだし【あたまくだしatamakudashi】頭下し

adverb:

  • unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain ➜ 頭ごなし
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