Results, spick-and-span
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- 悲喜こもごも【ひきこもごも】悲喜交交・悲喜交々
noun / ~の noun:
- bittersweet; having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart - four character idiom
- 蹈鞴を踏む【たたらをふむ】踏鞴を踏む・たたらを踏む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
- 地獄を見る【じごくをみる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to live through hell; to go to hell and back; to suffer dire straits
- 上擦る【うわずる】上ずる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to sound hollow
- to get excited; to become restless
- to be thrown too high; to come in high - Baseball term
- 気楽トンボ【きらくトンボ】気楽蜻蛉・気楽とんぼ【きらくとんぼ】
noun:
- happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante ➜ 極楽蜻蛉
- 光陰矢のごとし【こういんやのごとし】光陰矢の如し
expression:
- time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb
- 表記ゆれ【ひょうきゆれ】表記揺れ
noun:
- orthographical variants; words with the same pronunciation and meaning, but different written forms; spelling inconsistency
- ゼーゼー・ゼイゼイ・ゼエゼエ・ぜーぜー・ぜいぜい・ぜえぜえ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing - onomatopoeia
- 月日が経つ【つきひがたつ】月日がたつ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
- 家族団らん【かぞくだんらん】家族団欒 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family - four character idiom
- いたちごっこ《鼬ごっこ》イタチごっこ・イタチゴッコ
noun:
- going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth - idiom
- itachigokko; Japanese children's game - original meaning
- きりきり舞い【きりきりまい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet
- 自家薬籠【じかやくろう】
noun:
- (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery - four character idiom
- 筆墨【ひつぼく】
noun:
- stationery; pen and ink; writing materials
幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。 When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.
- 産婦人科医【さんふじんかい】
noun:
- obstetrician-gynecologist; obstetrician and gynaecologist; ob-gyn
産婦人科医が減っているのは出生数の減少で医療ニーズが低減したのを反映している。 The reduction in obstetricians and gynecologists is a reflection of the decrease in births, thus reducing need for medical care.
- 関係省庁【かんけいしょうちょう】
noun:
- the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom
- 端から【はしから】
expression:
- every last one; one and all; from A to Z
- as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone
- 揉み合う【もみあう】もみ合う・揉合う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
Kanji
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