Results, the nail which sticks out gets hammered down
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- パンサラッサ
noun:
- Panthalassa; vast global ocean during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic periods
- 私擬憲法案【しぎけんぽうあん】
noun:
- private constitutional drafts prepared before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution in 1889
- ホバーボード
noun:
- hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series
- 仰ぐ☆【あおぐ】 Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to look up (at)
- to look up to; to respect; to revere
- to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for
- to depend on; to rely on
- to gulp down; to quaff; to drink
彼らは彼をリーダーとして仰ぐ。 They look up to him as their leader.
私は何事にも彼の指導を仰ぐ。 I look to him for direction in everything.
日本は原綿の供給を海外に仰ぐ。 Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.
- 進退両難【しんたいりょうなん】
noun:
- being driven to the wall; finding oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; finding oneself between a rock and a hard place - four character idiom
- 六韜三略【りくとうさんりゃく】
noun:
- two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets (essence) of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living - four character idiom
- あっという間に☆【あっというまに】あっと言う間に【あっというまに・あっとゆうまに】あっとゆう間に【あっとゆうまに】アッという間に【アッというまに】アッと言う間に【アッというまに・アッとゆうまに】アッとゆう間に【アッとゆうまに】
expression / adverb:
- just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]
- ケツ持ち【ケツもち】
noun:
- person or organization (esp. yakuza) in charge of solving problems caused by subordinates - slang
- member of a biker gang driving behind the rest (in charge of keeping the police away from the other members) - slang ➜ 暴走族
- 投げつける☆【なげつける】投げ付ける・投付ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
彼女は椅子の上に上着を投げつけると部屋に突進した。 She flung her coat on the chair and stormed into the room.
- よす☆《止す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up ➜ 止める【やめる】
- 丸く治まる【まるくおさまる】丸く収まる・丸くおさまる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
- 途端☆【とたん】
adverbial noun:
- just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
- 空を切る【くうをきる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air
- to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
- 磨きをかける【みがきをかける】磨きを掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to polish up (on); to refine; to hone; to round out
- to polish (by rubbing)
- 呼び込み☆【よびこみ】呼込み Inflection
noun:
- barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public
~する noun:
- calling out to potential customers
- 見抜く☆【みぬく】見ぬく Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
彼女には人間の行動を見抜く女性らしい洞察力がある。 She has a feminine insight into human behavior.
- ベリースペシャルワンパターン・ベリー・スペシャル・ワン・パターン
noun / expression:
- one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"
- 湧き【わき】涌き
noun:
- welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging
- appearing (esp. suddenly)
- frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish)
- 売り切り【うりきり】売切り
noun:
- clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout
- selling (accepting only a single payment)
- bond transaction not subject to repurchase
- 外題学問【げだいがくもん】
noun:
- putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom
- 開口音【かいこうおん】
noun:
- (of Chinese) pronunciation of kanji without a medial between the initial consonant and center vowel
- (of Japanese) the long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
- 閉講【へいこう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / transitive:
- closing down a course or a program (school, etc.)
noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:
- end of a course or program (school, etc.)
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