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強行突破【きょうこうとっぱkyoukoutoppa】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • force (bulldoze) one's way through - four character idiom
これならkorenara

expression:

五十知命【ごじゅうちめいgojuuchimei】

expression:

  • At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius) - four character idiom
お礼奉公【おれいぼうこうoreiboukou】御礼奉公

noun:

  • free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
手のもの【てのものtenomono】手の物

noun:

  • one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(s)
  • one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point - idiom ➜ お手の物

彼kareはhaスペイン語SUPEINgoがga話せるhanaseru、ましてやmashiteya英語eigoはhaおo手のものtenomonoだda。 He can speak some Spanish, much more English.

割拠【かっきょkakkyo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • holding one's ground; defending local authority
運試し【うんだめしundameshi】運だめし

noun:

  • trying one's luck; test of one's luck
春眠暁を覚えず【しゅんみんあかつきをおぼえずshunmin'akatsukiwooboezu】

expression:

  • in spring one sleeps a sleep that knows no dawn; in spring one sleeps like a log - proverb
帰参【きさんkisan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • returning to the service of one's master
やるっきゃないyarukkyanai

expression:

  • one has no other choice but to do what one has to do ➜ っきゃ
志望校【しぼうこうshiboukou】

noun:

  • school of one's (first, second) choice

志望校shiboukouにni合格goukakuするsuruようにyouni努力doryokuしたshita。 I worked hard to get into my preferred school.

お持ち帰り【おもちかえりomochikaeri】

noun:

  • one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc. - slang
  • takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away - polite language ➜ 持ち帰り【もちかえり】
生活環境【せいかつかんきょうseikatsukankyou】

noun:

  • one's (living) environment
四つ葉【よつばyotsuba】

noun / ~の noun:

  • plant having four leaves on one stalk
私学の雄【しがくのゆうshigakunoyuu】

noun:

  • one of the leading private schools
践言【せんげんsengen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • keeping one's word
貧乏ゆすり【びんぼうゆすりbinbouyusuri】貧乏揺すり Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • shaking one's legs (usu. unconsciously); tapping one's foot; fidgeting (of the legs)
一夕【いっせきisseki】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • one evening; some evenings
帯に短し襷に長し【おびにみじかしたすきにながしobinimijikashitasukininagashi】

expression:

  • neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]
尻餅【しりもちshirimochi】尻もち・尻餠

noun:

  • falling on one's backside (behind, bottom); pratfall ➜ 尻餅をつく
  • mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside

昨日kinouのno大雪ooyukiのnoせいseiでde地面jimenはhaツルツルTSURUTSURU、私watashiはha外sotoにni出deたta途端totanにniすってんころりとsuttenkororito尻もちshirimochiをwoついtsuiたta。 Because of yesterday's heavy snow, the ground is very slippery. As soon as I stepped outside, I slipped and fell on my bottom.

運勢隆々【うんせいりゅうりゅうunseiryuuryuu】運勢隆隆 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom
体操座り【たいそうずわりtaisouzuwari・たいそうすわりtaisousuwari】

noun:

心を癒す【こころをいやすkokorowoiyasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
目が離せない【めがはなせないmegahanasenai】

expression:

  • unable to take one's eyes off of something; having to keep a watchful eye on
奉体【ほうたいhoutai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • carrying out the will of one's lord
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