Results, Will's+plight

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はしごをはずされるhashigowohazusareru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]
おじけづくojikezukuおじけづくojikezukuおじけつくojiketsukuirr. Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up
じゆうほうだいjiyuuhoudai

noun:

  • as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content - four character idiom
ふほんいながらfuhon'inagara

adverb:

  • involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
おやくそくoyakusoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date - honorific language - humble language 約束

noun / ~の noun:

  • something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
そうはイカのきんたまsouhaIKAnokintamaそうはいかのきんたまsouhaikanokintama

expression:

  • you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance - pun on そうは行かぬ - humorous term
ひとのきんたまをにぎるhitonokintamawonigiru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior
いとまごいitomagoiirr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
ツケがまわってくるTSUKEgamawattekuruつけがまわってくるtsukegamawattekuruツケがまわってくるTSUKEgamawattekuruつけがまわってくるtsukegamawattekuru Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
穿けんてきいわをうがつkentekiiwawougatsu

expression:

  • slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb
おおうみうまooumiumaオオウミウマOOUMIUMA

noun:

  • great seahorse (Hippocampus kelloggi); Kellogg's seahorse; offshore seahorse
だてメガネdateMEGANEだてめがねdatemegane

noun:

  • glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses

めがねmeganeなくてnakutemo大丈夫daijoubunano?」「aこれkore伊達めがねdatemeganedaからkaraatamaよくなるyokunaruかなkanato思ってomotte "You're OK without your glasses?" "Ah, these are fake you see, I thought it might make me brainier..."

じんむいらいjinmuiraiじんむこのかたjinmukonokata

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom
しょうじきいっぺんshoujikiippen Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest - four character idiom
しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるshounomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwotasukeru

expression:

  • to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb
ツケがまわるTSUKEgamawaruつけがまわるtsukegamawaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

しりょくをつくしてshiryokuwotsukushite

expression:

  • desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability
パレートのほうそくPAREETOnohousoku

noun:

  • Pareto principle; Pareto's law; 80-20 rule
としのこうtoshinokou

expression / noun:

  • wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom

亀の甲kamenokouよりyori年の功toshinokou Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.

わかづくりwakazukuri Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age

kareha年の割にtoshinowariniha若作りwakazukurida He looks young for his age.

やくそくをやぶるyakusokuwoyaburu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege 約束を守る
こしゅkoshuふるざけfuruzake

noun:

  • well-cured sake; last year's sake; old sake
みみがいたいmimigaitai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
  • having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
しんどふじshindofuji

noun:

  • you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]
だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころすdainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorosu

expression:

  • sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; to let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

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