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髄鞘【ずいしょうzuishou】: noun:
myelin sheath (around the axon of a neuron)
国家を挙げて【こっかをあげてkokkawoagete】国家をあげて: expression:
as a nation; with the whole country
頭切れ【とうきれtoukire】: noun:
clipping off the beginning of a speech transmission - IT term
紳士風【しんしふうshinshifuu】: ~の noun:
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman
運命共同体【うんめいきょうどうたいunmeikyoudoutai】: expression / noun:
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny; 私たちwatashitachi はha運命共同体unmeikyoudoutaiだda。 We're in the same boat.
ベルクシュルントBERUKUSHURUNTO: noun:
bergschrund (crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German
代当主【だいとうしゅdaitoushu】: suffix:
the n-th generation head of a family ➜ 代【だい】・当主
過去の物になる【かこのものになるkakonomononinaru】過去のものになる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to become a thing of the past
木の下闇【このしたやみkonoshitayami】: expression / adverb:
dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest
鼻毛を読む【はなげをよむhanagewoyomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to lead (a man) around by the nose
鼻毛を数える【はなげをかぞえるhanagewokazoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to lead (a man) around by the nose ➜ 鼻毛を読む
落成祝【らくせいいわいrakuseiiwai】落成祝い: noun:
celebration for the completion of a project
敬啓【けいけいkeikei】: expression:
salutation at the end of a formal letter - archaism
嶺颪【ねおろしneoroshi】: noun:
wind coming from the top of a mountain ➜ 山颪【やまおろし】
漢奸【かんかんkankan】: noun:
Chinese traitor (esp. a collaborator with the Japanese)
鬼のように【おにのようにoninoyouni】: expression:
very; extremely - slang
like the devil; as a demon
愛盛り【あいざかりaizakari】: noun:
period when a child is the most lovable - archaism
飢えたる犬は棒を恐れず【うえたるいぬはぼうをおそれずuetaruinuhabouwoosorezu】: expression:
a starved dog does not fear the rod [literal] - proverb
高い高い【たかいたかいtakaitakai】 Inflection: expression / noun / ~する noun:
lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language
鷹化して鳩となる【たかかしてはととなるtakakashitehatotonaru・たかけしてはととなるtakakeshitehatotonaru】: expression:
one of the 72 climates (from the 11th of the second lunar month until the 15th) ➜ 七十二候
心臓に毛が生えている【しんぞうにけがはえているshinzounikegahaeteiru】心臓にけがはえている Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; to have hair on one's heart [literal] - idiom
核拡散防止条約【かくかくさんぼうしじょうやくkakukakusanboushijouyaku】: noun:
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
鱧も一期、海老も一期【はももいちごえびもいちごhamomoichigoebimoichigo】鱧も一期海老も一期: expression:
all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb
酸いも甘いも噛み分ける【すいもあまいもかみわけるsuimoamaimokamiwakeru】酸いも甘いもかみ分ける・酸いも甘いもかみわける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet
いたちの道【いたちのみちitachinomichi】鼬の道: expression:
not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

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