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- 槍持ち【やりもち】
noun:
- spear carrier (for the master of a samurai family) - archaism
- 上座に据える【かみざにすえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to give (a guest) the seat of honor (honour)
- 下萌え【したもえ】
noun:
- sprout of a plant shooting from under the soil
- 籍を入れる【せきをいれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- 仲見世通り【なかみせどおり】
noun:
- shopping street in the precincts of a shrine (temple)
- バストフィット・バスト・フィット
noun:
- the way a bra fits - From English "bust fit"
- 平年寄り【ひらどしより】
noun:
- coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association - Sumo term
- 清めの塩【きよめのしお】
noun:
- salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout - Sumo term
- 三番稽古【さんばんげいこ】
noun:
- a row of training matches with the same opponent - Sumo term
- 土俵開き【どひょうびらき】
noun:
- opening ceremony for the new ring in a stable - Sumo term
- 罪状糾明【ざいじょうきゅうめい】
noun:
- closely examining (questioning) the concrete circumstances of a crime - four character idiom
- 一件書類【いっけんしょるい】
noun:
- all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier
- 当たらずとも遠からず【あたらずともとおからず】
expression:
- near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
- 反対番【はんたいばん】
noun:
- the opposite team in a two-turns work group
- 小紐【こひも】
noun:
- small strap tied at the waist of a hanpi ➜ 半臂
- ディアテッサロン
noun:
- diatessaron (the four Gospels woven into a single narrative) - obscure term
- ませんでした
expression:
- suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language ➜ ません
- 通信相手【つうしんあいて】
noun:
- communications partner; entity at the end of a communication - IT term
- 中今【なかいま】
noun:
- the present (esp. as a privileged moment in eternity) - archaism
- 蓋置き【ふたおき】
noun:
- rest for the lid of a teakettle (tea ceremony)
- 車中泊【しゃちゅうはく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.
- 行水を使う【ぎょうずいをつかう】行水をつかう Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to have a bath in the open air
- 袋戸【ふくろど】
noun:
- paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma ➜ 袋棚
- 露地門【ろじもん】
noun:
- gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house
- 女郎買い【じょろうかい・じょろかい】女郎買
noun:
- buying the services of a prostitute; whoring ➜ 傾城買い