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- 探り箸【さぐりばし】
noun:
- using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
- 博士★【はかせ】
noun:
１９７２年に、フランシーヌ・パターソン博士はココに手話を教え始めた。 In 1972, Dr. Francine Patterson started to teach sign language to Koko.
理学部を卒業した学生のほとんどが修士課程に進み、そのほぼ半数が博士課程に進む。 Most graduates of the Department of Science proceed to a master's program, and roughly half of those continue on to their PhD.
- 光明☆【こうみょう・こうめい】
noun:
- bright light
- hope; bright future
- light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term
- 端から【はしから】
expression:
- every last one; one and all; from A to Z
- as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone
- つぶ・つびobs.・つみobs.《螺・海螺》ツブ
noun:
- whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
- small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】
- 掛け米【かけまい】掛米
noun:
- rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
- rice used to produce unrefined sake
- rice paid as rent
- 選び取り【えらびとり】
noun:
- divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen
- 三度の食事より好き【さんどのしょくじよりすき】
expression:
- very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】
- 不立文字【ふりゅうもんじ・ふりつもんじ】
expression:
- Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom
- 横ばい★【よこばい】横這い Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］
noun:
- leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
- sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
- levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing
- 弦☆【つる】絃・鉉
noun:
- bowstring
- string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
- bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
- diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡
- 知る★【しる】識る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
- to notice; to feel
- to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
- to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
- to experience; to go through; to learn
- to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
- to concern
その答えを知るのにあなたは本当にその質問をする必要があるのかしら。 Do you really need to ask the question to know the answer?
予知能力とは霊力を使って、未来に起こることがらについて知ること。 Precognition is the act of using spiritual-power to know things that will occur in the future.
- かすめる《掠める》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
- to deceive; to trick; to cheat
- to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
- to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
- to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
- to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism
トラックは狭い道を塀にかすめるように通った。 The truck scraped along the wall in the narrow road.
- 四畿内【しきない】
noun:
- the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内
- 横綱相撲【よこづなずもう】
noun:
- facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term
- 創部【そうぶ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)
- コーナーワーク・コーナー・ワーク
noun:
- working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
- cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)
- 決め打ち【きめうち】決めうち Inflection
noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- targetting; aiming at a specific target; pinpointing
noun / ~する noun:
- selective hitting; swinging only at certain types of pitches - Baseball term
- having no choice in a move (e.g. mahjong, go, etc.)
- 猿猴捉月【えんこうそくげつ】
noun:
- trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom
- 笠☆【かさ】
noun:
- conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
- something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 傘【かさ】
- 虎の威を借る狐【とらのいをかるきつね】
expression:
- person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger [literal] - idiom
- 解脱☆【げだつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being liberated from earthly desires and the woes of man; (reaching) nirvana; moksha; mukti
Kanji
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