Results, jack of all trade and master of none
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- 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
- 重言【じゅうごん・じょうげん】
noun:
- succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology [じゅうごん]
- kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂
- 属人主義【ぞくじんしゅぎ】
noun:
- principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義
- 節分☆【せつぶん・せちぶんobs.・せちぶobs.】
noun:
- last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony)
- last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) - original meaning
節分には、二つの季節を分けるという意味があります。 Setsubun means "the day between two seasons."
- 厘★【りん】
numeric:
- one-hundredth; 0.3 mm (one-hundredth of a sun); 0.1 percent (one-hundredth of a wari); 0.0375 grams (one-hundredth of a monme)
noun:
- old monetary unit (0.001 yen)
彼の打率は3割4分3厘で、ホームランは54本であった。 He batted .343 with 54 home runs.
銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。 Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
- たとう紙【たとうがみ・たとうし】畳紙【たとうがみ・たとうし・たたんがみ・たたみがみ】
noun:
- folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
- paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】
- カンランハギ・ブラックスポットサージャンフィッシュ・ブラックスポットサージョンフィッシュ
noun:
- black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon
- 富国強兵☆【ふこくきょうへい】
noun:
- wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom
- 桃栗三年柿八年【ももくりさんねんかきはちねん】
expression:
- it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb
- 弥生★【やよい・いやおい】
noun:
- third month of the lunar calendar - obsolete term
- thick growth (of grass, etc.) [いやおい] - archaism
- Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE - 300 CE)
もー、弥生のナビが判りにくいから、同じトコぐるぐる回ったじゃない。 Hmph, Yayoi's navigation was difficult to follow so we ended up going round and round the same places.
- 端末☆【たんまつ】
noun:
- terminal; computer terminal - abbreviation - IT term ➜ 端末装置
- information access device (smartphone, tablet, book-reader, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 携帯端末【けいたいたんまつ】・通信端末【つうしんたんまつ】・情報端末【じょうほうたんまつ】
- end (e.g. of a roll of film)
コンピューター端末はずっと一列に並んでいた。 The computer terminals were lined up in one long row.
- オンリー☆・オンリ・オンリイ
noun:
- only
- prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) [オンリー]
- 大路☆【おおじ・たいろ】
noun:
- main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
- most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) [たいろ] - archaism
- 切り出し☆【きりだし】
noun:
- pointed knife
- logging; cutting
- (beef) scraps
- starting to speak
- extraction (of a portion of a media file); splicing out
- 一番太鼓【いちばんだいこ】
noun:
- beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)
- 末期養子【まつごようし】
noun:
- deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed - four character idiom
- 現役合格【げんえきごうかく】
noun:
- passing university entrance exams in the last year of high school (instead of failing then taking gap year(s))
- 定年離婚【ていねんりこん】
noun:
- divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism
- 果【か】
noun:
- phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
- enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
- fruit ➜ 果物
counter:
- counter for pieces of fruit
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