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- 散見☆【さんけん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being seen here and there
「すべき」というのは、現在形で書かれている論文も散見されるからです。 I say "should", because theses written in the present tense are still seen around and about.
- 波風☆【なみかぜ】
noun:
- wind and waves
- strife; discord; dissension
波風を鎮めるにはチーズケーキのお土産が良いらしいですよ。 A gift of cheesecake is apparently good to soothe discord.
- 消長☆【しょうちょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
- 一苦労☆【ひとくろう】ひと苦労 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- a hard time; pains
山の頂上に近づいたら大きな岩がゴロゴロあって、そこを乗り越えるのに一苦労だったよ。時々グラグラしている岩もあったしね。 I was getting close to the summit, but there were several boulders in my way, and trying to get over them almost did me in. Sometimes there were loose rocks all over the place, too.
- 水商売☆【みずしょうばい】
noun:
- chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
- the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
- the night entertainment (nightlife) business
- 入魂☆【にゅうこん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- putting one's heart and soul into; putting one's all into
noun:
- intimacy; familiarity - archaism ➜ 昵懇【じっこん】
- 出処進退☆【しゅっしょしんたい】出所進退
noun:
- advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom
出処進退の潔さをわきまえている、と彼は言っているけれど、いざとなったらどうだかね。 He always talks as though he knows how to handle himself but you never know how he'll act when the chips are down.
- 虚々実々☆【きょきょじつじつ】虚虚実実
noun / ~の noun:
- full of wiles and tricks; match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses - four character idiom
いつも真っ向勝負だけでなく、たまには虚虚実実の駆け引きとやらもやってみたいよね。 We have to be ready not only for a straightforward test of strength, but also for a struggle in which every strategy comes into play.
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