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黥く【めさくmesaku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term
ルーミングRUUMINGU

noun:

  • rooming (arranging a room to one's own taste)
開陳【かいちんkaichin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • stating (one's views); expressing
すねかじりsunekajiri《脛齧り・すね齧り・脛噛り》スネかじりSUNEkajiri《スネ齧り・スネ噛り》

noun:

  • sponging (e.g. off one's parents); sponger

これkore以上ijou姉さんneesanのnoすねかじりsunekajiriはhaやめyameたまえtamae！ Don't live off your sister any more.

玉箒・玉帚【たまははきtamahahaki・たまばはきtamabahaki】玉ははき【たまははきtamahahaki】玉ばはき【たまばはきtamabahaki】

noun:

  • broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) ➜ 箒草
  • liquor; alcohol; sake
一年ごと【いちねんごとichinengoto】一年毎

adverb:

  • every (one) year
立てこもり【たてこもりtatekomori】立て篭り・立て籠り・楯籠り

noun:

  • shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
  • barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
ぬりこ星【ぬりこぼしnurikoboshi】柳宿

noun:

目のやり場【めのやりばmenoyariba】目の遣り場

expression:

  • place to look (esp. when averting one's eyes)
愚息【ぐそくgusoku】

noun:

  • (one's) son - humble language
襟懐【きんかいkinkai】

noun:

  • (one's) inner thoughts; feelings
その足で【そのあしでsonoashide】其の足で

adverb:

  • straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly; at once
やまほととぎすyamahototogisu《山杜鵑・山杜鵑草》

noun:

  • lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
  • Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)
水をあける【みずをあけるmizuwoakeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to open up a big lead (over one's opponent)
政治屋【せいじやseijiya】

noun:

  • politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain) - derogatory term

彼kareはhaたかがtakaga政治屋seijiyaだda。 He is not any better than a politician.

筵【むしろmushiro・えんen】蓆・莚・席【むしろmushiro】

noun:

  • woven mat (esp. one made of straw)
  • seat - archaism

なんnanぢjiわがwaga仇kyuuのnoまmaへheにni我がwagaためtameにni筵mushiroをwoまうmauけke、わがwaga首kubiにniあぶらaburaをwoそsoゝぎたまふ。ゝgitamafu.わがwaga酒杯shuhaiはhaあふるafuruゝなりnari。 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

内巻き【うちまきuchimaki】内巻

noun:

  • curling inwards (esp. the tips of one's hair)
とちるtochiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to flub (one's lines)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be flustered; to be confused ➜ とっちる
  • to bungle; to mess up; to blunder
唐猫【からねこkaraneko】

noun:

  • cat (esp. one imported from China) - archaism
見せ金【みせがねmisegane】

noun:

  • displaying money (to prove that one actually has it)
鬼宿【きしゅくkishuku】

noun:

  • Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - sometimes read たまをのぼし or たまほめぼし - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・魂讃め星・魂緒の星
  • "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日
がらがら声【がらがらごえgaragaragoe】

noun:

  • rough voice (e.g. when one has a cold or sore throat)
異【ことkoto・けke】殊 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / prefix noun:

  • difference (from one another); different thing; other ［こと］ - archaism

adjectival noun:

  • unusual; extraordinary
老い先【おいさきoisaki】

noun:

  • remaining years (of one's life)
サバンナモンキーSABANNAMONKII

noun:

  • savannah monkey (the vervet monkey, green monkey and grivet monkey taken collectively as one species, Cercopithecus aethiops)
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