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- 矢先☆【やさき】
noun:
- arrowhead
- target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)
- the very moment (when); the point (of doing) ➜ 矢先に
叔父は新しい冒険的事業を始める矢先だ、と言っている。 My uncle says he's about to embark on a new business venture.
- 白夜☆【びゃくや・はくや】
noun:
- white night (i.e. at the North or South Pole); short night; night under the midnight sun
- 本を正す【もとをただす】元を正す・本を糺す・元を糺す・本をただす・元をただす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin ➜ 糺す
- 六道銭【ろくどうせん】
noun:
- six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川
- 前☆【まえ】
adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:
その作家はどの位前になくなりましたか。 How long ago did the author die?
1987年10月のある朝、スティーブン・ホーキングは自分のコンピューターの前に座っていた。 One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.
彼女は法廷に判事と陪審員の前にたった。 She stood in the court before judge and jury.
わぁあ~~っ!?隠してっ!前、隠してよっ! M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up!
- 規則を守る【きそくをまもる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る
- テングハギ属【テングハギぞく】
noun:
- Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)
- 乃公出でずんば【だいこういでずんば】
expression:
- what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)
- ひよこ☆・ひな☆・ひよっこ《雛》ヒナ・ヒヨコ
noun:
- young bird; chick
- hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival [ひな]
- green; wet behind the ears; juvenile [ひよこ・ひよっこ]
ムクドリのヒナを親鳥に返せますか。 Can you return starling chicks to their parents?
ルチアーノは大声援を背負って戦えるかもしれないが、彼はまだヒヨコに過ぎない。 Luciano might have the crowd behind him, but he's still wet behind the ears.
- 口書き【くちがき】口書 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- writing with the brush in one's mouth
noun:
- foreword; preface
- affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)
- 鰥寡孤独【かんかこどく】
noun:
- with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom
- 歌物【うたもの】唄物
noun:
- an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
- accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)
- 界【かい】
noun:
- kingdom - Biology term
- erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) - Geology term
- partition of land
suffix:
- the world of (some category)
日本シンクロ界の悲願である金には、あと一歩で届かなかった。 The 'gold' yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.
若い棋士が多少、尊大な感じになるのはよくあることで、 そういうことは将棋界に限った話ではないでしょう。 It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.
- 物も言い様で角が立つ【ものもいいようでかどがたつ】物も言いようで角が立つ
expression:
- harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb
- ミルクシャーク・ミルク・シャーク
noun:
- milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭
- エドアブラザメ属【エドアブラザメぞく】
noun:
- Heptranchias; genus of cow shark in the family Hexanchidae containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member
- 指点字【ゆびてんじ】
noun:
- finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】
- 遊び★【あそび】
noun / suffix noun:
- playing
- play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect) - usually written using kana alone
あなたは海外へ遊びで行きましたか、それとも商売でしたか。 Did you go abroad for pleasure or on business?
- 曲★【きょく】
noun / suffix noun:
- composition; piece of music; song; track (on a record)
noun:
- tune; melody; air
- enjoyment; fun; interest; pleasure
- 仕出し☆【しだし】し出し
noun:
- food delivery service; catering
- walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
- 洗い張り【あらいはり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched
- ミウラ折り【ミウラおり】三浦折り【みうらおり】
noun:
- Miura map fold; special technique for folding used on some solar panel arrays
- アメリカンドッグ・アメリカン・ドッグ
noun:
- corn dog (frankfurter on a stick dipped in batter and deep-fried) - From English "American dog"
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