Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll

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このひとkonohito

expression / pronoun:

  • this person
いぞんしょうしゃizonshousha

noun:

  • addict; dependent (person)
たくはいにんtakuhainin

noun:

  • deliveryman; delivery person
いいたてるiitateru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to assert; to declare; to claim; to state; to insist; to maintain
  • to list (one by one); to enumerate; to count off
  • to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
  • to use as an excuse - archaism
おうちょうじだいouchoujidai

noun:

  • Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) 武家時代
ドクターストップDOKUTAASUTOPPUドクター・ストップDOKUTAA/SUTOPPU

noun:

  • breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
  • being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.
あいずりaizuriirr.

noun:

  • ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
  • staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
のぞくnozoku Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)
  • to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
  • to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
  • to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
  • to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to examine (an expression); to study (a face)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to face - esp. 臨く - archaism 臨む

被写体hishataini気づかれないkizukarenaiようにyouniそぉっとsoottoカメラKAMERAwo取り出しtoridashiファインダーFUAINDAAwo覗くnozoku I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.

もらいmoraishanoumanokuchinonakawoのぞくnozokuna Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

はたらきかけるhatarakikakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to work on someone; to influence; to exert influence on; to seek action from; to appeal to

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to begin to work
かいさいkaisai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)

彼らkareraha一連ichirenno音楽会ongakukaiwo開催kaisaiしたshita They gave a series of concerts.

ちょくしchokushi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

現実genjitsuwo直視chokushiすべきsubekida You should face reality.

さかなでsakanadeぎゃくなでgyakunadeirr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating

kareno言うiuことkotoすべてsubetega私のwatashino神経shinkeiwo逆なでsakanadeするsuruのですnodesu Everything he says rubs me the wrong way.

はかいhakai

noun:

  • breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
たっかんtakkan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • taking a philosophic view
  • looking at the long term; farsightedness

kareha降格koukakuされたsaretaことkotowo達観takkanしているshiteiru He's quite philosophical about his demotion.

ハンディムックHANDEIMUKKUハンディームックHANDEIIMUKKU

noun:

  • small, cheap book in the style of a magazine - From English "handy mook" ムック
せいがんseigan

noun:

どうそうdousou

noun / ~の noun:

  • the said (cabinet) minister

noun:

  • in-phase (component of a wave)
  • homeomorphism
ゆうせいyuusei Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses
せいもくseimoku

noun:

  • the nine principal points in a game of go
さやあてsayaate

noun:

きんぐちkinguchi

noun:

  • gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured)
なかせきnakaseki

noun:

  • the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall
かきはんkakihan

noun:

  • signature or written seal at the end of a document
プレスコPURESUKO

noun:

  • prescoring (recording the music or sound effects before filming a scene) - abbreviation
ちくわぶchikuwabu

noun:

  • flour paste cake in the form of a tube

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