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問うは一度の恥、問わぬは末代の恥【とうはいちどのはじとわぬはまつだいのはじtouhaichidonohajitowanuhamatsudainohaji】

expression:

  • better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb
兄妹【けいまいkeimai・きょうだいkyoudaiirr.】

noun:

  • older brother and younger sister

「でもdemo、俺たちoretachi兄妹kyoudaiだろdaro！」「名目上meimokujouでdeはhaねne」 "But we're brother and sisters, aren't we?!" "In name we are."

尾高型【おだかがたodakagata】

noun:

  • pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low
左楽【さがくsagaku】

noun:

  • style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽
母子寮【ぼしりょうboshiryou】

noun:

  • home for mothers and children
鳥曇り【とりぐもりtorigumori】鳥曇

noun:

  • cloudy sky that appears when the migrating birds that stayed for winter and autumn in Japan leave to go north
カッコ可愛い【カッコかわいいKAKKOkawaii】かっこ可愛い【かっこかわいいkakkokawaii】格好可愛い【かっこうかわいいkakkoukawaii】カッコカワイイKAKKOKAWAII Inflection

expression / adjective:

猿猴捉月【えんこうそくげつenkousokugetsu】

noun:

  • trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom
飢渇【きかつkikatsu】饑渇 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • hunger and thirst; starvation
物税【ぶつぜいbutsuzei】

noun:

  • tax on goods and personal possessions
左顧右眄【さこうべんsakouben】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • looking right and left or all about; vacillation - four character idiom
不要不急【ふようふきゅうfuyoufukyuu】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • nonessential and nonurgent - four character idiom
日独【にちどくnichidoku】

noun:

  • Japan and Germany; Japanese-German
強硬策【きょうこうさくkyoukousaku】

noun:

  • hard-line policy; tough measure
少壮気鋭【しょうそうきえいshousoukiei】

noun / ~の noun:

  • young and energetic; up-and-coming - four character idiom
有職故実【ゆうそくこじつyuusokukojitsu】

noun:

  • studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households - four character idiom
版籍【はんせきhanseki】

noun:

  • (registry of) land and people
魏晋南北朝時代【ぎしんなんぼくちょうじだいgishinnanbokuchoujidai】

noun:

  • Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties period (220-589 CE)
段級制【だんきゅうせいdankyuusei】

noun:

  • ranking system based on dan and kyū (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.) ➜ 級・段
戸障子【としょうじtoshouji】

noun:

  • doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
増収増益【ぞうしゅうぞうえきzoushuuzoueki】

noun:

  • increase in income and profit

「調子choushiはhaどうdou？」「絶好調zekkouchouだdaよyo。着実にchakujitsuni増収増益zoushuuzouekiをwo続けているtsuzuketeiruよyo」 "How are things going?" "Terrific. Income and profit are continuing to rise steadily."

改編期【かいへんきkaihenki】

noun:

  • time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)
三災【さんさいsansai】

noun:

  • the three calamities: fire, flood and storm
日仏【にちふつnichifutsu】

noun:

  • Japan and France
逃げるが勝ち【にげるがかちnigerugakachi】

expression:

  • he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb
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