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三賞【さんしょうsanshou】

noun:

手刀を切る【てがたなをきるtegatanawokiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to make a ceremonial hand movement when receiving the monetary award - Sumo term
豁然大悟【かつぜんたいごkatsuzentaigo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • suddenly seeing the light; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden - four character idiom
御前試合【ごぜんじあいgozenjiai】

noun:

  • game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun) - four character idiom
無知愚昧【むちぐまいmuchigumai】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B - four character idiom
一両日中【いちりょうじつちゅうichiryoujitsuchuu】

adverbial noun / noun:

  • within the next couple of days; in a day or two - four character idiom

一両日中ichiryoujitsuchuuにniもmo決まりkimariそうsouだda。 It should be decided in the next day or two.

実を言うと【じつをいうとjitsuwoiuto・じつをゆうとjitsuwoyuuto】実をいうと【じつをいうとjitsuwoiuto】

expression / adverb:

升売り【ますうりmasuuri】枡売り

noun:

  • selling something by the boxful (in a wooden masu box)
見当がつく【けんとうがつくkentougatsuku】見当が付く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

後ピン【あとピンatoPIN】アトピンATOPIN

noun:

  • focal point of a lens behind the subject ➜ ピント
牙纛【がとうgatou】

noun:

  • flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general
人格神論【じんかくしんろんjinkakushinron】

noun:

  • theism (as refers to the existence of a personal Christian god) - obscure term ➜ 有神論
上宮【じょうぐうjouguu】

noun:

  • building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the highest ground
下宮【げぐうgeguu】

noun:

  • building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
ませmase・ましmashi

auxiliary:

  • please - used to make a polite request or demand - polite language ➜ ます
  • used to increase the politeness of a greeting, apology, etc.
見当つく【けんとうつくkentoutsuku】見当付く Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is) - colloquialism ➜ 見当がつく
岩座【いわざiwaza】

noun:

  • stone-like socle (used as the base for a Buddhist statue)
黄鐘【おうしきoushiki】

noun:

  • (in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A) ➜ 十二律・林鐘
歌詞カード【かしカードkashiKAADO】

noun:

  • lyric sheet; card with the lyrics to a song
盗人にも三分の理【ぬすびとにもさんぶのりnusubitonimosanbunori】

expression:

  • the wrongdoer never lacks a pretext; even thieves have their reasons - proverb
ドドンパDODONPA

noun:

  • Dodompa (a rumba-like Japanese musical genre popular in the 1960s)
鎺【はばきhabaki】

noun:

  • metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard
受け壺【うけつぼuketsubo】受壺

noun:

雲の峰【くものみねkumonomine】雲の峯old

expression:

  • clouds that stand like a mountain peak during the summer
虎榜【こぼうkobou】

noun:

  • card indicating a pass in the higher Chinese civil service examinations - archaism ➜ 科挙
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