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わくwaku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to spring out; to surge
  • to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.)
  • to feel emotions form (joy, bravery, etc.)
  • to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
めがでるmegaderu Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to bud; to sprout; to germinate
  • to have luck on one's side; to get lucky 目が出る
くいあらすkuiarasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to devour; to wolf down
  • to eat a bit of everything
  • to encroach upon; to take over; to steal (e.g. support)
atejiふとんfutonirr.

noun:

  • futon (quilted Japanese-style mattress laid out on the floor)
  • round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

asaになるninaruto布団futonwo片づけますkatazukemasu We put the futons away in the morning.

ひかりものhikarimono

noun:

  • luminous body like a shooting star
  • any bright metal
  • sliced fish with the silver skin left on (iwashi, aji, sayori, sanma, kohada, etc.)
きじもなかずばうたれまいkijimonakazubautaremai

expression:

  • avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb
ほんチャンhonCHANほんちゃんhonchanホンチャンHONCHAN

noun:

はっきりhakkiriハッキリHAKKIRI Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • clearly; plainly; distinctly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

  • to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up - often as はっきりした
こりごりkorigori Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

  • bitter experience; learning from a bad experience; having had enough (of something unpleasant); having had a bellyful; being sick and tired (of something); being fed up
けいこうとうkeikoutouoldoldold

noun:

  • fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light
  • person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake

蛍光灯keikoutougaチカチカCHIKACHIKAしてるshiteruna新しいatarashiinoto交換koukanしないshinaitoダメDAMEかなkana This fluorescent lamp is starting to flicker. We'll have to replace it.

ハリーHARIIha本当にhontouni蛍光灯keikoutoudane Harry's really slow to catch on.

さんしょうsanshou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out

10kouwo参照sanshouしてshite下さいkudasai Please refer to paragraph ten.

さしてsashite

noun:

  • slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt - Sumo term
ひまじんhimajinひまじんhimajinかんじんkanjinひまじんhimajin

noun:

  • person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler
しもたやshimotayairr.

noun:

  • store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
ふんぞりかえるfunzorikaeru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline
  • to get cocky; to be arrogant
こうやさいkouyasai

noun:

  • an event held on the night after the last day of some festival (school festival) often bonfire & dancing 学園祭
うたガルタutaGARUTAうたがるたutagaruta

noun:

  • cards with stanzas of waka written on them
  • card-matching game played with these cards
そのてはくわないsonotehakuwanai

expression:

そつsotsu

noun:

  • low-ranking soldier
  • graduation; outgrowing; moving on (from) - abbreviation 卒業
  • low-ranking samurai (1870-1872) - abbreviation 卒族
  • death (of a noble, etc.) - abbreviation 卒去

タクシーTAKUSHII運転untenshuniなっnata東大toudaisotsuno木村kimuraさんsanhadarekano物指しmonosashide落ちこぼれochikoborenanoかもkamoしれshireないnaiけどkedo運転unten好きsukiならnaraいいiinじゃjaないnaikana Kimura is a Tokyo university graduate who became a taxi driver. According to some people's standards, he might be considered a failure, but I think it's fine as long as he likes driving.

おしらすoshirasu

noun:

  • court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism
きょうわらべkyouwarabeきょうわらんべkyouwaranbeきょうわらわkyouwarawa

noun:

  • Kyoto's children
  • Kyoto's young people, who are noisy and gossiping on the least pretext
かぶらむしkaburamushi

noun:

  • steamed fish with grated turnip on top
  • hollowed-out turnip stuffed with chicken, shrimp, gingko nuts, etc.
かけまいkakemai

noun:

  • rice bought and sold on a rice exchange
  • rice used to produce unrefined sake
  • rice paid as rent
とうにおちずかたるにおちるtouniochizukataruniochiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to keep a secret when asked about it, but let it slip inadvertently when chatting on another occasion
じごくホゾjigokuHOZOじごくほぞjigokuhozo

noun:

  • foxtail wedged tenon joint; blind tenon joint with wedges inserted into slots on its end - Architecture term

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