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南斗【なんとnanto】: noun:
Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term ➜ 斗宿
すねをかじるsunewokajiru《脛をかじる・脛を齧る・脛を噛る》 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to depend on somebody else's (financial) support (usu. one's parents') ➜ 親のすねをかじる
居続ける【いつづけるitsuzukeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb:
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
雲煙過眼【うんえんかがんun'enkagan】: noun:
not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes) - four character idiom
鞍替え【くらがえkuragae】くら替え Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over
changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
悪知識【あくちしきakuchishiki】: noun:
bad friend (who leads one away from Buddhism) ➜ 善知識
ロンパリRONPARI: noun:
walleyes (from London-Paris, i.e. "One eye looks at London, one eye looks at Paris"); squint; divergent strabismus - colloquialism
すすぐsusugu・ゆすぐyusugu《漱ぐ》 Inflection: godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
to rinse (one's mouth); to gargle ➜ 濯ぐ【すすぐ】
意にかなう【いにかなうinikanau】意に適う・意に叶う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to satisfy (one); to meet (one's) desire
嫁き遅れ【いきおくれikiokure】: noun / ~の noun:
woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)
担い【にないninai】荷い・荷ない: noun:
carrying (on one's shoulder); bearing; shouldering; taking responsibility for
bucket carried on either end of a pole - abbreviation ➜ 担い桶
觜【しshi】: noun:
Chinese "Turtle Beak" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】
すっぽ抜ける【すっぽぬけるsupponukeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb:
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers)
to cleanly forget
瞬く【めたたくmetataku・めばたくmebataku】目叩く【めたたくmetataku】: yodan ~く verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat - archaism
手杖【しゅじょうshujou・ちゅうじょうchuujou】: noun:
staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
睡眠時間【すいみんじかんsuiminjikan】: noun:
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep; 睡眠時間suiminjikanがga 十分juubun あればareba いいii のにnoni。 I wish I had enough time to sleep.
秋扇【しゅうせんshuusen・あきおうぎakiougi】: noun:
fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇
そっちのけsotchinoke《其方退け・そっち退け》そちのけsochinoke《其方退け・そち退け》: noun:
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
生活残業【せいかつざんぎょうseikatsuzangyou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
(working) overtime to make ends meet (to support one's lifestyle) - four character idiom
アキレスの論証【アキレスのろんしょうAKIRESUnoronshou】: noun:
Achilles argument (i.e. Achilles and the tortoise; one of Zeno's paradoxes) ➜ ゼノンの逆説
薬店【やくてんyakuten】: noun:
pharmacy (esp. one without facilities to prepare their own medicines); drugstore; chemist
獲麟【かくりんkakurin】: noun:
the end of things (esp. used for one's last writings) - archaism
one's dying hour (esp. used for the death of Confucius)
Ｍ字開脚【エムじかいきゃくEMUjikaikyaku】: noun:
pornographic pose (spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter 'M')
格安ＳＩＭ【かくやすシムkakuyasuSHIMU】: noun:
cheap SIM card (usu. one provided by an MVNO)
子供に甘い【こどもにあまいkodomoniamai】 Inflection: adjective:
indulgent to (one's) children

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