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柄巻【つかまきtsukamaki】柄巻き

noun:

  • leather or cloth wrapped around the handle of a sword
揚代【あげだいagedai】揚げ代

noun:

  • fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
仏倒し【ほとけだおしhotokedaoshi】

noun:

  • falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down
名田【みょうでんmyouden】

noun:

来迎柱【らいごうばしらraigoubashira】

noun:

  • round pillars each side of the wall behind a shumidan dais - Buddhism term ➜ 須弥壇
灰色植物門【かいしょくしょくぶつもんkaishokushokubutsumon】

noun:

  • Glaucophyta; phylum comprising the glaucophytes (a group of freshwater microscopic algae)
子供騒げば雨が降る【こどもさわげばあめがふるkodomosawagebaamegafuru】

expression:

  • if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain - traditional belief - proverb
ジャケット買い【ジャケットがいJAKETTOgai】

noun:

  • buying a CD, book, etc. because of the cover
ジャケ買い【ジャケがいJAKEgai】

noun:

国選【こくせんkokusen】

noun / ~の noun:

  • selection by the state (esp. of a defense lawyer); appointment; assignment ➜ 私選
還幸祭【かんこうさいkankousai】

noun:

  • festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体
駅子【えきしekishi】驛子old

noun:

  • staff at a horse changing station during the ritsuryo period - archaism
スペックインSUPEKKUIN・スペック・インSUPEKKU/IN Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • making a feature part of the specifications - From English "spec-in"
看取り【みとりmitori】見取り

noun:

  • nursing; caring for the sick
  • deathwatch; attendance at a deathbed
日本列島改造論【にほんれっとうかいぞうろんnihonrettoukaizouron】

noun:

  • A Plan for Remodeling the Japanese Archipelago (1972 LDP policy proposal)
弱冷房車【じゃくれいぼうしゃjakureibousha】

noun:

  • railway carriage with the air conditioning set to a higher temperature
弱冷車【じゃくれいしゃjakureisha】

noun:

武士は食わねど高楊枝【ぶしはくわねどたかようじbushihakuwanedotakayouji】

expression:

  • the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip! - proverb
馬の耳に風【うまのみみにかぜumanomiminikaze】

expression:

  • preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏
五十日の餅【いかのもちいikanomochii】

noun:

  • mochi used for the celebration of a child's fiftieth day ➜ 五十日の祝
旦過【たんがtanga】

noun:

  • staying the night (of an itinerant priest in Zen buddhism); itinerant priest's lodging - Buddhism term
  • providing a room for an itinerant priest so that he may meditate for a long period of time - Buddhism term
七公三民【しちこうさんみんshichikousanmin】

noun:

  • land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent - four character idiom
足跡を残す【あしあとをのこすashiatowonokosu・そくせきをのこすsokusekiwonokosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
駆使★【くしkushi】 Inflection

noun:

  • free use

~する noun:

  • to use freely; to make free use of; to have good command (e.g. of a language)
  • to drive someone on

彼kareはha英語eigoをwo自由にjiyuuni駆使kushiするsuru。 He has a perfect command of English.

思い立つ☆【おもいたつomoitatsu】思いたつ Inflection

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

  • to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
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