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寮★【りょうryou】

noun:

  • hostel; dormitory
  • bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 律令制

私のwatashino大学daigakuにはniha寮ryouがgaありますarimasu。 My college has dormitories.

序盤★【じょばんjoban】

noun:

  • the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
渦中☆【かちゅうkachuu】

noun:

  • vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool
  • (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil
口上☆【こうじょうkoujou】

noun:

  • vocal message; speech; statement
  • prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
降板☆【こうばんkouban】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • leaving the mound; being knocked out - Baseball term ➜ 登板
  • resigning from a role or position
置き傘☆【おきがさokigasa】

noun:

  • spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower

明日ashitaのno夜yoruからkara雨ameだからdakara置き傘okigasaをwoしてshiteいこうikou。 It's supposed to rain tomorrow night, so let's leave our umbrellas until then.

奥付【おくづけokuzuke】奥附old・奥付けirr.

noun:

  • colophon (at the end of a book); imprint; publication information
ひらめきhirameki《閃き》

noun:

  • flair; flash
  • insight
  • waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
余韻嫋々【よいんじょうじょうyoinjoujou】余韻嫋嫋 Inflection

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.) - archaism - four character idiom
不具【ふぐfugu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • deformity; distortion; disability; cripple - sensitive
  • word written at the end of a letter

父chichiがga死んshinでde以来irai、母hahaがga経済keizai的tekiにniはha不具fuguだdaというtoiuことkotoがga、露骨rokotsuにni分っwakaてte来kiてteいiたta。 After the death of my father, it became clear that my mother was incompetent at handling the family finances.

はるばるharubaru《遙々・遙遙・遥々・遥遥》

adverb:

  • from afar; over a great distance; all the way

彼kareはhaはるばるharubaru海umiのno向こうmukouからkaraやって来たyattekita。 He came all the way from abroad.

雷獣【らいじゅうraijuu】

noun:

  • (in Chinese mythology) beast which descends from the sky with a thunderbolt
守備固め【しゅびがためshubigatame】

noun:

  • making replacements for defensive purposes in the late inning of a game - Baseball term
異国趣味【いこくしゅみikokushumi】

noun:

  • taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism - four character idiom
異字同訓【いじどうくんijidoukun】

noun:

  • different kanji with the same Japanese reading (and usu. a similar meaning) - four character idiom ➜ 暑い・熱い
柝【たくtaku・きki】析irr.

noun:

  • wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
開音【かいおんkaion】

noun:

  • long "o" vowel arising from combination of the "a" and "u" sounds
共謀共同正犯【きょうぼうきょうどうせいはんkyouboukyoudouseihan】

noun:

  • criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)
裏かく【うらかくurakaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term
十地【じゅうじjuuji】

noun:

  • dasabhumi (forty-first to fiftieth stages in the development of a bodhisattva) - Buddhism term
西国三十三所【さいごくさんじゅうさんしょsaigokusanjuusansho・さいこくさんじゅうさんしょsaikokusanjuusansho】

noun:

  • 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara
青魚【あおざかなaozakana】

noun:

  • blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
ませなんだmasenanda・ましなんだmashinanda・ませんかったmasenkatta・ませんだったmasendatta

expression:

  • suffix used to negate a verb in the past tense - polite language - archaism ➜ ませんでした
蔓生【まんせいmansei】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)
へんhen

expression:

  • suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense - Kansai dialect ➜ ない

interjection:

  • humph; hmph
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