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だるまdarumaダルマDARUMA

noun:

  • daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
  • Bodhidharma
  • prostitute
おぶうobuu Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback
  • to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.) - archaism
えいれいeirei

noun:

  • spirits of war dead
  • person of great ability; soul of a talented person
よわたりyowatari Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
なべずみnabezumi

noun:

  • soot on the bottom of a pot or pan
しろびたいshirobitai

noun:

  • star (white patch on the forehead of a horse) - obscure term 星月
ほしづきhoshizuki

noun:

  • star (white patch on the forehead of a horse)
じょういうちjouiuchiirr.

noun:

  • execution (on the command of a feudal lord) - archaism
退すいたいいっとsuitaiitto

noun:

  • (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane - four character idiom
しにみずshinimizu

noun:

  • give water to a dying person; water given to a dying person
おくらokura

noun:

  • shelving (a play, movie, etc.); closing down; cancelling; canceling; shelf (i.e. "on the shelf") 蔵【くら】
  • rice storehouse of the Edo shogunate
そうりょうせいsouryousei

noun:

  • soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)
かんしじんkanshijin

noun:

  • lookout; watch; person on guard
みかまぎmikamagi

noun:

  • kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
  • special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
  • kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism
はなもみもあるhanamomimoaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

  • to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom
てきしゃtekisha

noun:

  • suitable person; fit person; the fit
たまははきtamahahakiたまばはきtamabahakiたまははきtamahahakiたまばはきtamabahaki

noun:

  • broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
  • plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) 箒草
  • liquor; alcohol; sake
しにみずをとるshinimizuwotoru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments
としてtoshite

expression:

  • as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  • apart from... (used to change the topic)
  • even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
  • thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form とする
あしはこびashihakobi

noun:

  • gait; manner of walking; footwork (e.g. in sport)
  • characteristic way of moving, keeping the center of gravity low (centre) - Sumo term
がいとうしゃgaitousha

noun:

  • person concerned; person qualified; person in question; party; litigant (legal)
いばりやibariya

noun / ~の noun:

  • arrogant person; overbearing person; self-important person; braggart; boaster - often as 威張り屋さん
しっかりものshikkarimono

noun:

  • person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
せいぎかんseigikan

noun:

  • just person; man of justice; righteous person; upright person
へそまがりhesomagari Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person

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