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年末年始【ねんまつねんしnenmatsunenshi】

noun:

  • New Year's holiday; period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year - four character idiom

年末年始nenmatsunenshiはhaオーストラリアOOSUTORARIAでde過ごすsugosu予定yoteiですdesu。 My plan is to spend the New Year's holiday in Australia.

桶☆【おけoke】

noun:

  • bucket; pail; tub

彼女kanojoがga電話denwaをwoしているshiteiru間maにniふろfuro桶okeがgaあふれたafureta。 The bathtub overflowed while she was talking on the phone.

ツインリーキーバケットTSUINRIIKIIBAKETTO

noun:

  • twin leaky bucket - IT term
天職☆【てんしょくtenshoku】

noun:

  • vocation; lifework; calling
  • sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation)
  • prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period) ➜ 天神

彼kareはha教えるoshieruことkotoがga彼のkareno天職tenshokuであるdearuことkotoにni気づいたkizuita。 He found that teaching was his calling.

易行道【いぎょうどうigyoudou】

noun:

  • the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道
回峰行【かいほうぎょうkaihougyou】

noun:

  • thousand-day walk through the mountains from Hieizan to the old Imperial Palace in Kyoto (ascetic practice of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term
左前★【ひだりまえhidarimae】

noun:

  • wearing a kimono with the right side over the left (normally used only for the dead)
  • going badly (one's business, one's fortune, the economy); being in a bad financial situation
浮世☆【うきよukiyo・ふせいfusei】浮き世・憂き世・憂世【うきよukiyo】

noun:

  • fleeting life; this transient world; floating world
  • sad world; world of grief and worry - esp. 憂き世
  • the world of the living; this life; this world; the present world
  • (the world of the) red light districts

浮世ukiyoのno心配事shinpaigotoのnoないnai人hitoはhaないnai。 No one is free from worldly cares.

あなたanataはha浮き世ukiyoのno悩みnayamiがgaないnaiようなyouna顔kaoをwoしているshiteiru。 You look as if you don't have a care in the world.

正朔【せいさくseisaku】

noun:

  • beginning of the month or the year; New Year's Day; the calendar
下意上達【かいじょうたつkaijoutatsu】

noun:

  • conveyance of the opinions of the lower classes to the powers that be - four character idiom
ヒーロパケージHIIROPAKEEJI

noun:

  • hero package (commercial in which the product is the hero of the segment)
ら抜き【らぬきranuki】

noun:

  • 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉

ら抜きranuki言葉kotobaってtte知っているshitteiru？けっこうkekkou間違ったmachigatta言葉kotobaをwo使うtsukau生徒seitoがga多いooiみたいmitai。 You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.

ヨハネ黙示録【ヨハネもくしろくYOHANEmokushiroku】

noun:

  • the Revelation of St. John the Divine (book of the Bible) ➜ 黙示録
八省【はっしょうhasshou】

noun:

  • the eight ministries (under the Grand Council of State of the ritsuryo system) ➜ 太政官
国民不在【こくみんふざいkokuminfuzai】

expression:

  • out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people
元宵【げんしょうgenshou】

noun:

  • night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar
元夕【げんせきgenseki】

noun:

  • night of the 15th day of the first month in the lunar calendar ➜ 元宵
越年☆【えつねんetsunen・おつねんotsunen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation
国中【くにじゅうkunijuu・こくじゅうkokujuu・こくちゅうkokuchuu】国じゅう【くにじゅうkunijuu・こくじゅうkokujuu】

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

  • all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

加盟kamei国中kokuchuu数カ国数kakokuはha、Ｇ７Ｇ７のno協定kyouteiにni従うshitagauことkotoにniあいまいなaimaina態度taidoをwo見せていますmiseteimasu。 Some member countries have been lax in abiding by G-7 agreements.

呼吸を合わせる【こきゅうをあわせるkokyuuwoawaseru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
息を合わせる【いきをあわせるikiwoawaseru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
東夷西戎【とういせいじゅうtouiseijuu】

noun:

  • barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom
七珍万宝【しっちんまんぽうshitchinmanpou】

noun:

  • the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom
一山越す【ひとやまこすhitoyamakosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
論より証拠【ろんよりしょうこron'yorishouko】

expression:

  • the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]
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