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風樹【ふうじゅfuuju】

noun:

  • tree swayed by the wind ➜ 風木
  • thinking about one's deceased parents - archaism ➜ 風樹の嘆
和鋏【わばさみwabasami】

noun:

  • U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers ➜ 握り鋏
子供の使い【こどものつかいkodomonotsukai】

expression / noun:

  • useless messenger; doing only as one is told; fool's errand - idiom
精霊舟【しょうりょうぶねshouryoubune】精霊船

noun:

  • straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in
歯切れが悪い【はぎれがわるいhagiregawarui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
歯切れの悪い【はぎれのわるいhagirenowarui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
慙死【ざんしzanshi】慚死 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die
帰路につく【きろにつくkironitsuku】帰路に就く・帰路に着くirr.・帰路に付くirr. Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to get on one's way (back home)
余念がない【よねんがないyonenganai】余念が無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
多牌【ターパイTAAPAI・ターはいTAAhai】

noun:

  • having too many tiles on one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese
袂の露【たもとのつゆtamotonotsuyu】たもとの露

noun:

  • tears on the sleeves (of one's kimono); "weeping copiously" [figurative] - lit., e.g. in 源氏物語
九回の腸【きゅうかいのちょうkyuukainochou】

expression / noun:

引越し蕎麦【ひっこしそばhikkoshisoba】

noun:

  • buckwheat noodles given to one's new neighbors after moving in - from おそばに参りました
薪水の労【しんすいのろうshinsuinorou】

expression / noun:

  • menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる
心髄【しんずいshinzui】

noun:

  • marrow; pith
  • centre; center; nucleus; hub
  • bottom of one's heart
ワンポイントレッスンWANPOINTORESSUN・ワンポイント・レッスンWANPOINTO/RESSUN

expression / noun:

  • short lesson dealing with one specific point - From English "one-point lesson"
甲羅を干す【こうらをほすkourawohosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to bask in the sun lying flat on one's belly ➜ 甲羅干し
課戸【かこkako】

noun:

  • household with at least one member subject to taxation (ritsuryo system) - archaism
とっときtottoki《取っとき・取っ置き》

~の noun / noun:

  • reserve; spare
  • treasured; valued
  • (ace) up one's sleeve; trump ➜ とっておき
タオルペーパーTAORUPEEPAA・タオル・ペーパーTAORU/PEEPAA

noun:

  • paper towels (for drying one's hands) - From English "towel paper"
がりがりgarigari《我利我利ateji》ガリガリGARIGARI Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • focussing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

  • selfish; self-serving - onomatopoeia

犬inuがga骨honeをwoがりがりgarigariかじっているkajitteiru。 The dog is crunching a bone.

背水【はいすいhaisui】

noun:

持ち球【もちだまmochidama】持ち玉

noun:

  • one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
  • balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉
ご馳走攻め【ごちそうぜめgochisouzeme】御馳走攻め・ごちそう攻め

noun:

  • treating somebody to one delicious meal after the other
想定問答集【そうていもんどうしゅうsouteimondoushuu】

noun:

  • anticipated questions and answers (e.g. for a press conference, interview or oral exam); collection of hypothetical questions and answers
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