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思い切る☆【おもいきるomoikiru】思いきる Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
縦横☆【じゅうおうjuuou・たてよこtateyoko】

noun:

  • length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
  • four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
  • as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
  • warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

このkonoテーブルクロスTEEBURUKUROSUはha縦横juuou５フィートFYIITOとto３フィートFYIITOあるaru。 This tablecloth measures 5 feet by 3 feet.

縦横juuou８フィートFYIITOのno部屋heyaのno面積mensekiはha６４平方heihouフィートFYIITOであるdearu。 The area of an 8-foot square room is 64 square feet.

生い立ち☆【おいたちoitachi】生立ち・生いたち

noun:

  • growth; development
  • one's early life; upbringing; personal history
縄張り☆【なわばりnawabari】縄張・繩張りirr.

noun:

  • stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation
  • one's turf; domain; territory; jurisdiction; sphere of influence
損ねる☆【そこねるsokoneru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to harm; to hurt; to injure; to wreck

auxiliary verb:

  • to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

喫煙kitsuenにni健康kenkouをwo損ねるsokoneruリスクRISUKUがgaあるaruのnoはha事実jijitsuだda。 It is a fact that smoking is a danger to health.

腹一杯☆【はらいっぱいharaippai】腹いっぱい

noun / ~の noun / adverb:

  • full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily

adverb:

  • to one's heart's content

家ieにni帰ってkaette朝食choushokuをwo腹一杯haraippaiにni食べたtabeta。 I went home and ate a hearty breakfast.

一行☆【いっこうikkou】

noun:

  • party; group; troop; company
  • one act; one action; one deed

旅行者ryokoushaのno一行ikkouがga私たちwatashitachiのno町machiをwo訪れたotozureta。 A company of tourists visited our town.

ペラペラPERAPERA・ぺらぺらperapera☆ Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

  • fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
  • one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

  • thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia
損する☆【そんするsonsuru】 Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

  • to lose (money, etc.)
  • to have wasted one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
境地☆【きょうちkyouchi】

noun:

  • state (of mind); mental state; emotional condition
  • field (of activity)
  • one's lot; circumstance; situation in life
  • place; region; area; land - orig. meaning
一人物☆【いちじんぶつichijinbutsu】

noun:

  • person to be reckoned with; person of importance
  • one person; one character; someone

一人物ichijinbutsuとto馬丁bateiがga騎馬kibaでde一月ichigatsu一日nichiにni牛ushi小屋koyaにni至itariたりtariましmashiたta。 だからdakara数奇屋sukiyaのnoなかnakaでde、可塑kaso物butsuのno大口ooguchiがga一つhitotsuだけdakeありariますmasu。 One important person and the stable boy arrived to the cow cabin the first of January. Therefore, there is only one plastic bowl left at the tea ceremony arbor.

不戦☆【ふせんfusen】

noun / ~の noun:

  • war renunciation; anti-war
  • bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers - Sumo term
居場所☆【いばしょibasho】

noun:

  • whereabouts; place; location
  • place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

どうしてdoushite私watashiがga彼kareのno居場所ibashoをwo知っていようshitteiyouかka。 How should I know where he is?

誰も☆【だれもdaremo】

pronoun:

  • everyone; anyone
  • no-one - with neg. verb
家業☆【かぎょうkagyou】

noun:

  • family business; family trade
  • one's occupation; one's trade

彼kareにni家業kagyouをwo継ぐtsuguようにyouniときつけたtokitsuketa。 I persuaded him to take on the family business.

後ろ盾☆【うしろだてushirodate】後ろだて・後ろ楯

noun:

  • backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor
  • shield that protects one's back
先々☆【さきざきsakizaki】先先

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • distant future; inevitable future
  • places one goes to

彼kareはha出かけたdekaketa先々sakizakiでde歓迎kangeiされたsareta。 He was welcomed wherever he went.

怒らせる☆【おこらせるokoraseru・いからせるikaraseru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to anger someone; to provoke; to offend someone; to make somebody's hackles rise
  • to square one's shoulders ［いからせる］

あのano詐欺師sagishiとto金髪kinpatsuのnoコールガールKOORUGAARUはha下宿geshukuのnoおoかみさんkamisanをwo怒らせるokoraseruにはniha申分のないsarubunnonai取り合わせtoriawaseだda。 The confidence man and his blonde call girl make a perfect match in enraging his landlady.

ソープSOOPU☆

noun:

  • soap
  • brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes - abbreviation - slang ➜ ソープランド
アイテムAITEMU☆・アイタムAITAMUirr.

noun:

  • item
  • something that one "just has to have"
仙人☆【せんにんsennin】

noun:

  • immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
  • one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men

世捨て人yosutebitoとtoなりnari仙人senninのnoようyouにni山中sanchuuをwoさまよいsamayoi自給自足jikyuujisokuでde誰dareとtoもmo接触sesshokuせseずzu野垂れ死にnotarejiniをwoしshiないnai方法houhouとtoはha絶対zettaiあるaru。 There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.

旗色☆【はたいろhatairo・きしょくkishoku】

noun:

  • situation; outlook
  • one's allegiance; affiliation; position

旗色hatairoがga悪いwaruiからkaraこの辺konoatariでdeやめようyameyou。 The odds are against me, so I think I'll quit now.

一抹☆【いちまつichimatsu】

noun:

  • (a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke)
  • one stroke; one brush

人生jinseiとはtoha、一抹ichimatsuのno泡awaみたいなmitainaものmonoだda。 Man's but a bubble.

耳目☆【じもくjimoku・じぼくjiboku】

noun:

  • eyes and ears; seeing and hearing
  • one's attention; one's interest
肥やし☆【こやしkoyashi】肥し

noun:

  • manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
  • something that will help one develop in the future
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