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幾度となく【いくどとなくikudotonaku】

adverb:

  • on countless occasions; many a time
五公五民【ごこうごみんgokougomin】

noun:

  • land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half - archaism - four character idiom
カマトロKAMATORO・かまとろkamatoro・かまトロkamaTORO

noun:

  • fatty tuna from around the collar bone ➜ とろ
山ごもり【やまごもりyamagomori】山篭り・山籠り Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • secluding oneself in the mountains; undertaking ascetic practices at a mountain temple
  • retreat; off-site meeting
丁夜【ていやteiya】

noun:

  • fourth division of the night (approx. 1 am to 3 am) - archaism
エアステーションEASUTEESHON・エア・ステーションEA/SUTEESHON

noun:

  • air station
結びの三番【むすびのさんばんmusubinosanban】

noun:

  • final three bouts of the tournament day - Sumo term
寄せ太鼓【よせだいこyosedaiko】

noun:

  • drums sounded in the morning to draw the crowds to a match - Sumo term
ぺたりpetari

~と adverb:

  • slapping on; flopping down - onomatopoeia
叡慮【えいりょeiryo】

noun:

  • the emperor's pleasure
鉢映り【はちうつりhachiutsuri】

noun:

  • compatibility between the pot and the bonsai
金鵄勲章【きんしくんしょうkinshikunshou】

noun:

  • The Order of the Golden Kite (Japanese military award)
良いとこ取り【よいとこどりyoitokodori】良いとこどり・良い所取り・よいとこ取り・好いとこ取り Inflection

expression / noun / ~する noun:

  • focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】
損益分岐点【そんえきぶんきてんson'ekibunkiten】

noun:

  • the break-even point
イI

noun:

  • 1st in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 1st note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)
転地【てんちtenchi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • change of air; change of scenery

転地tenchiがgaあなたanataにとってnitotte効果koukaがgaあるaruでしょうdeshou。 A change of air will do you good.

七つの大罪【ななつのたいざいnanatsunotaizai・ななつのだいざいnanatsunodaizai】

expression / noun:

  • the Seven Deadly Sins
空中楼閣【くうちゅうろうかくkuuchuuroukaku】

noun:

  • castle in the air - four character idiom
灯をつける【ひをつけるhiwotsukeru】灯を付ける・灯を点ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to turn on the light
引導を渡す【いんどうをわたすindouwowatasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to perform the last rites over the deceased
  • to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
落としぶた【おとしぶたotoshibuta】落とし蓋・落し蓋

noun:

  • lid resting directly on food; wooden drop-lid for simmering
狡兎良狗【こうとりょうくkoutoryouku】

expression:

  • When the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off - from 狡兎死して良狗烹らる - four character idiom ➜ 狡兎死して走狗烹らる
原因究明【げんいんきゅうめいgen'inkyuumei】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin
賦払い【ぶばらいbubarai】

noun:

  • payment on an installment system; payment on an instalment system; easy payment plan
山笑う【やまわらうyamawarau】

expression:

  • mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time; laughing mountain [literal] - poetical term
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