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先手必勝【せんてひっしょうsentehisshou】

expression:

  • victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom
JLPTN1
仰ぐ☆【あおぐaogu】 Inflection

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

  • to look up (at)
  • to look up to; to respect; to revere
  • to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for
  • to depend on; to rely on
  • to gulp down; to quaff; to drink

彼らkareraはha彼kareをwoリーダーRIIDAAとしてtoshite仰ぐaogu。 They look up to him as their leader.

私watashiはha何事nanigotoにもnimo彼kareのno指導shidouをwo仰ぐaogu。 I look to him for direction in everything.

日本nipponはha原綿genmenのno供給kyoukyuuをwo海外kaigaiにni仰ぐaogu。 Japan depends on overseas countries for the supply of raw cotton.

百度参り【ひゃくどまいりhyakudomairi】

noun:

  • hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度
JLPTN2
全般★【ぜんぱんzenpan】

noun / suffix noun:

  • (the) whole; entirety; wholly; as a whole; generally; universally
前夜祭☆【ぜんやさいzen'yasai】

noun:

  • the eve (of a festival) (e.g. Christmas Eve)
来方【きかたkikata】

noun:

  • the way (to somewhere); how to reach (a place)
爪弾く【つまびくtsumabiku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar)
梓に上せる【しにのぼせるshininoboseru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to bring (a book) into the world; to publish
本の間【ほんのあいだhonnoaida】

expression:

  • between the pages of a book
  • between two books
他言無用【たごんむようtagonmuyou】

expression:

  • Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word - four character idiom
糸を垂れる【いとをたれるitowotareru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to fish; to have a line in the water
ケラレKERARE・けられkerare

noun:

  • vignetting (darkening of the perimeter of a photographic image)
秘密を侵す罪【ひみつをおかすつみhimitsuwookasutsumi】

expression / noun:

  • the crime of revealing a secret; breach of confidence
秘密漏示罪【ひみつろうじざいhimitsuroujizai】

noun:

  • the crime of revealing a secret; breach of confidence
鋭頭【えいとうeitou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed ➜ 鈍頭
移記【いきiki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • transfer to the records; transcription to a special document
都寺【つうすtsuusu】

noun:

  • one of the six administrators of a Zen temple ➜ 六知事
がさりgasari

~と adverb / adverb:

  • rustling sound - onomatopoeia

noun:

  • search (esp. a home search by the police) - obscure term - slang ➜ がさる
雲ひとつない【くもひとつないkumohitotsunai】雲一つない Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
代表取締役【だいひょうとりしまりやくdaihyoutorishimariyaku】

noun:

  • representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

代表取締役daihyoutorishimariyakuはha取締役torishimariyakuのno職務shokumuのno執行shikkouをwo監督kantokuするsuruものmonoだda。 The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.

無間奈落【むげんならくmugennaraku・むけんならくmukennaraku】

noun:

  • the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom
下腿骨【かたいこつkataikotsu】

noun:

  • lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)
七つの星【ななつのほしnanatsunohoshi】

noun:

一顰一笑【いっぴんいっしょうippin'isshou】

noun:

  • (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom
掃いて捨てるほど【はいてすてるほどhaitesuteruhodo】

expression:

  • a dime a dozen; two a penny
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