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- 独り歩き☆【ひとりあるき】一人歩き・ひとり歩き Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own
発言の一部だけがマスコミに取り上げられて独り歩きした。 Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.
- 歯が浮く【はがうく】歯がうく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to have one's teeth set on edge
- to get loose teeth
- むらむら《群々・叢々・群群・叢叢》ムラムラ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb:
- irresistibly; suddenly - onomatopoeia
~する noun:
- to be turned on; to be horny - colloquialism
「それよりそのカッコ・・・水着！？」「そうよ。イケてるでしょー！？ムラムラする～？」 "Never mind that, what's with that get up ... a swimming suit!?" "That's right. Sexy isn't it? Feeling horny?"
- 学歴社会【がくれきしゃかい】
noun:
- academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records
- 売り惜しむ【うりおしむ】売惜しむ Inflection
godan ~む verb:
- to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell
- 顔に泥を塗る【かおにどろをぬる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame - idiom
- 熱を上げる【ねつをあげる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to)
- 突貫作業【とっかんさぎょう】
noun:
- rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed - four character idiom
突貫作業だったから、サイズが合わないかもしれません。 It was a rush job so it might not be a good fit.
- 身の回りの世話をする【みのまわりのせわをする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
- ケチつける・けちつける Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble ➜ ケチを付ける
- 蛙の面に小便【かえるのつらにしょうべん】
expression:
- like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水
- 立場を取る【たちばをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance
- あれよあれよという間に【あれよあれよというまに】あれよあれよと言う間に
expression:
- while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ
- 次第☆【しだい】
suffix noun:
- depending on
- as soon as; immediately (upon) - often after the -masu stem of a verb
- in accordance with
noun:
- order; program; programme; precedence
- circumstances; course of events; reason
ビアガーデンに客がたくさんいるかどうかは天気次第だ。 Whether or not beer gardens get a lot of customers depends on the weather.
わかった。機械が空きしだい送る。 OK. I'll send it out as soon as a machine is available.
- 傍聴★【ぼうちょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing
時々、政治家の一人がテレビの討論会に出て傍聴者の意見を押さえつけようとする場面をみる。 Sometimes, one of the politicians can be seen trying to keep the audience's opinions under control during televised debates.
- 丸髷【まるまげ・まるわげ】丸曲
noun:
- traditional married woman's hair style, with an oval chignon on top
- men's hairstyle (Edo period)
- ファトワ・ファトワー・ファトゥワ
noun:
- fatwa; legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue - From Arabic "fatwa"
- 玉入れ【たまいれ】
noun:
- ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)
- モンスターペアレント・モンスター・ペアレント
noun:
- over-demanding parent; parent who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parent" ➜ モンペ
- 伝い歩き【つたいあるき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)
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