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田楽返し【でんがくがえしdengakugaeshi】

noun:

  • device with axle used to change the backdrop of a (kabuki) play - archaism ➜ 田楽豆腐
  • turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides
乳繰る【ちちくるchichikuru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会・乳繰り合う
駅前留学【えきまえりゅうがくekimaeryuugaku】

noun:

  • attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)
そうはいかないsouhaikanai《そうは行かない》そうはイカないsouhaIKAnai

expression:

  • not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
計略に乗る【けいりゃくにのるkeiryakuninoru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to fall into a trap; to play into another's hands
小柄【こづかkozuka】

noun:

  • knife attached to the sheath of a sword
キャップハンディKYAPPUHANDEI・キャップ・ハンディKYAPPU/HANDEI

noun:

  • empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"
抜き読み【ぬきよみnukiyomi】

noun:

  • skimming a text
ファビョるFUABYOru《火病る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb:

寺務所【じむしょjimusho】

noun:

  • office of a temple
一期一会【いちごいちえichigoichie】

noun:

  • once-in-a-lifetime encounter (hence should be cherished as such) - four character idiom

あの人anohitoとto巡り会えたmeguriaetaのnoはha、一期一会ichigoichieなnaのnoでしょうかdeshouka。 Our meeting like that is probably the kind of thing that only happens once.

避妊薬【ひにんやくhinin'yaku】

noun:

  • a contraceptive
目くじらを立てる【めくじらをたてるmekujirawotateru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to scold over a minor matter
アカルテケAKARUTEKE・アカル・テケAKARU/TEKE

noun:

  • Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan
指の腹【ゆびのはらyubinohara】

expression / noun:

  • ball of a finger; finger cushion; pulp of the finger; pad of the finger
山懐【やまふところyamafutokoro】

noun:

  • heart of a mountain
イ調【イちょうIchou】

noun:

  • key of A - Music term
金魚すくい【きんぎょすくいkingyosukui】金魚掬い

noun:

  • festival game in which participants try to catch goldfish in a shallow paper ladle
訣絶【けつぜつketsuzetsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • breaking off a relationship - obscure term ➜ 絶交
息を合わせる【いきをあわせるikiwoawaseru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term
柳の下にいつも泥鰌はいない【やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいないyanaginoshitaniitsumodojouhainai】柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない

expression:

  • a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb
こたつ虫【こたつむしkotatsumushi】炬燵虫

noun:

  • someone who curls up under a kotatsu all winter; kotatsu bug; kotatsu snail - pun on かたつむり - colloquialism ➜ こたつ・こたつむり
神幸祭【しんこうさいshinkousai】

noun:

  • festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体
カクタスペアKAKUTASUPEA・カクタス・ペアKAKUTASU/PEA

noun:

  • fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear
付け落とし【つけおとしtsukeotoshi】付落とし

noun:

  • omission in a bill
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