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- モンスターペアレンツ・モンスター・ペアレンツ
noun:
- over-demanding parents; parents who makes selfish and unreasonable demands on behalf of their child - From English "monster parents" ➜ モンスターペアレント
- 常在戦場【じょうざいせんじょう】
noun:
- always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom
- こまぬく《拱く》こまねく《拱く・拱ねくirr.》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to fold (one's) arms
- to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively
- いざる《躄る・膝行る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl
- to shift position (of an object)
- 体よく断る【ていよくことわる】体良く断る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to turn someone down (on some pretext) without offending them; to refuse gracefully; to decline politely
- 唾を付ける【つばをつける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to call dibs; to establish a claim; to spit on something (thus preventing others from taking it) [literal] - idiom
- 家中☆【うちじゅう・かちゅう・いえじゅう】家じゅう【うちじゅう・いえじゅう】
noun:
- whole family; all (members of) the family
- all over the house
- retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain; clan [かちゅう]
家中が力を合わせて麦の刈入れをしました。 The whole family helped harvest the wheat.
皆留守だというのに、不思議なことに家中の電灯がついていた。 Strange to say, all the lights in the house were on, though no one was at home.
- 左四つ☆【ひだりよつ】
noun:
- hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term
- 一寸先は闇【いっすんさきはやみ】
expression:
- no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb
- 急かす☆【せかす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
- 両面作戦【りょうめんさくせん】
noun:
- operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy - four character idiom
- 政倫審【せいりんしん】
noun:
- Deliberative Council on Political Ethics (Diet Committee); ethics committee - abbreviation ➜ 政治倫理審査会【せいじりんりしんさかい】
- 見送る★【みおくる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home)
- to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight
- to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to let a pitch go by (baseball); to watch a batted ball go into the stands
- to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
- to have someone related or close to you die; to bury someone
- to take care of somebody until he dies
- to wait and see; to continue (e.g. in legal contexts)
彼の弟は彼を見送るため駅へ行った。 His brother went to the station to see him off.
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