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- 花盛り☆【はなざかり】花ざかり
noun / ~の noun:
- flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
- the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
- booming or peaking (in popularity)
- 立てる☆【たてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to stand up; to put up; to set up; to erect; to raise - also written as 起てる
- to thrust into; to bury into; to dig into
- to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.); to cause
- to make; to establish; to set up; to develop; to formulate
- to put up (a political candidate); to make (one's leader)
- to treat with respect; to give (someone) their due; to make (someone) look good; to avoid embarrassing (someone)
- to sharpen; to make clear
- to shut; to close ➜ 閉てる
- to make tea (matcha); to perform the tea ceremony ➜ 点てる
- to divide by
suffix / ichidan verb:
- to do ... vigorously - after the -masu stem of a verb
彼は怒るとよく大声をたてる。 He is liable to shout when angry.
失敗した!もっと、余裕をもって計画たてるべきだった。 I choked! I should have come up with a proper plan first.
人生とは、他の予定を立てることに忙しくしている時に起こる現象のことだ。 Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- 恩給☆【おんきゅう】
noun / ~の noun:
- pension (esp. public servant's)
noun:
- a lord giving a land holding to a vassal - archaism ➜ 恩地
- 鵬程万里【ほうていばんり】
noun:
- (over) a great distance; (a long journey (flight, voyage)) to (from) a faraway place - four character idiom
- 頭打ち☆【あたまうち・ずうち】
noun:
- reaching a peak; reaching the limit; plateauing; maxing out
離婚率はやがて頭打ちになるでしょう。 Divorce rates might reach a plateau soon.
- 筆を揮う【ふでをふるう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to drive a quill (pen); to wield the writing brush
- 判官贔屓【はんがんびいき・ほうがんびいき】
noun:
- sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog - four character idiom
- 野垂れ死に【のたれじに】のたれ死に Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- dying by the roadside; dying a dog's death - sensitive
世捨て人となり仙人のように山中をさまよい自給自足で誰とも接触せず野垂れ死にをしない方法とは絶対ある。 There is definitely a way to quit the world and live like an hermit in the mountains, being self-sufficient and without contact with anybody while not dying like a dog.
- 艶然【えんぜん】嫣然 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious
- 力水を付ける【ちからみずをつける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to take and spit the water prior to a bout - Sumo term
- うんともすんとも
expression / adverb:
- without (uttering) a single word; without (giving) even the slightest response
- 腰を折る【こしをおる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to interrupt (a story, etc.) ➜ 話の腰を折る
- to bend at the waist
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