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芽が出る【めがでるmegaderu】芽がでる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to bud; to sprout; to germinate
  • to have luck on one's side; to get lucky ➜ 目が出る
週休二日制【しゅうきゅうふつかせいshuukyuufutsukasei】週休２日制

expression / noun:

  • five-day workweek system; five-day school-week - sometimes 完全週休２日制
  • having two days off in at least one week of a month
二十一日【にじゅういちにちnijuuichinichi】２１日

noun:

  • twenty-first day of the month
  • twenty-one days
たとう紙【たとうがみtatougami・たとうしtatoushi】畳紙【たとうがみtatougami・たとうしtatoushi・たたんがみtatangami・たたみがみtatamigami】

noun:

  • folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
  • paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】
死に方【しにかたshinikata】

noun:

  • way to die; means of dying
  • quality of one's death
てんでバラバラtendeBARABARA・てんでばらばらtendebarabara・てんでんばらばらtendenbarabara・てんでんバラバラtendenBARABARA・テンデンバラバラTENDENBARABARA・テンデバラバラTENDEBARABARA Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • various; diverse; divergent; disorderly; uncoordinated
  • each according to one's own wishes
思惟【しいshii・しゆいshiyui】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • thought; thinking; contemplation; consideration - esp. しい
  • using wisdom to get to the bottom of things; focusing one's mind; deep contemplation; concentrated thought; deliberating; pondering; reflecting - esp. しゆい - Buddhism term
生涯★【しょうがいshougai】

noun:

  • life; lifetime; career

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

彼のkareno政治家seijikaとしてtoshiteのno生涯shougaiはha終わったowatta。 His political career has ended.

世に出る【よにでるyonideru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to become famous
  • to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear; to be published
お膳立て【おぜんだてozendate】御膳立て Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • setting the table; laying the table
  • setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference; setting the stage - idiom

これkoreはha、すでにsudeni教科書kyoukashoにni書かれているkakareteiru結果kekkaがga得られるerareruようにyouniお膳立てozendateをwoするsuruというものtoiumonoだったdatta。 This was to arrange things so that I obtained the result already written in the textbooks.

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おぼれるoboreru☆《溺れる》 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
  • to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

彼女kanojoはha自分jibunのno子供達kodomotachiがga溺れるoboreruのnoをwo、救ったsukutta。 She saved her children from drowning.

酒sakeにniおぼれるoboreruなna。 Don't indulge yourself too much in drinking.

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独自★【どくじdokuji】 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • original; unique; distinctive; characteristic; peculiar
  • independent; one's own; personal

彼kareはha独自dokujiでde自分jibunのno家を建てたiewotateta。 He built the house for himself.

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生理☆【せいりseiri】

noun / ~の noun:

  • physiology
  • menstruation; one's period; menses ➜ 月経

生理seiriがga来てませんkitemasen。 My period hasn't come.

泥沼☆【どろぬまdoronuma・でいしょうdeishou】ドロ沼【ドロぬまDOROnuma】

noun:

  • bog; marsh; swamp; quagmire; morass
  • quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio ［どろぬま・ドロぬま］

私たちwatashitachiはha書類shorui事務jimuのno泥沼doronumaにni陥っていたochiitteita。 We were bogged down in a morass of paperwork.

そいつsoitsu☆・そやつsoyatsu《其奴》

pronoun:

やってくるyattekuru☆《やって来る・遣って来る》 Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • to come along; to come around; to turn up
  • to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

来月raigetsuやってくるyattekuru彼のkareno最近のsaikinno映画eigaにni注目chuumokuしshiなさいnasai。 Watch out for his latest movie which comes out next month.

蠱物【まじものmajimono】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • charmed and cursed - archaism ➜ 蠱
  • something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
蠱【まじmaji】

noun:

  • charmed and cursed - archaism ➜ 蠱物
  • something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
闊歩【かっぽkappo】濶歩 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • striding; swaggering; strutting
  • lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

彼kareはha得意げtokuigeなna顔kaoでde繁華hanka街gaiをwo闊歩kappoしshiてteいiたta。 He struts downtown with his proud face.

知行【ちこうchikou】

noun:

  • knowledge and action
  • ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege ➜ 知行【ちぎょう】
じゃんじゃんjanjan

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong - onomatopoeia

adverb:

  • continuously; incessantly; one after another; rapidly; plentifully; freely - onomatopoeia
短打【たんだtanda】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • chopping - Baseball term ➜ 長打

noun:

  • base hit; one-base hit; single - Baseball term ➜ 単打
旧国【きゅうこくkyuukoku】

noun:

  • ancient nation
  • homeland; one's native land; birthplace
靡かせる【なびかせるnabikaseru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to fly; to flutter
  • to win over; to win one's heart; to subdue
用を足す【ようをたすyouwotasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to take care of some business; to go on an errand
  • to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
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