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- 大禍時【おおまがとき】
expression:
- twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 逢う魔が時
- つまらないものですが《つまらない物ですが・詰まらない物ですが・詰らない物ですが》
expression:
- It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language
- 慈悲殺【じひさつ】
noun:
- mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) ➜ 安楽死
- 共謀共同正犯【きょうぼうきょうどうせいはん】
noun:
- criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)
- 下駄と焼き味噌【げたとやきみそ】
expression:
- things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso [literal] - idiom
- 恋人未満【こいびとみまん】
expression / noun:
- couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship
- 絞首刑☆【こうしゅけい】
noun:
- death by hanging; execution by hanging
小羊を盗んで絞首刑になるくらいなら親羊を盗んで絞首刑になるほうがましだ。 As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.
- 窒息死【ちっそくし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- death by suffocation; death by choking
もちを食べている時にのどに詰まらせて窒息死する老人がたくさんいる。 Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.
- オリゴ糖【オリゴとう】
noun:
- oligosaccharide (sugar polymer containing several but not many component simple sugars) - Chemistry term
- ゾンビ会社【ゾンビかいしゃ】
expression:
- zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)
- 廠舎【しょうしゃ】
noun:
- barracks; cantonment
- temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises) - orig. meaning
- 馬鹿と天才は紙一重【ばかとてんさいはかみひとえ・バカとてんさいはかみひとえ】バカと天才は紙一重【バカとてんさいはかみひとえ】
expression:
- there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb
- アリバイ会社【アリバイがいしゃ】
noun:
- front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls) ➜ ダミー会社
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