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はばかりながらhabakarinagara

adverb:

  • with all due respect ...; I venture to say ...; Excuse me, but ...
もさることながらmosarukotonagara

expression:

  • one may well say so, but ...; even more than
おおまがときoomagatoki

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tsumaranaimonodesuga

expression:

  • It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language
じひさつjihisatsu

noun:

  • mercy killing (euthanasia performed to end someone's suffering, but without consent) 安楽死
きょうぼうきょうどうせいはんkyouboukyoudouseihan

noun:

  • criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)
まきおびmakiobi

noun:

  • obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body
げたとやきみそgetatoyakimiso

expression:

  • things that look similar but are completely different; geta and grilled miso [literal] - idiom
こいびとみまんkoibitomiman

expression / noun:

  • couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship
こうしゅけいkoushukei

noun:

  • death by hanging; execution by hanging

小羊shouhitsujiwo盗んでnusunde絞首刑koushukeiになるninaruくらいならkurainaraoyahitsujiwo盗んでnusunde絞首刑koushukeiになるninaruほうがましhougamashida As well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb.

いっぽいっぽippoippo

noun:

  • step by step; by degrees - four character idiom
なにがなんでもnaniganandemo

expression / adverb:

  • by all means; by all costs
だいがんdaigan

noun:

  • praying by proxy; applying by proxy
ちっそくしchissokushi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • death by suffocation; death by choking

もちmochiwo食べているtabeteirutokiniのどに詰まらせてnodonitsumarasete窒息死chissokushiするsuru老人roujingaたくさんtakusanいるiru Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.

しょうしゅうshoushuu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • learning by memorization; learning by memorisation
しゃふつしょうどくshafutsushoudoku

noun:

  • sterilization by boiling; sterilisation by boiling

ほ乳瓶honyuubinwo煮沸消毒shafutsushoudokushiなさいnasai Boil the milk bottles.

オリゴとうORIGOtou

noun:

  • oligosaccharide (sugar polymer containing several but not many component simple sugars) - Chemistry term
i

noun:

  • hog (esp. a wild boar, but also including the domesticated pig) - archaism
ゾンビかいしゃZONBIkaisha

expression:

  • zombie businesses (firms that would have failed but for government intervention)
ふほんせんfuhonsen

noun:

  • Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation) 和同開珎
しょうしゃshousha

noun:

  • barracks; cantonment
  • temporary lodging with roof but no walls (esp. for military exercises) - orig. meaning
鹿ばかとてんさいはかみひとえbakatotensaihakamihitoeバカとてんさいはかみひとえBAKAtotensaihakamihitoeバカとてんさいはかみひとえBAKAtotensaihakamihitoe

expression:

  • there's but a fine line between genius and insanity - proverb
アリバイがいしゃARIBAIgaisha

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
さるざけsaruzakeましらざけmashirazake

noun:

  • monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks
ひなんごうごうhinangougou Inflection

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others - four character idiom

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