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終わりを告げる【おわりをつげるowariwotsugeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to mark the end; to spell the end
暦道【れきどうrekidou】

noun:

  • study of the calendar; way of the calendar - archaism ➜ 暦学
暑気払い【しょきばらいshokibarai】

noun:

  • avoiding the summer heat; beating the summer heat
年が明ける【としがあけるtoshigaakeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • the New Year begins; the New Year starts
年が改まる【としがあらたまるtoshigaaratamaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • the New Year begins; the New Year starts
新年になる【しんねんになるshinnenninaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • the New Year begins; the New Year starts
皇位継承者【こういけいしょうしゃkouikeishousha】

noun:

  • heir to the throne; successor to the throne
浜手【はまてhamate】

noun / ~の noun:

  • place near the beach; place near the shore
磯臭い【いそくさいisokusai】 Inflection

adjective:

  • smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
平均への回帰【へいきんへのかいきheikinhenokaiki】

expression / noun:

  • regression toward the mean; regression to the mean - Mathematics term
夜の底【よるのそこyorunosoko】

expression / noun:

  • dark of the night; darkness of the night
用が足りる【ようがたりるyougatariru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to do the job; to do the business
舌の根【したのねshitanone】

expression / noun:

だとすればdatosureba

expression:

  • if that's the case; that being the case ➜ だと
国家機関【こっかきかんkokkakikan】

noun:

  • organs of the state; machinery of the state
将来の夢【しょうらいのゆめshourainoyume】

expression / noun:

  • dream for the future; hopes for the future
法の下の平等【ほうのもとのびょうどうhounomotonobyoudou】

expression / noun:

  • equality before the law; equality under the law
一人舞台【ひとりぶたいhitoributai】独り舞台

noun:

  • performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom
八苦【はっくhakku】

noun:

  • the eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha) - Buddhism term
並び大名【ならびだいみょうnarabidaimyou】

noun:

  • someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
  • actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名
地雷★【じらいjirai】

noun:

  • land mine; "booby trap" [figurative]
  • topic that sets one off (esp. based on previous experience); sensitive topic; taboo topic - colloquialism

彼kareはha地雷jiraiのno上ueをwo運転untenしてshite、彼のkarenoジープJIIPUはha爆裂bakuretsuしたshita。 He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.

どっこいdokkoi

interjection:

  • heigh-hoh; heave-ho
  • hold on!; just a minute
  • used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm
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目指す☆【めざすmezasu】目差す・目ざす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to aim at; to have an eye on
  • to go toward; to head for

教育kyouikuはhaテストTESUTOにni合格goukakuするsuruことkotoをwo目指すmezasuべきbekiでないdenai。 Education shouldn't be aimed at passing a test.

アメリカ人AMERIKAjinはhaみんなminna、成功seikouのno機会kikaiのnoあるaru北部hokubuをwo目指しているmezashiteiru。 Americans are all heading north to the land of opportunity.

ある時【あるときarutoki】或る時

expression:

  • once (e.g. "once, when I was studying .."); on one occasion; at one point
ケチをつけるKECHIwotsukeru《ケチを付ける》けちをつけるkechiwotsukeru《けちを付ける》 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble
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