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灯台下暗し【とうだいもとくらしtoudaimotokurashi】灯台もと暗し

expression:

  • it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb
明徳【めいとくmeitoku】

noun:

  • virtue
  • Meitoku era (of the Northern Court) (1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan) (1392.10.5-1394.7.5)
水切り☆【みずきりmizukiri】水きり Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • straining; draining

noun:

  • drainer; strainer; colander
  • cutwater (on ship); forefoot; drip (on building); flashing; throating; starling (on bridge)
  • stone skipping; skipping rocks; ducks and drakes

noun / ~する noun:

  • snipping the stem of a cut flower without raising it out of water

豆腐toufuはha軽くkaruku重しomoshiをwoしてshite、２０分funほどhodoおいてoite水切りmizukiriするsuru。 Lightly weigh the tofu down, leave it for about 20 minutes then drain.

さしあたってsashiatatte《差し当たって・さし当たって・差しあたって・さし当って・差当って・差当たって》

adverb:

  • for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり
結果的【けっかてきkekkateki】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
ぎりぎりまでgirigirimade・ギリギリまでGIRIGIRImade

expression:

  • until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
形から入る【かたちからはいるkatachikarahairu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial
建武【けんむkenmu】

noun:

  • Kenmu era (of unified Japan) (1334.1.29-1336.2.29); Kenmu era (of the Northern Court) (1336.2.29-1338.8.28)
劈頭第一【へきとうだいいちhekitoudaiichi】

noun:

  • at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom
一点一画もおろそかにしない【いってんいっかくもおろそかにしないitten'ikkakumoorosokanishinai】

expression:

  • always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb
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発明☆【はつめいhatsumei】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • invention

adjectival noun:

  • intelligent; clever ➜ 聡明

noun / ~する noun:

  • being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear - archaism

エジソンEJISONがga電球denkyuuをwo発明hatsumeiしたshita。 Edison invented the light bulb.

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橋渡し☆【はしわたしhashiwatashi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
序盤★【じょばんjoban】

noun:

  • the opening(s) (e.g. in a game of go or chess)
どしどしdoshidoshi☆

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • rapidly; one after the other - onomatopoeia
  • without hesitation; unreservedly; freely - onomatopoeia
  • sound of tramping; stomping - onomatopoeia
渦中☆【かちゅうkachuu】

noun:

  • vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool
  • (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel; turmoil
過言☆【かごんkagon・かげんkagen】

noun:

  • exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much
  • misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe

アウグスティヌスAUGUSUTEINUSUのno思想shisou的teki影響eikyouはhaキリスト教kirisutokyouにniとどまらtodomaraずzu、西洋seiyou思想shisou全体zentaiにni及んoyonでdeいるiruとtoいっiてteもmo過言kagonでdeはhaないnai。 It would not be an exaggeration to say that Augustine's thought had an influence not only on Christianity but on the whole of Western thought.

口上☆【こうじょうkoujou】

noun:

  • vocal message; speech; statement
  • prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
沈着☆【ちんちゃくchinchaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • settling or depositing (at the bottom of something); deposition; pigmentation

noun / adjectival noun:

  • composure; calmness
殉職☆【じゅんしょくjunshoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
三が日☆【さんがにちsanganichi】三箇日

noun:

  • first three days of the New Year (January 1st to 3rd)
荒削り【あらけずりarakezuri】粗削り☆ Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • rough-hewn; incomplete; unrefined; still in the process of being formed
語り草☆【かたりぐさkatarigusa】語り種・語りぐさ

noun:

  • story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
寄り切り☆【よりきりyorikiri】寄切り・寄りきり

noun:

  • driving opponent out of the ring while gripping his belt - Sumo term
置き傘☆【おきがさokigasa】

noun:

  • spare umbrella kept (at work) in the event of a sudden shower

明日ashitaのno夜yoruからkara雨ameだからdakara置き傘okigasaをwoしてshiteいこうikou。 It's supposed to rain tomorrow night, so let's leave our umbrellas until then.

進駐軍☆【しんちゅうぐんshinchuugun】

noun:

  • occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)
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