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おおぶろしきooburoshiki

noun:

  • large furoshiki - four character idiom
  • big talk; vain boasting or bluster; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade
たんさいぼうtansaibouold

noun / ~の noun:

  • single cell
  • simple-minded person; one-track-minded person - colloquialism

時々tokidoki皆さんminasanha単細胞tansaibouda Sometimes, everyone is simple minded.

ふどうしんfudoushin

noun:

  • imperturbability; steadfastness
  • cool head in an emergency; keeping one's calm (e.g. during a fight) - Martial Arts term
とざまtozama

noun:

  • outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo - abbreviation 外様大名
  • outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
からぶりさんしんkaraburisanshin Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • strikeout - Baseball term 三振

noun:

  • (several) vain attempts; failing despite giving one's best - idiom
オリジナルORIJINARU

~の noun / noun:

  • original
  • unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive; one-of-a-kind; custom
よごれるyogoreru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

このkono部屋heyano空気kuukiha汚れているyogoreteiru The air in this room is foul.

やっとyatto

adverb:

  • at last; at length - onomatopoeia
  • barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth - onomatopoeia
なんとかnantoka

expression:

  • something; something or other; so-and-so

adverb:

  • somehow; anyhow; one way or another

kizuからkara流れるnagareruchiwoなんとかnantokashiなさいnasai Do something about the flow of blood from the wound.

なんとかnantokaそのsono機械kikaiwo動かしたugokashita He managed to run the machine.

くんkunくにkuniobs.

noun:

noun / suffix:

ひっくりかえるhikkurikaeru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize
  • to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back

彼女kanojohamunenonakade心臓shinzougaひっくり返るhikkurikaeru思いomoiだったdatta She felt her heart turn over in her chest.

するsuru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to file; to frost (glass)
  • to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
いきどまりikidomariゆきどまりyukidomari

noun:

  • dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
  • end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

そのsonomichiha行き止まりyukidomariだったdatta The road came to a dead end.

atejiたんのうtannou Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

noun / ~する noun:

  • enjoying; satisfaction; satiation; having one's fill (of)

彼女kanojohaフランス語furansugoga堪能kannouda She is proficient in French.

ファン・ドーゲンFUAN/DOOGENno展覧会tenrankaiwo十分juubun堪能tannouしてshiteきたkitayo I thoroughly enjoyed myself at the Van Dorgen Exhibition.

たいじtaiji Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • confrontation; standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings)
  • squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against; holding one's own with

ryougunha対峙taijishiteむなしくmunashikuhiwo送るokuruばかりbakariでしdeshita Both armies were placed one in front of the other and spent their days doing nothing.

いいきるiikiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to declare; to assert; to state definitively
  • to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
せいりてきseiriteki Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • physiological; physical
  • visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
せいりけんseiriken

noun:

  • numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
  • zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

最悪saiaku・・・入場制限nyuujouseigenwo設けるmoukeruしかshikaないnaiでしょうdeshou整理券seirikenno配布haifuとかtokade What a mess...I suppose there's nothing for it but restricting admissions. Handing out numbered tickets or something.

よごるyogoru

lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

プレイヤードPUREIYAADO

noun:

  • baby's play pen; play yard
  • Pleiad; La Pléiade; one of a group of seven 16th century French poets - From French
たりないtarinai Inflection

adjective:

  • insufficient; not enough; lacking Antonym: 足りる
  • dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load
しきりなおしshikirinaoshi

noun:

  • getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
  • starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
どストライクdoSUTORAIKUドストライクDOSUTORAIKU Inflection

noun:

adjectival noun:

  • perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it - colloquialism
けんかんkenkan

noun:

  • powerful official; powerful office; influential position
  • holding of concurrent (official) posts; concurrent post; one's second post 兼官
ねぐらnegurairr.

noun:

  • roost; nest
  • pad; crib; one's home - colloquialism

鹿shikaha木の葉konohanoねぐらnegurade眠ったnemutta The deer slept on a bed of leaves.

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