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手杖【しゅじょうshujou・ちゅうじょうchuujou】

noun:

  • staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
重複立候補【ちょうふくりっこうほchoufukurikkouho】

noun:

  • simultaneously running for a seat in a single-member constituency and a seat in a proportionally representated constituency
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程度★【ていどteido】

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

  • degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately

このkono程度teidoのnoお金okaneじゃja長くnagakuはha持たないmotanaiだろうdarou。 This sum of money won't go far.

留年☆【りゅうねんryuunen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

「じゃja留年ryuunenしなかったらshinakattara付き合ってtsukiatteくれんkurenのno？」「タラレバTARAREBA話banashiってtte好きsukiじゃないjanaiのno」 "So, you'll go out with me if I don't have to repeat a year?" "I don't care for 'what if' stories."

起死回生☆【きしかいせいkishikaisei】

noun / ~の noun:

  • revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization - four character idiom

松井matsui、起死回生kishikaiseiのno逆転gyakuten満塁manruiサヨナラホームランSAYONARAHOOMURAN！ Matsui pulled the Giants back from the brink with a grand slam that gave them a come-from-behind victory.

雁首【がんくびgankubi】がん首

noun:

  • head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
  • neck; head - colloquialism
裏技【うらわざurawaza】

noun:

  • secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
軒灯【けんとうkentou】軒燈old

noun:

  • lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light
戸主権【こしゅけんkoshuken】

noun:

  • rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)
逆光【ぎゃっこうgyakkou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • backlighting; having a light source in front of the camera lens in photography - abbreviation ➜ 逆光線
腰紐【こしひもkoshihimo】

noun:

  • cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
弓取り式【ゆみとりしきyumitorishiki】弓取式

noun:

  • bow-twirling ceremony at the end of a day of sumo wrestling
芸子【げいこgeiko】藝子

noun:

猫の手も借りたい【ねこのてもかりたいnekonotemokaritai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom
風葬【ふうそうfuusou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • burial (disposal of a body) by exposure to the elements; aerial sepulture (burial)
韻尾【いんびinbi】

noun:

  • yunwei (secondary vowel or consonant following the primary vowel of a Chinese character)
襟回り【えりまわりerimawari】

noun:

  • collar; area around the collar
  • counterclockwise (when seated in a circle); anti-clockwise
前ピン【まえピンmaePIN】マエピンMAEPIN

noun:

  • focal point of a lens in front of the subject ➜ ピント
如来蔵【にょらいぞうnyoraizou】

noun:

  • tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term
雨四光【あめしこうameshikou】

noun:

  • (in hanafuda) a collection of the rain and three non-rain light cards ➜ 花札
住人の呼称【じゅうにんのこしょうjuuninnokoshou】

expression / noun:

  • demonym; name used to refer to the residents of a country, region, etc.
への字【へのじhenoji】

noun:

への字に結んだ口【へのじにむすんだくちhenojinimusundakuchi】

expression / noun:

  • mouth shaped like a kana "he" character; mouth turned down at the corners
爪半月【つめはんげつtsumehangetsu】

noun:

  • lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon
検真【けんしんkenshin】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • verification of the authenticity of a document (e.g. by seal or handwriting) - obscure term
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