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城下町☆【じょうかまちjoukamachi】

noun:

  • castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord

彼kareはha農夫noufuにni身をやつしてmiwoyatsushite城下町joukamachiにni潜入sennyuuしたshita。 Disguising himself as a peasant, he crept into the castle town.

通奏【つうそうtsuusou】

noun:

  • playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)
子葉【しようshiyou】

noun:

  • cotyledon; seed leaf (i.e. the first leaves to emerge when a seed sprouts)
鏑矢【かぶらやkaburaya】

noun:

  • arrow with a whistle attached; whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle ➜ 嚆矢
活動写真【かつどうしゃしんkatsudoushashin】

noun:

  • moving picture (i.e. a movie; term esp. used during the silent movie period) - obsolete term
釘隠【くぎかくしkugikakushi】釘隠し

noun:

  • nail hider; nailhead cover; decorative object which conceals the head of a nail - Architecture term
思い合わせる【おもいあわせるomoiawaseru】思い合せる Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
禅師【ぜんじzenji・ぜんしzenshiirr.】

noun:

  • monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court - honorific language
奴国【なのくにnanokuni・なこくnakoku】

noun:

  • Country of Na (a country that existed within Japan during the Yayoi period)
責任を持って果たす【せきにんをもってはたすsekininwomottehatasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner
幽霊部員【ゆうれいぶいんyuureibuin】

noun:

  • member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部
姉【しshi】

suffix:

  • honorific suffix used after the name of a woman of equal or higher status - honorific language
半跏思惟像【はんかしいぞうhankashiizou】

noun:

  • statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩
稼ぐに追いつく貧乏なし【かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしkasegunioitsukubinbounashi】稼ぐに追いつく貧乏無し

expression:

  • poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb
栴檀は双葉より芳し【せんだんはふたばよりかんばしsendanhafutabayorikanbashi】

expression:

  • genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb
稗史【はいしhaishi】

noun:

  • people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官
蛇責め【へびぜめhebizeme】

noun:

  • torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes
まだきmadaki《未だき・未き・夙》

adverb:

  • a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)
台割表【だいわりひょうdaiwarihyou】台割り表

noun:

  • draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)
呱々の声をあげる【ここのこえをあげるkokonokoewoageru】呱々の声を上げる・呱呱の声をあげる・呱呱の声を上げる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be born (of a baby); to come into the world
奥女中【おくじょちゅうokujochuu】

noun:

  • woman in waiting in the inner part of a lord's mansion (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 御殿女中
ちらりズムchirariZUMU

noun:

  • the art of giving a brief glimpse of something (e.g. one's underwear)
切戸口【きりどぐちkiridoguchi】切り戸口

noun:

  • small wooden door at the rear of a noh stage
  • small garden gate ➜ 小門
当然のこと【とうぜんのことtouzennokoto】当然の事

expression:

  • a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
泥田【どろたdorota】

noun:

  • rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
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