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- ら抜き【らぬき】
noun:
- 'ra'-removed; the practice of skipping the 'ra' from the 'rareru' verb conjugation - abbreviation ➜ ら抜き言葉
ら抜き言葉って知っている？けっこう間違った言葉を使う生徒が多いみたい。 You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.
- 越年☆【えつねん・おつねん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- seeing the old year out; greeting the New Year; passing the winter; hibernation
- 国中【くにじゅう・こくじゅう・こくちゅう】国じゅう【くにじゅう・こくじゅう】
noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:
- all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
加盟国中数カ国は、Ｇ７の協定に従うことにあいまいな態度を見せています。 Some member countries have been lax in abiding by G-7 agreements.
- 東夷西戎【とういせいじゅう】
noun:
- barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom
- 七珍万宝【しっちんまんぽう】
noun:
- the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world - four character idiom
- 一山越す【ひとやまこす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work
- 論より証拠【ろんよりしょうこ】
expression:
- the proof of the pudding is in the eating; evidence is better than debate [literal]
- 龍天に登る【りゅうてんにのぼる】りゅう天に登る
expression:
- rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)
- 塞翁が馬【さいおうがうま】
expression:
- the future is unpredictable; unscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate - proverb ➜ 人間万事塞翁が馬
- 狐の子は頬白【きつねのこはつらじろ】
expression:
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term
- さすが☆《流石ateji・遉・有繋》 Inflection
adjectival noun / adverb / ~の noun:
- as one would expect
- still; all the same
- even... (e.g. "even a genius...") - as さすがの〜も
さすが、お嬢様。自由奔放な生活をしていたわけじゃないんだ。 Just what you'd expect of a young lady, you certainly weren't left to live as you pleased.
- 開園☆【かいえん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- opening, either for the day or a "grand opening" (e.g. theme park, botanical garden etc.) - used for ~園 Antonym: 閉園
- 一世一代【いっせいちだい・いっせいいちだいirr.】
noun / ~の noun:
- once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom
- 練り糸【ねりいと】練糸
noun:
- glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)
- 政治主導【せいじしゅどう】
noun / ~の noun:
- initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom
- 涙箸【なみだばし】
noun:
- dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 銭【ぜに】
noun:
- round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
- coin made of non-precious materials
- money
銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。 Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
彼のビジネスプランは立派だけど、勘定あって銭足らず、という気もするけどね。 His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.
- 散楽【さんがく】
noun:
- form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽
- ハギス
noun:
- haggis (traditional Scottish dish made from a sheep's offal cooked in the animal's stomach)
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