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ちんぎょらくがんchingyorakugan

noun:

  • charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame [literal] - four character idiom
ちんぎょらくがんへいげつしゅうかchingyorakuganheigetsushuuka

expression / noun:

  • charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky in shame 閉月羞花沈魚落雁
たちならぶtachinarabu Inflection

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line - 建ち並ぶ refers to buildings
  • to be equal to; to be on a par with 立ち並ぶ・立並ぶ

その通りsonotoorini立ち並ぶtachinarabu木々kigihaharuni美しいutsukushiihanawo咲かせますsakasemasu The trees that line the street have lovely blossoms in spring.

ひともしhitomoshi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp

noun:

  • person who leads a funeral procession with a torch
きんせきぶんkinsekibun

noun:

  • epigraph on a stone monument; ancient inscriptions on monuments
じゃんじゃかjanjaka

adverb:

  • noisily (playing a musical instrument) - onomatopoeia
  • doing something on and on - onomatopoeia
ゆだてyudateゆだちyudachiirr.ゆだてyudateゆだちyudachi

noun:

  • Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health) 巫女【みこ】
ブイエスオーピーBUIESUOOPIIブイ・エス・オー・ピーBUI/ESU/OO/PII

noun:

ろうrou

noun:

  • offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
  • twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
  • year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)
ケーワイKEEWAIケイーワイKEIIWAIケイワイKEIWAI

noun:

  • being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation - from the initials of 空気(が)読めない - abbreviation 空気が読めない
てんきんぞくtenkinzoku

noun:

  • person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job
みんぽうじょうのみぶんminpoujounomibun

noun:

  • civil status; status (of a person) under the Civil Code
うえue

noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

  • above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter)
  • top; summit
  • surface; on
  • before; previous
  • superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder)
  • on top of that; besides; what's more
  • upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after)
  • matters concerning...; as concerns ...
  • since (i.e. "for that reason") - as ...上は

suffix noun:

  • suffix indicating higher social standing - honorific language 父上
  • place of one's superior (i.e. the throne) - archaism
  • emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo - archaism
  • noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman) - archaism

osekino上のuenotananonakani入ってhaitteおりますorimasu It's in the overhead compartment.

このkono踏台fumidaiwo使えばtsukaebaクローゼットKUROOZETTOnoueni手が届くtegatodokuyo If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.

tsukuenoueniペンPENgahonありますarimasuka Are there any pens on the desk?

寒かったsamukattaうえuenikazega強かったtsuyokatta It was cold, and, in addition, it was windy.

彼らkareraha合意gouinouede敏速なbinsokuna行動koudouwoとったtotta They acted immediately by agreement.

たべのこしtabenokoshi

noun:

  • leftover food (esp. on one's plate at the end of a meal)
なかおちnakaochi

noun:

  • left-over flesh on the spine of a fish (esp. tuna) or beef - Food term
きょうみさくぜんkyoumisakuzen Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom
サスツルギSASUTSURUGI

noun:

  • sastrugi; parallel wave-like ridges formed on a snow surface by the wind
ひょうしhyoushi Inflection

noun:

  • cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding

noun / ~する noun:

  • appearing on the cover of a magazine

karehatewo伸ばしてnobashite小さなchiisanakawa表紙hyoushinohonwoとったtotta He reached out and took down a small leather bound book.

かわながれkawanagare

noun:

  • being carried away by a current
  • drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river
  • cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise

河童kappano川流れkawanagare The best swimmers are oftenest drowned.

やりてyariteirr.

noun:

そのsono弁護士bengoshiha大変なtaihennaやり手yariteなのでnanode依頼人iraijinga多いooi Because of his great professional skill, the lawyer has a large number of clients.

kareha実業家jitsugyoukaとしてはtoshitehaやり手yariteda He's an acute businessman.

あれareaobs.

noun:

  • that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) 何れ此れ其れ
  • that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
  • over there - archaism
  • down there (i.e. one's genitals) あれ - colloquialism
  • period; menses あれ - colloquialism

interjection:

  • hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?

noun:

  • that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)

あれaregaこのkonomachino大通りoodoorida That is the main street of this city.

あれareならnara絶対zettai大丈夫daijoubu Yeah, she must be the sure thing!

あれarenaniだろdaroパフォーマンスPAFUOOMANSUでもdemoやってるyatterunoka Hello, what's that? Somebody doing street theatre or something?

さずsazu

noun:

  • plan which is shown on the left; left-most plan; map on the left (chart, graph) 右図
であいがしらdeaigashirairr.irr.

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet

わたしwatashigamaewoよくyoku見てなかったmitenakattaからkara出会い頭deaigashiraniぶつかっbutsukaちゃってchatte小川ogawaくんkunha悪くないwarukunaiwa Because I wasn't looking where I was going, I bumped into him when we passed. It wasn't his fault.

ふきのきゃくfukinokyaku

noun:

  • deceased person; traveler on one's last journey (traveller)
いざりizari

noun:

  • crawling on the ground; shuffling on one's knees
  • cripple - sensitive

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