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- 沈魚落雁【ちんぎょらくがん】
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
- 立ち並ぶ☆【たちならぶ】建ち並ぶ・立並ぶ 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]
その通りに立ち並ぶ木々は春に美しい花を咲かせます。 The trees that line the street have lovely blossoms in spring.
- 火点し【ひともし】火ともし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp
noun:
- person who leads a funeral procession with a torch
- じゃんじゃか
adverb:
- noisily (playing a musical instrument) - onomatopoeia
- doing something on and on - onomatopoeia
- 湯立て【ゆだて】湯立ち【ゆだち】湯立irr.【ゆだて・ゆだち】
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】
- VSOP【ブイエスオーピー・ブイ・エス・オー・ピー】
noun:
- very superior old pale (cognac); VSOP
- one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern" ➜ ワンパターン
- VLBI Space Observatory Programme; Very Long Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme ➜ 超長距離干渉計【ちょうちょうきょりかんしょうけい】
- 臘【ろう】
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) ➜ 臈
- KY【ケーワイ・ケイーワイ・ケイワイ】
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
- 転勤族【てんきんぞく】
noun:
- person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job
- 上☆【うえ】
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
お席の上の棚の中に入っております。 It's in the overhead compartment.
この踏台を使えばクローゼットの上に手が届くよ。 If you stand on this stool, you can reach the top of the closet.
机の上にペンが何本ありますか。 Are there any pens on the desk?
寒かったうえに、風が強かった。 It was cold, and, in addition, it was windy.
- 興味索然【きょうみさくぜん】 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of); throwing a wet blanket (on) - four character idiom
- 表紙★【ひょうし】 Inflection
noun:
- cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding
noun / ~する noun:
- appearing on the cover of a magazine
彼は手を伸ばして小さな皮表紙の本をとった。 He reached out and took down a small leather bound book.
- 川流れ☆【かわながれ】
noun:
- being carried away by a current
- drowning in a river; person who drowned in a river
- cancellation; standing up; breaking a promise
- やり手【やりて】遣り手・遣手irr.
noun:
- skilled person; capable person; shrewd person; go-getter; hotshot
- doer; performer; agent
- giver; bestower
- brothel madam ➜ 遣り手婆【やりてばば】
その弁護士は大変なやり手なので依頼人が多い。 Because of his great professional skill, the lawyer has a large number of clients.
- あれ☆・あobs.《彼》
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)
あれがこの町の大通りだ。 That is the main street of this city.
あれなら絶対大丈夫! Yeah, she must be the sure thing!
あれ?何だろ?パフォーマンスでもやってるのか? Hello, what's that? Somebody doing street theatre or something?
- 出合い頭☆【であいがしら】出会い頭・出合頭irr.・出会頭irr.
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet
わたしが前をよく見てなかったから、出会い頭にぶつかっちゃって。小川くんは悪くないわ。 Because I wasn't looking where I was going, I bumped into him when we passed. It wasn't his fault.
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