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中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金【ちゅうりゅうにふねをうしなえばいっこもせんきんchuuryuunifunewoushinaebaikkomosenkin】中流に船を失えば一壺も千金

expression:

  • any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb
決め手★【きめてkimete】極め手

noun:

医療費iryouhi・年金nenkin給付kyuufuのno抑制yokusei策sakuのno決め手kimeteはhaないnaiとtoいえようieyou。 We can say that there's not a clear winner in terms of a policy to curtail medical expenses and benefits.

弟子★【でしdeshi・ていしteishi】

noun / ~の noun:

  • pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper

イエスIESUもmo、またmata弟子deshiたちtachiもmo、そのsono婚礼konreiにni招かれたmanekareta。 And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.

凄腕【すごうでsugoude】すご腕

noun / ~の noun:

  • remarkable ability; mastery; brilliant technique

noun:

  • go-getter; resourceful person; wizard; virtuoso

とってもtottemoいいii会社kaishaですdesuよyo。社長shachouはha凄腕sugoudeだdaしshi、社員shainはhaみんなminna一生懸命isshoukenmeiだdaよyo。 It's a very good company! The president is a real go-getter and the workers all put in their best.

げじげじgejigeji・げじgeji《蚰蜒》ゲジゲジGEJIGEJI・ゲジGEJI

noun:

  • house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)
  • contemptible person; skunk; wretch; louse ［げじげじ・ゲジゲジ］
運動家【うんどうかundouka】

noun:

  • activist; campaigner; crusader (e.g. for women's rights) ➜ 活動家
  • athlete; sporty person
ポコペンPOKOPEN《不コ本》

interjection:

  • impossible; futile - From Chinese "bugouben"

noun:

  • type of children's game
  • Chinese person; Chink - derogatory term - obsolete term
気楽トンボ【きらくトンボkirakuTONBO】気楽蜻蛉・気楽とんぼ【きらくとんぼkirakutonbo】

noun:

  • happy-go-lucky fellow; easygoing and indifferent person; pococurante ➜ 極楽蜻蛉
懲りない奴【こりないやつkorinaiyatsu】懲りないやつ

expression:

  • person (generally male) who won't learn their lesson; persistent jerk
銀流し【ぎんながしginnagashi】

noun:

  • silvering; silvered item
  • person who is all style and no substance; poser
脳筋【のうきんnoukin】

noun:

  • muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking - slang
ネームロンダリングNEEMURONDARINGU

noun:

  • person who repeatedly changes their name through adult adoptions or sham marriages - derogatory term - From English "name laundering"
下緒【さげおsageo】下げ緒

noun:

  • cord for attaching a sword scabbard tightly to the obi; sword strap; sword knot ➜ 鞘
埋ける【いけるikeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to bury something in the ground
  • to cover coals with ash; to bank a fire
会党【かいとうkaitou】

noun:

  • any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)
ビビビッBIBIBI Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • the 'be-be-be' sound of a detector going off
  • clicking with someone; being compatible
維那【いなina・いのino】

noun:

  • one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事
鳶が鷹を生む【とんびがたかをうむtonbigatakawoumu・とびがたかをうむtobigatakawoumu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to have a talented child despite being untalented oneself; a kite gives birth to a hawk [literal] - idiom
降り口【おりぐちoriguchi・おりくちorikuchi】下り口

noun:

  • top of a flight of stairs; exit involving a descent (e.g. from a bus)
形骸化【けいがいかkeigaika】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • becoming a mere shell; becoming a dead letter; losing (one's) substance; being reduced to a formality
当たりを取る【あたりをとるatariwotoru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to make a hit; to have a great success (e.g. in business, with a play, etc.)
押し波【おしなみoshinami】押波

noun:

  • leading wave (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave crest reaches land before a trough) ➜ 引き波
ムントテラピーMUNTOTERAPII・ムント・テラピーMUNTO/TERAPII

noun:

  • briefing a patient about a disease; treating a patient by talking to them - From German "Mundtherapie"
試合終了【しあいしゅうりょうshiaishuuryou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • the end of the match; the end of the game

あきらめたらakirametara、そこsokoでde試合終了shiaishuuryouですdesuよyo。 If you give up, that's the end of the match.

志士☆【ししshishi】

noun:

  • imperial loyalist samurai of the Bakumatsu-era
  • patriots; idealists willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation
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