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建て前☆・建前★・立て前・立前・点て前【たてまえtatemae】点前【たてまえtatemae・てまえtemae】

noun:

  • face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts) ［建て前・建前・立て前・立前］ Antonym: 本音
  • ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house ［建て前・建前］
  • tea ceremony procedures; tea ceremony etiquette ［立て前・立前・点て前・点前］

少数民族shousuuminzokuやya女性joseiのno雇用koyou促進sokushin政策seisakuとtoはhaいってitteもmo、建前tatemaeにniすぎずsugizu、現状genjouはhaマイノリティーMAINORITEIIがga職shokuにni就けるtsukeruチャンスCHANSUなどnadoほとんどないhotondonai。 Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.

内地☆【ないちnaichi】

noun:

  • within the borders of a country; domestic soil
  • inland area
  • Japan proper, as opposed to its overseas colonies; interior of country; homeland - used during the WWII era
  • (in Hokkaido and Okinawa) the "mainland" parts of Japan (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu)
JLPTN1
映像★【えいぞうeizou】

noun / ~の noun:

  • reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot
  • video; film; footage; clip; video recording
  • image in one's mind; mental picture

「愛aiとto哀しみkanashimiのno果てhate」はha俗受けzokuukeしたshitaけどkedo何といってもnanitoittemo映像eizouのnoきれいなkireina映画eigaだったdatta。 Although it was a popular movie, Out of Africa was more of a coffee-table movie than anything else.

追い打ち☆【おいうちoiuchi】追い撃ち・追い討ち・追打ち・追撃ち・追討ち

noun:

  • attacking a fleeing enemy
  • additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
マス目【マスめMASUme】升目・ます目・桝目・枡目【ますめmasume】

noun:

  • measure
  • square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper)
  • box (e.g. on a form)
高嶺の花【たかねのはなtakanenohana】

expression / noun:

  • goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

そんなsonnaことkotoはha私watashiにはniha高嶺の花takanenohanaですdesu。 That's to me like a flower on lofty heights.

フルスクリーンFURUSUKURIIN・フル・スクリーンFURU/SUKURIIN

noun:

  • full screen (display on computer) - IT term
  • full screen (video release of widescreen movie resized for 4:3 image display)
青線【あおせんaosen】

noun:

  • blue line
  • area around a red-light district where illegal prostitution occurred (marked on police maps by a blue line) (1940s-1956) ➜ 青線地帯
フードテーマパークFUUDOTEEMAPAAKU・フード・テーマ・パークFUUDO/TEEMA/PAAKU

noun:

  • food theme park; indoor park with many restaurants and food shops based on a single theme
JLPTN2
注す☆【さすsasu】点す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

上前【うわまえuwamae】

noun:

  • part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
  • percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】
毫光【ごうこうgoukou】

noun:

  • light that is said to be emitted from some hair or tuft in Buddha's forehead; ray of light from the tuft of white hair (between the eyebrows) - from 白毫相光 - abbreviation
にかけてnikakete☆

expression:

  • till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
  • concerning (an area of expertise)
  • swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
ナンクロNANKURO

noun:

  • number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) - abbreviation ➜ ナンバークロス
歯向かう☆【はむかうhamukau】歯向う☆・刃向かう Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
着艦【ちゃっかんchakkan】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • landing on an aircraft carrier; deck-landing
  • reaching a warship; arrival of a warship (at a port)
裏紙【うらがみuragami】

noun:

  • backing paper; backing sheet
  • paper printed or used on one side; reverse side of such paper
王手をかける【おうてをかけるoutewokakeru】王手を掛ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to check (in chess)
  • to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody) - idiom
行き当たる【ゆきあたるyukiataru・いきあたるikiataru】行き当る・行当たる・行当る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
感情に走る【かんじょうにはしるkanjounihashiru】感情にはしる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / expression:

  • to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional Antonym: 冷静になる
雪の花【ゆきのはなyukinohana】雪の華

noun:

  • snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) ➜ スノードロップ
  • snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower
  • red snow ➜ 赤雪
大恥をかく【おおはじをかくoohajiwokaku】大恥を掻く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face ➜ 大恥
振休【ふりきゅうfurikyuu】

noun:

JLPTN3
さるsaru☆《猿・猨old》サルSARU

noun:

  • monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
  • sly person - derogatory term
  • idiot; hick - derogatory term
  • sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
  • clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
  • bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

何匹hikiかkaのnoサルSARUがga木kiにni登っているnobotteiruのnoをwo見たmita。 I saw some monkeys climbing the tree.

パンPAN君kunはhaパンPANにniバターBATAAをwo塗れるmamireru猿saruですdesu。 Pan is a monkey that can spread butter on bread.

昔mukashi々、インドINDOにni猿saruとto狐kitsuneとto兎usagiがga仲良くnakayoku暮らしkurashiてteおりoriましmashiたta。 Long long ago in India, a monkey, a fox, and a rabbit lived happily together.

ざっくりzakkuri Inflection

adverb / ~する noun:

  • roughly; approximately; loosely - onomatopoeia
  • cutting or breaking apart with vigour - onomatopoeia
  • deeply (cut or split) - onomatopoeia
  • rough (woollens, etc., as adjectival phrase with (to)shita) - onomatopoeia
  • sound of treading on pebbles - onomatopoeia
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