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- ぎりぎり☆《限り限り》ギリギリ Inflection
adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:
- just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment - onomatopoeia
- 唖【おし・あ・おうしobs.】
noun:
- muteness; speech impairment
- mute; deaf-mute [おし・おうし] - sensitive
二人の職場へ、一人の少女が黙々として近づいて来た。 黙々として――といったのは、実は、その少女は唖なのだ。 A girl quietly approached the pair's workplace. The girl did so quietly — though to be accurate, she was a mute.
- まさか☆《真逆》
interjection:
- by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)
noun / ~の noun:
- something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時
noun:
- currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism
adverb / ~の noun:
- indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に
まさかもう彼が来たのではないでしょうね。 He hasn't come already, has he?
仮性近視というのは知ってましたが、まさか自分の子供が仮性近視になるなんて思ってませんでした。 I've heard of pseudomyopia, but I never thought my own child would come to have it.
- すれすれ☆《擦れ擦れ》 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
- barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin
- 何をかいわんや【なにをかいわんや】何をか言わんや
expression:
- what more can one say?; utterly at a loss for words (because of disbelief or disgust)
- 豊作飢饉【ほうさくききん】
noun:
- impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom
- 豊作貧乏【ほうさくびんぼう】
noun:
- impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests - four character idiom
- 終わり良ければすべて良し【おわりよければすべてよし】終わりよければすべてよし・終わりよければ全てよし・終わり良ければ全て良し・終わりよければすべて良し・終わり良ければ総て良し
expression:
- all is well that ends well; it will all come good in the end - proverb
noun:
- All's Well That Ends Well (play by Shakespeare)
- やや☆《稍・漸》
adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while
- 意気投合☆【いきとうごう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding - four character idiom
- 労する【ろうする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
- to work; to labor; to labour
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to put to work; to make (someone) work
- 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】
noun:
- one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term
- 辺張【ペンチャン】
noun:
- one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】
- どう考えても【どうかんがえても】
expression:
- surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
- うぐいす張り【うぐいすばり】鶯張り・鴬張り
noun:
- nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)
- 大漁貧乏【たいりょうびんぼう】
noun:
- impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom
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