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場外☆【じょうがいjougai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • outside the hall (or stadium, market, etc.); off the grounds; off the premises; off-track Antonym: 場内

彼kareはha場外jougaiにniボールBOORUをwo飛ばしたtobashita。 He hit the ball out of bounds.

とう利天【とういりてんtouiriten】忉利天

noun:

  • heaven of the thirty-three; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天
四王天【しおうてんshiouten】

noun:

  • heaven of the Four Great Kings; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 四天王・六欲天
称名【しょうみょうshoumyou】唱名 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • intoning the name of the Buddha; chanting the name of the Buddha
亥の子【いのこinoko】

noun:

  • day of the boar in the month of the boar (the 10th month) ➜ 亥の子の祝
JLPTN1
受身☆【うけみukemi】受け身☆ Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • the defensive
  • passive attitude; passivity; passiveness
  • the passive; passive voice - Linguistics term
  • ukemi (the art of falling safely) - Martial Arts term

どうしてdoushiteそんなにsonnani受け身ukemi的tekiなnaのnoかka。仕返しshikaeshiしてshiteはhaどうdouだda。 How can you be so passive? Why don't you retaliate?

公式koushiki問題集mondaishuuにはniha"受け身ukemiのno現在進行形genzaishinkougata"とto説明setsumeiされていますsareteimasu。 In the official question collection it is explained as being "passive voice of the present continuous tense".

うりずんurizun

noun:

  • climate of the third month of the lunar calendar in Okinawa (end of the dry season); early summer
すぽっとsupotto・スポッとSUPOtto

adverb:

  • snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
  • (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia
JLPTN4
迎える☆【むかえるmukaeru】邀える Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to go out to meet
  • to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
  • to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
  • to call for; to summon; to invite
  • to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)

お客さまokyakusamaをwo迎えるmukaeru前maeにはniha、トイレTOIREのno鍵がかかるkagigakakaruかどうかkadoukaもmoしっかりshikkariチェックCHEKKUしてshite。 Before meeting your guests, be sure to carefully check that the toilet door locks.

彼女kanojoはha友人yuujinをwo迎えるmukaeru為にtameni玄関genkanへhe行ったitta。 She went to the door to welcome her friends.

小菊【こぎくkogiku】

noun:

  • small chrysanthemum
  • small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
  • paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term
女人成仏【にょにんじょうぶつnyoninjoubutsu】

noun:

  • a woman becoming a Buddha; a woman entering Nirvana - Buddhism term
どさくさ紛れに【どさくさまぎれにdosakusamagireni】

expression / adverb:

  • in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
衆院予算委員会【しゅういんよさんいいんかいshuuin'yosan'iinkai】

noun:

  • Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会
参院予算委員会【さんいんよさんいいんかいsan'in'yosan'iinkai】

noun:

  • Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) ➜ 予算委員会
参院予算委【さんいんよさんいsan'in'yosan'i】

noun:

  • Budget Committee of the upper house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 参院予算委員会
衆院予算委【しゅういんよさんいshuuin'yosan'i】

noun:

  • Budget Committee of the lower house of the Diet (one half of the yosaniinkai) - abbreviation ➜ 衆院予算委員会
木を見て森を見ず【きをみてもりをみずkiwomitemoriwomizu】

expression:

  • to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb
八宗【はっしゅうhasshuu】

noun:

  • the two sects of Buddhism introduced to Japan during the Heian period (Tiantai and Shingon) and the six sects introduced during the Nara period ➜ 南都六宗
一向☆【いっこうikkou】

adverb:

  • completely; absolutely; totally ➜ 一向に
  • (not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least - in a negative sentence
  • earnestly; intently; determinedly

noun:

身の置き場がない【みのおきばがないminookibaganai】身の置き場が無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

米百俵【こめひゃっぴょうkomehyappyou】

expression:

  • kome hyappyo; (ideal of) enduring pain today for the sake of a better tomorrow; hundred sacks of rice [literal] - idiom
門前雀羅を張る【もんぜんじゃくらをはるmonzenjakurawoharu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

JLPTN3
夫人★【ふじんfujin・ぶにんbuninobs.・はしかしhashikashiobs.】

noun:

  • wife; Mrs; madam ［ふじん・はしかし］ - honorific language
  • wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.) ［ふじん］ - archaism
  • consort of the emperor ［ふじん・ぶにん］ - archaism

ヤングYANGU夫人fujinはha、私watashiがga突然totsuzen訪ねてtazuneteもmo気にしないkinishinaiでしょうdeshou。 Mrs. Young wouldn't mind my dropping in on her unexpectedly.

浮き出す【うきだすukidasu】浮出す Inflection

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

  • to surface; to come to the top
  • to stand out (e.g. against a background)
十死一生【じっしいっしょうjisshiisshou】

noun:

  • narrow escape from the jaws of death - four character idiom
  • there being barely a chance of escaping death
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