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からくり人形【からくりにんぎょうkarakuriningyou】絡繰り人形・絡繰人形irr.・機関人形

noun:

  • mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; "person who follows orders blindly" [figurative]
待期者【たいきしゃtaikisha】

noun:

  • deferred pensioner; retired person who is not yet old enough to receive their pension
味のある【あじのあるajinoaru】

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • interesting (person, personality, manner); tasteful; pleasantly different; charming

expression:

  • to have an interest (in something)
上の人【うえのひとuenohito】

expression / noun:

  • superior; boss; higher-up
  • them (as opposed to "us")
  • person above; upstairs neighbour (neighbor)
苦集滅道【くじゅうめつどうkujuumetsudou・くじゅめつどうkujumetsudou・くしゅめつどうkushumetsudou】

noun:

  • Suffering, Source of Suffering Desire, The Cessation of Suffering, The Way Leading to the Cessation of Suffering (The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism) - Buddhism term ➜ 四諦
町中【まちじゅうmachijuu】街中・町じゅう・街じゅう

noun:

  • the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town

いとこitokoはha私watashiをwo町中machinaka案内annaiしてshiteくれたkureta。 My cousin took me around the town.

逆行☆【ぎゃっこうgyakkou・ぎゃくこうgyakukou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; moving in the wrong direction; running counter to (e.g. the laws of nature); running against (e.g. the tide of the times) Antonym: 順行
  • retrogradation; retrogression - Astronomy term
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こもるkomoru☆《籠もる・籠る・篭る・隠る・篭もる》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to seclude oneself; to hide away; to stay inside (one's shell)
  • to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
  • to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be stuffy; to be dense
  • to be muffled (e.g. voice)
  • to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
  • to confine oneself in a temple to pray

老婦人roufujinはha子供たちkodomotachiにni愛情aijouのnoこもったkomotta手teをwo差し伸べたsashinobeta。 The old woman extended a loving hand to the children.

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攻め★【せめseme】

noun:

  • attack; offence; offense
  • dominant partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ タチ・受け

suffix:

履行☆【りこうrikou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

このkono契約keiyakuはha当事者toujisha全部zenbuがga履行rikouすべきsubekiものであるmonodearu。 This agreement is binding on all parties.

ぴしっとpishitto Inflection

adverb:

  • with a crack; with a snap; with a slam - onomatopoeia
  • firmly; sharply; sternly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

  • precisely; properly; neatly; tidily - onomatopoeia
かぶれkabure☆《気触れ》

noun:

  • rash; eruption (in response to a skin irritant)

suffix noun:

  • influence - usu. negative or critical nuance
  • crazy about; having an affectation concerning all things surrounding something (esp. a language, a culture, etc.)
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黒★【くろkuro】

noun:

  • black ➜ 白
  • black go stone
  • guilt; guilty person

２匹hiki犬inuをwo飼っているkatteiruがga、１匹はha白shiroでdeもうmou１匹はha黒kuroだda。 I have two dogs. One is white and the other black.

彼kareはha常にtsuneni黒kuroメガネをかけているMEGANEwokaketeiru。 He always wears dark glasses.

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無口☆【むくちmukuchi】 Inflection

noun:

  • reticence; taciturnity; silent person

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • reticent; taciturn; silent

大きくてookikute、のろくてnorokute、無口mukuchiでしたdeshita。 He was big and slow and silent.

悪玉☆【あくたまakutama・あくだまakudama】

noun:

  • bad character; bad person; villain; baddie
生き仏【いきぼとけikibotoke】

noun:

  • living Buddha; saintly Buddhist monk
  • living person - colloquialism Antonym: ほとけ
手配書【てはいしょtehaisho】

noun:

  • wanted poster; wanted person bulletin; search instructions
荒くれ【あらくれarakure】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • violent; wild; rowdy

noun:

  • rough fellow; rowdy person

農夫noufuはha荒くれarakure馬baにniじっとjitto我慢gamanしたshita。 The farmer was patient with the unruly horse.

自由人【じゆうじんjiyuujin】

noun:

  • free person; free spirit; son of freedom
たった一人【たったひとりtattahitori】たった１人・たった独り

expression / noun:

自意識過剰【じいしきかじょうjiishikikajou】 Inflection

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
デブスDEBUSU

noun:

  • fat and ugly person; overweight and homely - abbreviation - slang - derogatory term ➜ デブ
ロコROKO

noun:

  • person born in Hawaii; resident of Hawaii - From English "loco, local"
声が裏返る【こえがうらがえるkoegauragaeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

七草☆【ななくさnanakusa】七種

noun:

  • the seven spring flowers - abbreviation ➜ 春の七草
  • the seven fall flowers; the seven autumn flowers - abbreviation ➜ 秋の七草
  • the seventh of January; Festival of Seven Herbs - abbreviation ➜ 七草の節句
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