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護衛を付ける【ごえいをつけるgoeiwotsukeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to provide (a person) with a bodyguard
畑仕事【はたしごとhatashigoto・はたけしごとhatakeshigoto】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • working in the fields; working on a farm
なりかかるnarikakaru《成り掛かる・成り掛る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb:

足が地に着かない【あしがちにつかないashigachinitsukanai】足が地に付かない・足が地につかない

expression:

  • losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom
矢車【やぐるまyaguruma】

noun:

  • arrow wheel (decorative windmill on the pole on which carp streamers are raised) ➜ 鯉幟
羅漢回し【らかんまわしrakanmawashi】

noun:

  • game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture
天涯孤独【てんがいこどくtengaikodoku】

noun:

  • a person without a single relative - four character idiom
後を慕って【あとをしたってatowoshitatte】

expression:

  • following (a person to a place)
顔を貸す【かおをかすkaowokasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to grant a person a moment
五右衛門風呂【ごえもんぶろgoemonburo】

noun:

  • bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)
交附【こうふkoufu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • delivery; grant; handing (a ticket) to (a person)
布団蒸し【ふとんむしfutonmushi】蒲団蒸し・布団蒸

noun:

  • burying a person under a futon
狐を落とす【きつねをおとすkitsunewootosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to exorcise a fox spirit (from a person)
問いを掛ける【といをかけるtoiwokakeru】問いをかける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to ask a question of (a person)
詰め開き【つめひらきtsumehiraki・つめびらきtsumebiraki】詰開き

noun / ~の noun:

  • bargaining; negotiation
  • turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
  • sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach
鶏口となるも牛後となる勿れ【けいこうとなるもぎゅうごとなるなかれkeikoutonarumogyuugotonarunakare】鶏口となるも牛後となるなかれ

expression:

  • better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb
せり出す【せりだすseridasu】迫り出す・迫出す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude
  • to rise out the trap door (on stage)
JLPTN4
はずhazu☆《筈・弭》

noun:

  • expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be
  • nock (of a bow)
  • nock (of an arrow)
  • nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) - Sumo term ➜ はず押し【はずおし】
  • wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

そのsono飛行機hikoukiはha今ごろimagoroはha関西kansai空港kuukouにni当然touzen着いているtsuiteiruはずhazuだda。 The plane should have arrived at Kansai Airport by now.

話hanashiをwo聞いたkiitaのnoだdaからkara興味kyoumiがgaあるaru筈hazuだda。 He listened to my pitch, so he must be interested.

方針を固める【ほうしんをかためるhoushinwokatameru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to agree on the principle; to firmly establish a policy
推挙☆【すいきょsuikyo】吹挙old Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

バリーBARII・テイラーTEIRAAのno名naがga議長gichou職shokuにni推挙suikyoされているsareteiru。 Barry Taylor's name has been put forward for the post of chairman.

登仙【とうせんtousen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • becoming a saint; death of a high-ranking person
一人物☆【いちじんぶつichijinbutsu】

noun:

  • person to be reckoned with; person of importance
  • one person; one character; someone

一人物ichijinbutsuとto馬丁bateiがga騎馬kibaでde一月ichigatsu一日nichiにni牛ushi小屋koyaにni至itariたりtariましmashiたta。 だからdakara数奇屋sukiyaのnoなかnakaでde、可塑kaso物butsuのno大口ooguchiがga一つhitotsuだけdakeありariますmasu。 One important person and the stable boy arrived to the cow cabin the first of January. Therefore, there is only one plastic bowl left at the tea ceremony arbor.

JLPTN3
博士★【はかせhakase】

noun:

  • expert; learned person
  • doctor; PhD; Dr. - colloquialism ➜ 博士【はくし】
  • instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period)
  • pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 墨譜

１９７２年nenにni、フランシーヌ・パターソン,FURANSHIINU/PATAASON博士hakaseはhaココKOKOにni手話shuwaをwo教えoshie始めたhajimeta。 In 1972, Dr. Francine Patterson started to teach sign language to Koko.

理学部rigakubuをwo卒業sotsugyouしshiたta学生gakuseiのnoほとんどhotondoがga修士shuushi課程kateiにni進みsusumi、そのsonoほぼhobo半数hansuuがga博士hakase課程kateiにni進むsusumu。 Most graduates of the Department of Science proceed to a master's program, and roughly half of those continue on to their PhD.

取っ付く【とっつくtottsuku】取っつく・取付くirr. Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
  • to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
  • to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
  • to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)
被葬者【ひそうしゃhisousha】

noun:

  • the entombed; the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)
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