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時とともに【ときとともにtokitotomoni】時と共に

expression / adverb:

  • as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
雷が落ちる【かみなりがおちるkaminarigaochiru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be struck by lightning
  • to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly - idiom
当たらずといえども遠からず【あたらずといえどもとおからずatarazutoiedomotookarazu】中らずと雖も遠からず・中らずといえども遠からず

expression:

  • not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark
潜脱【せんだつsendatsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • circumvention of the law; evasion of the law (by using legal means to obtain a result normally only obtainable by illegal ones)
聞き分ける【ききわけるkikiwakeru】聞分ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to recognize by sound (recognise); to identify by sound
  • to understand; to be reasonable

小鳥kotoriのno声koeをwo聞き分けるkikiwakeruことが出来ますkotogadekimasuかka。 Can you tell one bird from another by hearing them?

日に日に☆【ひにひにhinihini】

adverb:

  • day by day; by the day
  • daily; every day - archaism

患者kanjaはha日に日にhinihiniよくyokuなってnatteいったitta。 The patient was recovering daily.

刻々☆【こっこくkokkoku・こくこくkokukoku】刻刻

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • moment by moment; hour by hour
日ごとに【ひごとにhigotoni】日毎に

adverb:

  • day by day; every day; by the day
心を動かされる【こころをうごかされるkokorowougokasareru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be moved by; to be touched by
百マス計算【ひゃくマスけいさんhyakuMASUkeisan】百ます計算【ひゃくますけいさんhyakumasukeisan】

noun:

  • method of learning through repetition conceived by Kageyama Hideo, which involves multiplying and other calculations carried out on a 10-by-10 grid of numbers
いられるirareru《居られる》 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • can be; can exist; can stay ➜ 居る【いる】・居る【いる】
  • cannot help but ... - after a verb in negative form as 〜ずにはいられない、〜ないではいられない, etc.
畑水練【はたけすいれんhatakesuiren】

noun:

  • useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term
硫化水銀【りゅうかすいぎんryuukasuigin】

noun:

  • mercury sulfide (esp. mercuric sulfide, HgS, but also mercurous sulfide, Hg2S) (sulphide)
玩物喪志【がんぶつそうしganbutsusoushi】

noun:

  • forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal - four character idiom
政冷経熱【せいれいけいねつseireikeinetsu】

noun:

  • cold political relations but hot economical relations (often said about China-Japan relations)
掌骨【しょうこつshoukotsu】

noun / ~の noun:

  • bones of the palm (esp. the metacarpals, but sometimes also including the carpals) - obscure term ➜ 中手骨
ダサカッコイイDASAKAKKOII・ださかっこいいdasakakkoii Inflection

~よい adjective:

畳水練【たたみすいれんtatamisuiren】

noun:

  • useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term
畳の上の水練【たたみのうえのすいれんtataminouenosuiren】

noun:

  • useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term

コンピューターKONPYUUTAAのnoマニュアルMANYUARUをwo読むyomuだけdakeでdeはha所詮shosen畳の上の水練tataminouenosuirenだda。 Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.

噛ませ犬【かませいぬkamaseinu】かませ犬

noun:

  • foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning
逢魔が時【おうまがときoumagatoki】逢魔が刻・逢魔時・逢魔ヶ刻・逢魔ヶ時・逢う魔が時・逢う魔が刻・逢う魔ヶ時・逢う魔ヶ刻

expression:

  • twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時
前略☆【ぜんりゃくzenryaku】 Inflection

expression:

  • Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun / ~する noun:

  • omitting the beginning
試し斬り【ためしぎりtameshigiri】試し切り

noun:

  • trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
沐猴にして冠す【もっこうにしてかんすmokkounishitekansu】

expression:

  • to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom
過ちを文る【あやまちをかざるayamachiwokazaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only
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