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初穂【はつほhatsuho・はつおhatsuo】初穗

noun:

  • first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
  • offering (to the gods)
口下手【くちべたkuchibeta】口べた Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • defective speech; slowness of speech; poor talker; tongue-tied person

彼kareはha口下手kuchibetaでde、お世辞にもosejinimo要領youryouがgaいいiiとはtoha言えませんiemasenがga、それだけsoredakeかえってkaette私watashiはha彼kareがga好きsukiなのですnanodesu。 He may be a poor talker and far from shrewd, but I like him all the better for that.

生け捕り【いけどりikedori】生け擒・生擒irr.

noun:

  • capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

そのsono動物doubutsuをwo生け捕りikedoriにniしshiなければならないnakerebanaranai。 You must catch the animal alive.

どん尻【どんじりdonjiri】

noun:

  • tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
いい顔【いいかおiikao】好い顔

expression / noun:

  • big-shot; influential person
  • happy face; smiling face
  • sympathetic attitude
道産子【どさんこdosanko】道産娘

noun:

  • horse native to Hokkaido
  • person born and raised in Hokkaido
ウォンテッドUONTEDDO・ウォンテットUONTETTOirr.

noun / ~の noun:

  • wanted (esp. someone sought by police, etc.); wanted person
旅人【たびにんtabinin】

noun:

無間地獄【むげんじごくmugenjigoku・むけんじごくmukenjigoku】

noun:

  • the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom
斉【せいsei】齊

noun:

  • Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
間の子船【あいのこぶねainokobune】

noun:

  • semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat, popular during the latter half of the Meiji period and the Taisho period
別れ路【わかれじwakareji】

noun:

  • parting of the ways; the way to hades; one's way after the parting
四十八手【しじゅうはってshijuuhatte】

noun:

  • the 48 basic techniques - four character idiom - Sumo term
  • every trick in the book
  • the 48 basic sexual positions - colloquialism
テープを切る【テープをきるTEEPUwokiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to break the tape (at the finishing line); to breast the tape
二官【にかんnikan】

noun:

  • two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State & the Dept. of Worship) ➜ 律令制
高齢者★【こうれいしゃkoureisha】

noun:

  • old person; old people

過去kakoにおいてnioite高齢者koureishaたちtachiはha人生jinseiのno様々なsamazamana問題mondaiをwo解決kaiketsuするsuruときtokiのnoエキスパートEKISUPAATOとto考えられていたkangaerareteita。 In the past, the old used to be looked upon as experts in solving various problems of life.

悪【わるwaru】

noun:

  • bad thing; bad person

彼kareはhaすべてのsubeteno悪akuからkara魔力maryokuでde守られたmamorareta。 He was charmed against all evil.

台湾人【たいわんじんtaiwanjin】

noun:

  • Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
棒人間【ぼうにんげんbouningen】

noun:

  • stick figure; stick person
若き【わかきwakaki】

noun:

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • young
でしゃばりdeshabari《出しゃばり》 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • being intrusive; intrusive person
文明人【ぶんめいじんbunmeijin】

noun:

  • civilized person; civilized people
白豚【しろぶたshirobuta】

noun:

  • white pig
  • white person - slang - derogatory term
夜型人間【よるがたにんげんyorugataningen】

noun:

  • night person; night owl
一人につき【ひとりにつきhitorinitsuki】

expression:

  • per capita; per person
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