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桜桃忌【おうとうきoutouki】

noun:

  • anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治
八専【はっせんhassen】

noun:

  • 49th, 51st, 52nd, 54th, 56th, 57th, 58th or 60th day of the sexagenary cycle (said to be inauspicious with a high probability of rain) ➜ 間日【まび】
反芻【はんすうhansuu】反すう Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud

noun / ~する noun:

  • turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering; musing; rumination (about a subject)

改めてaratamete反芻hansuuしてるshiteruとto、何だdaかka恥ずかしいhazukashiiぞzo。 Now that I think over it, it's somewhat embarrassing.

窮すれば通ず【きゅうすればつうずkyuusurebatsuuzu】

expression:

  • necessity is the mother of invention; there is always some way out of a difficulty if you really look for one - proverb
箱入り娘【はこいりむすめhakoirimusume】箱入娘

noun:

  • girl who has led a sheltered life; pet daughter; naive girl; ingénue
  • wooden block puzzle; Daughter in the Box; Klotski
洛陽の紙価を高める【らくようのしかをたかめるrakuyounoshikawotakameru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism
押し手【おしてoshite・おしでoshide】押手

noun:

  • seal; stamp - archaism
  • depressing the string of a zither with one's left hand
  • (in archery) left hand ➜ 引き手【ひきで】
  • obstinacy; stubbornness
しゃぎりshagiri

noun:

  • short flute piece (in kyogen; usu. a lively solo)
  • flute and drum music played after each act but the last (in kabuki) - also written as 砂切
虚舟【うつろぶねutsurobune】

noun:

  • unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
玉飾り【たまかざりtamakazari】

noun:

  • New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
草木もなびく【くさきもなびくkusakimonabiku】草木も靡く Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom
ＯＰ【オーピーOOPII・オー・ピーOO/PII】

noun:

  • opening credits; title sequence - freq. read オープニング - abbreviation
  • theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 主題歌
JLPTN1
粋☆【いきiki・すいsui】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
  • considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

  • essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

どうせdouse日本nippon文化bunkaのno粋ikiなどnadoはha連中renchuuにはniha絶対zettaiわかるwakaruまいmai。 The essence of Japanese culture could never be appreciated by them.

虻蜂取らず・あぶはち取らず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】アブハチ取らず【アブハチとらずABUHACHItorazu】虻蜂とらず【あぶはちとらずabuhachitorazu】

expression:

  • attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb
男伊達【おとこだてotokodate】男達

noun:

  • chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
  • ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客
反切【はんせつhansetsu】

noun:

  • fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
気を利かせる【きをきかせるkiwokikaseru】気をきかせる Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
  • to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く
引き延ばす☆【ひきのばすhikinobasu】引き延す☆・引延ばす☆irr.・引延す☆irr.・引き伸ばす☆・引き伸す☆・引伸ばす☆irr.・引伸す☆irr.・引きのばす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to stretch larger
  • to enlarge (photos)
  • to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
誘致合戦【ゆうちかっせんyuuchikassen】

noun:

  • rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom
魚汁【いしるishiru・いしりishiri・よしるyoshiru・よしりyoshiri】

noun:

  • fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture
一本締め【いっぽんじめipponjime】

noun:

  • hand-clapping performed to celebrate the conclusion or completion of something (3-3-3-1 rhythm, done once)
  • single clap after a cheer
おろおろorooro☆・オロオロOROORO Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
  • sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia
食い込む☆【くいこむkuikomu】食込む Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)
  • to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
  • to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks) - vulgar

医者ishaのno費用hiyouはha本当にhontouni貯金chokinにni食い込むkuikomu。 Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.

JLPTN2
預かる☆【あずかるazukaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
  • to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
  • to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
  • to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself

地価chikaがga上がりagari続ければtsuzukereba私watashiはhaかなりkanariのno利益riekiにniあずかるazukaruことkotoになろうninarou。 I'll come in for a nice profit if land values continue to rise.

銀行ginkouはha人hitoのno金kinをwo預かるazukaru。 The bank keeps money for people.

オープニングOOPUNINGU☆

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