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- 七分【しちぶん】
noun:
- type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 川崎七分
- 川崎七分【かわさきしちぶ】
noun:
- type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up seven-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
- 玉音放送【ぎょくおんほうそう】
noun:
- radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945) ➜ ポツダム宣言
- 突き指【つきゆび】つき指・突指 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- jamming a finger; stubbing a toe; spraining a finger (toe)
バレーボールをしていて突き指をしました。 I sprained my finger while playing volleyball.
- 煮詰まる☆【につまる】煮詰る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be boiled down
- to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse - sometimes considered incorrect - colloquialism
- to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
- 低い☆【ひくい】 Inflection
adjective:
この机は私にはちょっと低い。 This desk is a little low for me.
まだ水温低いから泳ぐつもりはないんよ? The water temperature's still low so you're not going to swim, are you?
- 乗り遅れる☆【のりおくれる】乗りおくれる・乗遅れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to miss (a train, bus, etc.)
- to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
- 陣中見舞い【じんちゅうみまい】陣中見舞
noun:
- visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom
- 笠木【かさぎ】
noun:
- coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term
- 胸紐【むなひも・むねひも・むなひぼ】
noun:
- string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
- childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism
- 丁重語【ていちょうご】
noun:
- courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語II
- サービスカット・サービス・カット
noun:
- gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"
- 不良老年【ふりょうろうねん】
noun:
- old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos - four character idiom
- 大手★【おおて】
noun / ~の noun:
- major company; big company
- front castle gate
- force attacking the front of a castle
どの大手のデパートも売上が落ちてきた。 Sales have dropped off at every big department store.
- 免震【めんしん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- base isolation; seismic base isolation; base isolating; vibration damping at the base of a building
- 舵を取る【かじをとる】舵をとる・かじを取る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to steer a ship
- to manage; to take command; to take the helm
- 定石☆【じょうせき】
noun:
- standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; formula
- joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
それは定石通りというだけで、手を抜いたわけではないのです。 That's just standard practise, it's not like they're cutting corners.
- 如露如電【にょろにょでん】
noun:
- existence (as we perceive it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning - obscure term - four character idiom - Buddhism term
- 陪堂【ほいとう・ほいと】乞児・乞食【ほいと】
noun:
- being served food outside the meditation hall (at a Zen temple) [ほいとう] - archaism
- serving food; food served [ほいとう] - archaism
- begging; beggar - archaism
- 浮き出る☆【うきでる】浮出る Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to rise to the surface; to surface
- to stand out (e.g. against a background)
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