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平和【ピンフPINFU・ピンホーPINHOO】

noun:

  • concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese
家族サービス【かぞくサービスkazokuSAABISU】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • spending time with one's family on one's day off work; family duty - colloquialism
大著☆【たいちょtaicho】

noun:

  • voluminous work; bulky volume; tome ➜ 小著
  • great work; masterpiece; magnum opus
老働【ろうどうroudou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • work after retirement age; work to supplement an insufficient pension - slang
綱引き☆【つなひきtsunahiki】綱曳き

noun:

  • tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
  • forward puller (of a rickshaw)

国会kokkaiのno動きugokiはhaこのkono問題mondaiをwoめぐるmeguru与野党yoyatou間kanのno政治的seijiteki綱引きtsunahikiとなったtonatta。 Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

一姫二太郎【いちひめにたろうichihimenitarou】

expression:

  • It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
覆水盆に返らず【ふくすいぼんにかえらずfukusuibonnikaerazu】覆水盆に帰らずirr.

expression:

  • what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb
ヤメ検【ヤメけんYAMEken】やめ検【やめけんyameken】

noun:

  • former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; retired public prosecutor - abbreviation - colloquialism
ヤメ検弁護士【ヤメけんべんごしYAMEkenbengoshi】やめ検弁護士【やめけんべんごしyamekenbengoshi】

noun:

  • former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer; prosecutor-turned-lawyer - colloquialism
割増手当【わりましてあてwarimashiteate】割り増し手当

noun:

  • salary supplement, e.g. for work performed at inconvenient times or as overtime allowance usually for so-called exempt workers, i.e. workers who are expected to work a certain number of overtime hours ➜ 割増賃金
忙中有閑【ぼうちゅうゆうかんbouchuuyuukan】

noun:

  • having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom
食わず嫌い☆【くわずぎらいkuwazugirai】食わずぎらい

expression:

  • disliking a certain food without having tried it
  • disliking something without having tried it; being prejudiced against; having an instinctive aversion to
満を持す【まんをじすmanwojisu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持する
一生もの【いっしょうものisshoumono】一生物

noun / ~の noun:

  • something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
子供騒げば雨が降る【こどもさわげばあめがふるkodomosawagebaamegafuru】

expression:

  • if the kids make a racket outside, there will be rain - traditional belief - proverb
本気で【ほんきでhonkide】

adverb:

  • seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will
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食う☆【くうkuu】喰う☆・啖うold Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to eat - male language
  • to live; to make a living; to survive
  • to bite; to sting (as insects do)
  • to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of
  • to encroach on; to eat into; to consume
  • to defeat a superior; to threaten a position
  • to consume time and-or resources
  • to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event) - colloquialism
  • to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time - male language - vulgar

蓼tade食うkuu虫mushiもmo好き好きsukisuki。 There is no accounting for tastes.

このkono事業jigyouはha金kinをwo食うkuu。 This job eats money.

今時imadoki、年功序列nenkoujoretsuだdaなんてnante言ってitteもmo、若いwakai奴yatsuのno反発hanpatsuをwo食うkuuだけdakeですdesuよyo。 If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

職歴☆【しょくれきshokureki】

noun:

  • work experience; work history

政府seifuでdeのno私のwatashino職歴shokurekiはha数多くkazuookuのno海外kaigai勤務kinmuをwo含むfukumu。 My career in the government includes many overseas assignments.

旧作☆【きゅうさくkyuusaku】

noun:

  • old work; existing work
仕事柄☆【しごとがらshigotogara】

noun:

  • for work; work-related
荒仕事【あらしごとarashigoto】

noun:

  • rough work; hard work
凡作【ぼんさくbonsaku】

noun:

  • mediocre work; poor work
役牛【えきぎゅうekigyuu】

noun:

  • work cow; work cattle
仕事口【しごとぐちshigotoguchi】

noun:

  • work opening; work position
あの声で蜥蜴食らうか時鳥【あのこえでとかげくらうかほととぎすanokoedetokagekuraukahototogisu】

expression:

  • don't judge a book by its cover - proverb
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