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うなされるunasareru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to have a nightmare
  • to make a noise during a nightmare
たんいをおとすtan'iwootosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to fail to earn a credit
  • to fail to make the grade
かきおろすkakiorosu Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion
しきりなおしshikirinaoshi

noun:

  • getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
  • starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
ふうりんかざんfuurinkazan

expression:

  • as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom
むかしはむかしいまはいまmukashihamukashiimahaima

expression:

  • let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb
ろくよくてんrokuyokuten

noun:

  • the six domains of the desire realm; the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term 欲界
さんしゃさんようsanshasan'you

noun:

  • each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way - four character idiom
さんにんさんようsanninsan'you Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his (her) own way
さんしゃをさけるsanshawosakeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom
使つかいっぱしりtsukaippashiri使 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
はなからhanakara

expression:

  • from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
おきなわへんかんきょうていokinawahenkankyoutei

noun:

  • Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
ぶんはひとなりbunhahitonari

expression:

  • the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb
おうへんのうりょくouhennouryoku

noun:

  • ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom
だいきょうかんじごくdaikyoukanjigoku

noun:

  • Mahāraurava; The Hell of Great Wailing; The Great Screaming Hell; the fifth of eight hot hells in Buddhism - Buddhism term 奈落【ならく】
まけいぬmakeinu

noun:

  • dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
  • unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term お一人様【おひとりさま】

負け犬makeinuになるninaruわけにはいかないwakenihaikanai I can't stand getting beaten.

いあんふianfu

noun:

  • women working in military brothels (esp. those forced into prostitution as a form of sexual slavery by the Japanese military during WWII); comfort women [literal] - euphemism 従軍慰安婦
デスクトップDESUKUTOPPUディスクトップDEISUKUTOPPUirr.

noun:

  • desktop
  • desktop computer - IT term
  • desktop of a computer (the primary screen for most graphical-based computer operating systems) - IT term
こころがこもるkokorogakomoru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be thoughtful (of a gift, etc.); to be from the heart; to be made with loving care
よめにいくyomeniikuよめにゆくyomeniyuku Inflection

expression / godan -いく/-ゆく verb (spec.):

わざとwazato

adverb:

  • on purpose

そのsonoピエロPIEROhaわざとwazato転んだkoronda The clown fell down on purpose.

アドオンADOON

noun:

  • add-on
オンオフON'OFU

noun:

  • on-off
オンサイトONSAITO

noun:

  • on-site

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