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なみまくらnamimakura

noun:

  • sleeping while on a sea voyage; falling asleep to the sound of the ocean
したさきさんぶshitasakisanbu

noun:

  • a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away - four character idiom
かんでふくめるようにkandefukumeruyouni

expression:

  • in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way
ししょshisho

noun:

  • samurai and commoners
  • normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)
かせぐにおいつくびんぼうなしkasegunioitsukubinbounashi

expression:

  • poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb
ほうほうのていhouhounotei

expression:

  • scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling
りゃくほんれきryakuhonreki

noun:

  • abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format 暦【こよみ】
りゃくれきryakureki

noun:

  • abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation 略本暦
にわづめniwazume

noun:

  • waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term
きみんkimin

noun:

  • abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster)
じほうjihou

noun:

とうぜんのことtouzennokoto

expression:

  • a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
ええかっこしいeekakkoshiiええかっこしぃeekakkoshyiいいかっこしいiikakkoshii

noun / ~の noun:

  • acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect
ふくろめんfukuromen

noun:

  • instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) カップ麺
ひろいばしhiroibashi

noun:

  • passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)
かみつくkamitsuku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to bite (at); to snap at
  • to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat

ほえるhoeruinuga必ずしもkanarazushimoかみつくkamitsukuわけではないwakedehanai Barking dogs don't always bite.

ひとずれhitozure Inflection

noun / ~の noun:

  • sophistication; wordly wisdom

~する noun:

  • to lose one's innocence; to get sophisticated; to get to know the world by being in contact with people; to lose one's naivete
つめtsumeづめzume

noun / suffix:

  • stuffing; packing - づめ when a suffix

noun:

  • end (esp. the foot of a bridge)
  • lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
  • tea master
  • endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively)
  • sweet eel sauce - abbreviation
  • middle-aged woman - archaism

suffix noun:

  • appointment to a particular workplace
  • using as the sole ground of judgement (judgment)
  • continuing; keep doing for period of time - after the -masu stem of a verb

どのdono電車denshamo通勤者tsuukinshadeぎゅうぎゅうgyuugyuu詰めtsumeだったdatta The trains were jammed with commuters.

最後saigono詰めtsumewo怠ったokotattaばかりにbakarini画竜点睛garyoutenseiwo欠くkakuはめhameになってninatteしまったshimattane You kept putting off working on the fine details on this project so it ended up lacking the finishing touches.

そぎぎりsogigiri Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • cutting a thin object (e.g. vegetable stalk) at a 45 degree angle; cutting in a way that blunts or rounds the cut 削ぐ
かきかたくしていぬいらずkakikatakushiteinuirazu

expression:

  • a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb
おくれるokureru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue 遅刻

あれare恵子keikoha?」「今日kyouha三者面談daからkara遅れるokureruってtte "Oh? Where's Keiko?" "She said that she has a teacher, parent and child meeting so she'll be late."

あまるamaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many 余り余り

仕事shigotoga忙しisogashiすぎるsugirunomo考えものkangaemonodaけどkedo時間jikanga余るamarunomoなぁnaa Being too busy with work is a problem, but then so is having too much free time.

ちゅうぜつchuuzetsu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

~する noun:

  • to be interrupted; to be discontinued; to be suspended; to fall into abeyance

そのsono無所属mushozoku候補者kouhoshaha中絶chuuzetsu問題mondaiwo公約kouyakuからkaraはずしましたhazushimashita The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.

nenmae中絶chuuzetsuしましたshimashita I had an abortion two years ago.

みなすminasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

誰もdaremogakarewo正直shoujikiであるdearutoみなすminasu Everyone considers him to be honest.

いさむisamu Inflection

godan ~む verb:

  • to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up

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