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- 綴じ合わせる【とじあわせる】綴じ合せる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to bind together (e.g. the pages of a book); to sew up; to tape together; to stitch together
- 白★【しろ】
noun:
2匹犬を飼っているが、1匹は白でもう1匹は黒だ。 I have two dogs. One is white and the other black.
ランカスター家の紋章が赤バラだったか、白バラだったか忘れてしまった。 I've forgotten. Was House Lancaster's family crest a red rose, or a white rose?
私が最後に見たときは、彼は青いシャツと白のスラックス姿でした。 When I last saw him, he was wearing a blue shirt and white slacks.
- 営む☆【いとなむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
- to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
- to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
その島には漁業を営む人たちが住んでいた。 The island was inhabited by a fishing people.
- 子供を抱く【こどもをだく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
- to provide for a child (children)
- 歯が立たない【はがたたない】歯がたたない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)
- hard to chew
- 表裏一体【ひょうりいったい】
noun / ~の noun:
- the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom
- 一歩譲る【いっぽゆずる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be slightly inferior; to be a degree worse
- to give an inch; to make a concession; to concede a point
- 打ち上げ★【うちあげ】打上げ・打ち揚げ・打揚げ
noun:
- launching; launch
- end (of a theatrical run, etc.)
- closing party (e.g. a theater show); cast party; party to celebrate successful completion of a project ➜ 打ち上げ会【うちあげかい】
- 元服【げんぷく・げんぶく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- male coming of age ceremony
- for a woman to shave her eyebrows, dye her teeth and wear her hair in the marumage style after marrying (Edo period)
- 浪花節的【なにわぶしてき】 Inflection
adjectival noun:
- of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節
- 太師【たいし】大師
noun:
- Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
- Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm ➜ 太政大臣
- 寵愛一身【ちょうあいいっしん】
noun:
- standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection (favor) of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady - four character idiom
- 生真面目【きまじめ】生まじめ・気まじめirr.・気真面目irr. Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- too serious; person who is too serious; honesty; sincerity - four character idiom
- フリーク
noun:
- freak (dancing, film, speed, etc.); enthusiast
- deformed person, animal. etc.; freak; monster
- 明日は明日の風が吹く【あしたはあしたのかぜがふく・あすはあすのかぜがふく】
expression:
- tomorrow will take care of itself; let the morn come and the meat with it; tomorrow, the winds of tomorrow will blow [literal] - proverb
- イエメンオオトカゲ
noun:
- Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)
- 窓口★【まどぐち】
noun:
- ticket window; teller window; counter
- contact person; point of contact
トラベラーズチェックを現金に替えてくれるのはこの窓口ですか。 Is this the right window for cashing travelers' checks?
- 小心姑息【しょうしんこそく】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) - four character idiom
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