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好んで☆【このんでkononde】

adverb:

  • by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately; intentionally ➜ 好む

凍っkooてteいiないnai水mizuのno中nakaでde、あるいはaruiha産卵sanran期ki中chuuにni、魚sakanaをwo釣りtsuri、好んでkononde死んshinでdeいるiru魚sakanaをwo拾うhirou。 It catches fish in ice-holes or during spawning time and readily picks up dead fish.

ぽつぽつpotsupotsu

adverb / noun:

  • bit by bit; piece by piece; spots; pimples - onomatopoeia
刻々に【こっこくにkokkokuni】刻刻に

adverb:

  • moment by moment; hour by hour
面従後言【めんじゅうこうげんmenjuukougen】

noun:

  • pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back - four character idiom
奥社【おくしゃokusha】

noun:

  • rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 本社
奥宮【おくみやokumiya】

noun:

  • rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社
人の噂も七十五日【ひとのうわさもしちじゅうごにちhitonouwasamoshichijuugonichi・ひとのうわさもななじゅうごにちhitonouwasamonanajuugonichi】人の噂も７５日

expression:

  • a wonder lasts but nine days; gossip lasts just 75 days [literal] - proverb
がga☆

particle:

  • indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  • indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

  • but; however; still; and
  • regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb
先負【せんぶsenbu・せんぷsenpu・せんまけsenmake・さきまけsakimake】

noun:

  • lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜
前々回【ぜんぜんかいzenzenkai】前前回

noun:

  • the time before last; last time but one
沈香も焚かず屁も放らず【じんこうもたかずへもひらずjinkoumotakazuhemohirazu】

expression:

  • his faults are few, but so are his virtues - proverb
褌一つ【ふんどしひとつfundoshihitotsu】ふんどし一つ

expression / noun:

桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿【さくらきるばかうめきらぬばかsakurakirubakaumekiranubaka】

expression:

  • prune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees - proverb
ふんどし一丁【ふんどしいっちょうfundoshiitchou】褌一丁

expression / noun:

  • (wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth
郭言葉【くるわことばkuruwakotoba】廓言葉・郭詞・廓詞

noun:

  • sociolect or secret language used by prostitutes in red-light districts (Edo period); vulgar words used by prostitutes (Edo period) - archaism - Linguistics term
社地【しゃちshachi】

noun:

紅毛船【こうもうせんkoumousen】

noun:

  • foreign ship (originally only of Dutch ships, but later referring to all foreign ships) - archaism - colloquialism
JLPTN3
ただtada☆《唯・只・徒・但・常》タダTADA

~の noun / noun:

  • ordinary; common; usual
  • free of charge - only 只
  • unaffected; as is; safe - usu. as ただでは...

adverb:

  • only; merely; just; simply

conjunction:

  • but; however; nevertheless - esp. 但

君kimiはhaただtada皿saraをwo洗いaraiさえすればsaesurebaいいii。 All you have to do is wash the dishes.

私watashiはhaそのsono切符kippuをwoただtadaでde手にいれたteniireta。 I got the tickets for free.

ただtada、面白いomoshiroiブログBUROGUをwo書くkakuためにtameni、人hitoのnoブログBUROGUをwo読むyomuのnoならnara今日kyouからkara出来るdekiru。 However, if you're going to read people's blogs in order to write an interesting blog, you can do that right away.

彼女のkanojono顔kaoのno美しさutsukushisaにni、僕bokuはhaただtada見とれていたmitoreteita。 I was simply entranced by the beauty of her face.

仕掛かる【しかかるshikakaru】仕掛る・仕懸かる・仕懸る Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to start something
  • to have started something, but not yet finished it
狂言回し【きょうげんまわしkyougenmawashi】狂言廻し

noun:

  • supporting, but indispensable role; major supporting role
日銭☆【ひぜにhizeni】

noun:

  • daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
間切り【まぎりmagiri】間切irr.

noun:

  • sailing windward
  • land division in the Ryukyu Kingdom equivalent to modern prefectures (but the size of cities or towns) - obsolete term ➜ 村
JLPTN4
受ける☆【うけるukeru】請ける☆・承ける・享ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to receive; to get
  • to catch (e.g. a ball)
  • to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
  • to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
  • to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
  • to be given (e.g. life, talent) - esp. 受ける, 享ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) - esp. ウケる - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to follow; to succeed; to be descended from - esp. 受ける, 享ける
  • to face (south, etc.)
  • to be modified by - esp. 受ける, 承ける - Linguistics term
  • to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee - esp. 請ける, now primarily used in compound words ➜ 請け出す

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well - esp. ウケる, うける - usually written using kana alone

試練shirenをwo受けるukeruことになったkotoninattaダレン。DAREN.失敗shippaiすればsureba、死刑shikei！ Darren is to be put through a trial. If he fails, it's the death penalty!

それsoreをwo発明hatsumeiしたshita教授kyoujuはha大学daigakuからkara相当soutouのno対価taikaをwo受けるukeru権利kenriがgaあるaru。 The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.

重大なjuudaina罪tsumiにniついてtsuiteはha、指導者shidoushaにni告白kokuhakuしshiなければnakereba赦しyurushiをwo受けるukeruことkotoがgaできないdekinaiとtoもmo教えていますoshieteimasu。 They also teach that, for great sins, they cannot receive forgiveness unless they confess to their leader.

通信販売☆【つうしんはんばいtsuushinhanbai】

noun / ~の noun:

  • mail order; mail-order sales; shop-by-mail service; on-line shopping service (with delivery by mail)

通信販売tsuushinhanbaiがgaダイレクト・マーケティングDAIREKUTO/MAAKETEINGUのno主なomona形態keitaiであるdearu。 Mail order is the main form of direct marketing.

内剛外柔【ないごうがいじゅうnaigougaijuu】

noun:

  • gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove - four character idiom
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