Results, gala-day
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- 終列車【しゅうれっしゃ】
noun:
- last train (of the day)
この汽車は世界の果て行きの終列車です。 This train is the last train to the world's end.
- 月見団子【つきみだんご】
noun:
- dumplings offered to the moon (on the 15th day of the 8th month and the 13th day of the 9th month)
- 法華八講【ほっけはっこう】
noun:
- Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)
- 夏越の祓【なごしのはらえ】夏越しの祓・名越しの祓
noun:
- summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month) ➜ 茅の輪
- どんど焼き【どんどやき】どんど焼
noun:
- burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year) ➜ どんど
- 大玉【おおだま】
noun:
- large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
「委員長、後は何を運ぶんだっけ？」「得点板と大玉もう一個、綱引きの綱」 "Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
- を限りに【をかぎりに】
expression:
- as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに
- 日☆【にち】
noun:
- Sunday - abbreviation ➜ 日曜
suffix:
- day (of the month) - also んち or ち
suffix / counter:
- counter for days - also んち or ち
noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:
- Japan - abbreviation ➜ 日本
郵便配達は２日おきにやって来ます。 The mailman comes around every three days.
１３日の金曜日は不吉な日だと言われている。 It is said that Friday the 13th is an unlucky day.
その知らせが届いたのは２・３日たってからだった。 It was not until few days later that the news arrived.
- 取り【とり】取
noun / suffix noun:
- taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal
noun:
- last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
- active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)
prefix:
- emphatic or formal prefix - before a verb
小学校の時、よく椅子取りゲームをして遊びました。 We used to play musical chairs in elementary school.
- 日和☆ateji【ひより】
noun:
- weather; climatic conditions
- fine weather; clear day
- situation; state of affairs
- sea conditions; good day for sailing
- 一世☆【いっせい】
noun:
- generation; lifetime
- the age; the day
noun / suffix noun:
- the First - after the name of a king, etc.
noun:
- issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)
１６０３年、ジェームズ一世が政権の座についたとき、フットボールは再び許可されたのです。 In 1603, when King James I came into power, football was allowed again.
- 遅い☆【おそい】鈍い・晩い・遲いold Inflection
adjective:
- slow; time-consuming; sluggish ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］
- late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); until a time far into the day or night ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
- later (than expected or usual); late; behind schedule; behind time; tardy; overdue; unpunctual ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
- too late; having missed the boat ［遅い・晩い・遲い］
- dull; stupid ［遅い・鈍い・遲い］ - archaism
彼は今日も帰りが遅い。 He is also returning late today.
- 早い☆【はやい】速い☆・疾いold・捷いold Inflection
adjective:
- fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
- early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
- (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
- easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い
「速い」は「遅い」の反対。 "Fast" is the opposite of "slow."
北欧では冬の訪れが早い。 Winter comes earlier in North Europe.
オーボエ奏者なんかは自分にあうリードを探すより作った方が速いと、自分で作ってしまう人もいる。 Heck, with oboe players there are those who, rather than search for a reed that suits them, find it faster to make their own.
- 中日★【ちゅうにち】
noun:
- China and Japan
- the middle day
- the equinoctial day
中日間は本当にお互いを知り合うところまでは到達していない。 The point of true mutual understanding has not yet been reached between Japan and China.
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