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おおみこともちoomikotomochi

noun:

  • government official working for the daizaifu - archaism 大宰府
ぬすびとをとらえてみればわがこなりnusubitowotoraetemirebawagakonari

expression:

  • the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb
そらのけぶりsoranokeburi

noun:

  • crematorium smoke rising in the sky
しんこくshinkoku

noun:

  • land of the gods; Japan
しゅうかshuuka

noun:

  • the many and the few

孤軍奮闘kogunfuntouしたshitaけれどkeredo衆寡shuukatekiせずsezu彼のkarenoビジネスプランBIJINESUPURANha受け入れられなかったukeirerarenakattayo He put up a brave and lone struggle, but up against such heavy odds he couldn't get his business plan accepted.

へたるhetaru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities へたばる尻餅
かんきょうがたセクハラkankyougataSEKUHARA

noun:

  • sexual harassment from colleagues in the work environment
くまのもうでkumanomoude

noun:

  • pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines 熊野三社
ふくそうfukusou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • burying a dead person's personal belongings with the body
そんしてとくとれsonshitetokutore

expression:

  • sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb
いちにをあらそうichiniwoarasou Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to compete for the first place; to be one of the best
ばいかんbaikan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • viewing something in the company of one's superior
こくさいじんけんきやくkokusaijinkenkiyaku

noun:

  • International Covenants on Human Rights; ICCPR
  • International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ICESCR
とうげんれいtougenrei

noun:

  • ceremonial assembling of a ship's crew on deck
きょうけんはつどうkyoukenhatsudou

noun:

  • invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state
ぶぶんきょくひつbubunkyokuhitsu

noun:

  • twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
きゅうをすえるkyuuwosueru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to roast - idiom
  • to burn moxa on the skin - orig. meaning
かんづくりkanzukuri

~の noun / noun:

  • made in the winter (sake)
くまのさんけいkumanosankei

noun:

  • pilgrimage to the three main Kumano shrines 熊野詣で
うたかたutakataほうまつhoumatsuうたがたutagata

noun:

  • bubble on surface of liquid

~の noun / noun:

  • ephemeral; transient
なかのわるいnakanowarui Inflection

expression / adjective:

かたたがいkatatagai

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり
なりなんとすnarinantosuなんなんとすnannantosu

expression:

  • to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to - archaism 垂んとする
きめんぶっしんkimenbusshin

noun:

  • having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart - four character idiom
かたよせるkatayoseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be (standing) together, an arm across the other's shoulder - contraction of 肩を寄せる

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