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七転び八起き【ななころびやおきnanakorobiyaoki】七転八起【ななころびやおきnanakorobiyaoki・しちてんはっきshichitenhakki】七顛八起【しちてんはっきshichitenhakki】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

  • the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom
生活者【せいかつしゃseikatsusha】

noun:

  • consumer; ordinary citizen; stakeholder

suffix:

景気後退keikikoutaiはha賃金chingin生活者seikatsushaをwo苦境kukyouにni追い込みましたoikomimashita。 The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.

造像記【ぞうぞうきzouzouki】

noun:

  • record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)
不正乗車【ふせいじょうしゃfuseijousha】

noun:

  • unauthorized travel; riding without a valid ticket (e.g. on a train); stealing a ride
ずくzuku・づくzuku《尽く・尽irr.》

suffix:

  • relying entirely on ...; using solely ... - after a noun
  • with the sole purpose of ...
  • based on (mutual consent, etc.)
あかんakan《明かん》アカンAKAN

expression:

  • useless; no good; hopeless - Kansai dialect
悪あがき【わるあがきwaruagaki】悪足掻き Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • useless resistance; vain struggle
へっぽこheppoko Inflection

noun or verb acting prenominally / adjectival noun:

  • hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
死に【しにshini】

noun:

prefix noun:

  • dead; useless

prefix:

  • damned

医者ishaはha、そのsonoひん死のhinshino男otokoはha、数時間前maeにni普通futsuuならnara死んでshindeしまっているshimatteiruところtokoroだdaとtoいっているitteiruがga、そのsono男otokoはha、いぜんizen、死にshini挑んでいるidondeiru。 The doctors say the dying man should have kicked the bucket hours ago, were he an ordinary man, but he is still defying death.

いたずらitazura《徒・徒ら》 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • useless; vain; aimless; idle - usu. as いたずらに
七十二候【しちじゅうにこうshichijuunikou】

noun:

  • the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】
浜の真砂は尽きるとも世に盗人の種は尽きまじ【はまのまさごはつきるともよにぬすびとのたねはつきまじhamanomasagohatsukirutomoyoninusubitonotanehatsukimaji】

expression:

  • the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)
試し斬り【ためしぎりtameshigiri】試し切り

noun:

  • trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
見張り☆【みはりmihari】

noun:

  • watch-keeping; guard; lookout

２人のno兵士heishiがga、門monのnoところtokoroでde見張りmihariをwoしていたshiteita。 Two soldiers kept guard at the gate.

黙秘☆【もくひmokuhi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • remaining silent; keeping secret

法廷houtei弁護士bengoshi達tachiはhaマフィアMAFYIAのnoボスBOSUのno用いるmochiiru黙秘mokuhi戦術senjutsuをwoかわすkawasuことができなかったkotogadekinakatta。 The trial lawyers couldn't get past the Mafia leader's stonewalling tactics.

隠し立て【かくしだてkakushidate】隠しだて Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • secrecy; keeping secret

なぜnaze君kimiはhaそんなにsonnani隠し立てkakushidateするsuruのnoかka。 Why are you being so secretive?

践言【せんげんsengen】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • keeping one's word
株価維持操作【かぶかいじそうさkabukaijisousa】

noun:

  • price-keeping operation; PKO
一寸の虫にも五分の魂【いっすんのむしにもごぶのたましいissunnomushinimogobunotamashii】

expression:

  • tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb
奉安殿【ほうあんでんhouanden】

noun:

  • school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)
月の輪【つきのわtsukinowa】

noun:

  • moon (esp. full moon)
  • circle fashioned after the moon
  • decorative ring on the chest of a monk's stole ➜ 袈裟
  • straw trivet
  • white crescent-shaped chest patch of an Asiatic black bear ➜ 月の輪熊
借景【しゃっけいshakkei】

noun:

  • making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden
回向文【えこうもんekoumon】

noun:

  • closing recital that transfers the merit of the service to a buddha, a bodhisattva, or the dead - Buddhism term
脂が乗る【あぶらがのるaburaganoru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
  • (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
弓場始め【ゆばはじめyubahajime】

noun:

  • ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
  • first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
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