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裳裾【もすそmosuso】

noun:

  • cuff (of pants); hem (of skirt); train (of dress); foot (of mountain)
小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすけるshounomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwotasukeru】

expression:

  • to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb
時の流れ【ときのながれtokinonagare】

expression / noun:

  • flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; passage of time; stream of time
  • current of the times; trend of the times
色とりどり【いろとりどりirotoridori】色取り取り・色取々 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; of various colours
  • diverse; of all kinds; all manners of; a variety of

彼kareのno色とりどりirotoridoriのno服装fukusou、長いnagaiカツラKATSURA、白いshiroi手袋tebukuroをwo見miたらtara、ディズニーランドDEIZUNIIRANDOかka何naniかkaからkara逃げ出しnigedashiてteきkiたtaのnoかkaとto思うomou人hitoもmoいるiruだろdaroうu。 With his colored clothes, his long wig and his white gloves, one could guess he has run away from some kind of Disneyland.

変わり身☆【かわりみkawarimi】

noun:

  • change of attitude (stance, position)
  • lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term
JLPTN4
送る★【おくるokuru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
  • to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
  • to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
  • to spend (time); to live one's life
  • to pass (down the line)
  • to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名

わたしwatashiはha手紙tegamiでde願書ganshoをwo送るokuruようyou決めたkimeta。 I wrote off for an application form.

空港kuukouまでmade送るokuruよyo。 I'll drive you to the airport.

いかにもikanimo敬虔keikenなるnaruクリスチャンKURISUCHANがga送るokuru、礼節reisetsu重きomoki言葉kotobaですdesu。 So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.

君父の讐は倶に天を戴かず【くんぷのあだはともにてんをいただかずkunpunoadahatomonitenwoitadakazu】

expression:

  • not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord - from the Book of Rites - proverb ➜ 不倶戴天
小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかすshounomushiwokoroshitedainomushiwoikasu】

expression:

  • to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb
武勇伝【ぶゆうでんbuyuuden】

noun:

  • biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance
  • tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにちanoyosennichikonoyoichinichi】彼の世千日此の世一日

expression:

  • a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
JLPTN1
投げ出す☆【なげだすnagedasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs)
  • to abandon; to resign
  • to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)
  • to start to throw

投げ出すnagedasuなna。 Don't throw in the towel.

JLPTN5
方☆【かたkata】

noun:

  • direction; way - also ほう
  • person; lady; gentleman - honorific language

noun / suffix noun:

  • method of; manner of; way of

suffix noun:

  • care of ...
  • person in charge of ... - also がた
  • side (e.g. "on my mother's side") - also がた

審判shinpanのno方houをwoちらりとchirarito睨むniramuがga、審判shinpanはha涼しいsuzushii顔kaoしてshite鼻クソhanaKUSOをwoほじっていhojitteiやがったyagatta。「ちくしょうchikushou、八百長yaochouかkaよyo・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"

グリーンGURIIN夫人fujinはha、私のwatashino子供たちkodomotachiがga歌utaをwo習っているnaratteiru方houですdesuがga、今度kondoのno日曜nichiyouにni独唱会dokushoukaiをwo開くhiraku予定yoteiですdesu。 Mrs. Green, from whom my children have lessons in singing, is to have a recital next Sunday.

そのsono少年shounenはhaカーブKAABUのno投げnage方kataをwo知っているshitteiru。 The boy knows how to throw a curve.

一所懸命【いっしょけんめいisshokenmei】 Inflection

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

  • very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
  • sticking at living in one place

一所懸命isshokenmeiになってninatte彼kareはhaそのsono木kiにni登ったnobotta。 With great effort he climbed up the tree.

七草の節句【ななくさのせっくnanakusanosekku】七種の節句

noun:

  • Feast of the Seven Herbs of Health (7th of January); one of the 5 seasonal festivals ➜ 五節句
軟化☆【なんかnanka】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • softening Antonym: 硬化
  • softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym: 硬化
  • weakening (of the market) Antonym: 硬化
  • blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)
羽衣☆【はごろもhagoromo・ういui】

noun:

  • angel's raiment; robe of feathers
  • wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds
  • type of bug ［はごろも］
雅歌【がかgaka】

noun:

  • Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles
北の政所【きたのまんどころkitanomandokoro】

noun:

  • legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language
大三元【だいさんげんdaisangen】

noun:

  • big three dragons; winning hand consisting of pungs or kongs of each of the three types of dragon tiles - Mahjong term
刀禰【とねtone】

noun:

  • priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
  • member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
  • government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
  • prominent member of a town - archaism
  • river boatman; captain of a riverboat
  • (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
  • bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism
JLPTN3
都★【みやこmiyako】京

noun:

  • capital; metropolis; seat of government
  • capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light)
  • location of the Imperial Palace

ロンドンRONDONはhaもはやmohaya霧kiriのno都toではないdehanai。 London is no longer a city of fog.

能書き☆【のうがきnougaki】

noun:

  • advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement
  • statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug ➜ 効能書き【こうのうがき】

彼kare、能書きnougakiばかりbakari立派rippaだdaけどkedo、言うiuはha易くyasuku行うokonauはha難しkatashi、ってtteことkoto分かってんwakattenのnoかkaなあnaa。 His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

眼中にない【がんちゅうにないganchuuninai】眼中に無い Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration; effectively not existing as an option
死苦【しくshiku】

noun:

  • inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦
  • death pains; agony of death
付け下げ【つけさげtsukesage】付下げ

noun:

  • method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)
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