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我を立てる【がをたてるgawotateru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to insist on one's own ideas
見方によっては【みかたによってはmikataniyotteha】

noun:

  • depending on one's point of view
さざなみsazanami《細波・漣・小波・さざ波》

noun:

  • ripple (on water); wavelets

そよ風soyokazeでde池ikeのno面menにniさざ波sazanamiがga立ったtatta。 A gentle wind made ripples on the surface of the pond.

実践的【じっせんてきjissenteki】 Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts

実践的jissenteki見地kenchiからkaraすればsureba彼のkareno計画keikakuはha実行jikkouしにくいshinikui。 From the practical point of view, his plan is not easy to carry out.

代金引換【だいきんひきかえdaikinhikikae】代金引替・代金引き換えirr.・代金引き替えirr.

noun:

  • cash on delivery; COD

品物shinamonoはha代金引換daikinhikikaeでdeお送りookuriいたしますitashimasu。 The article will be sent cash on delivery.

鞭撻【べんたつbentatsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • encouragement; urging; spurring on ➜ ご鞭撻
  • chastising by whipping

囚人shuujinはha鞭撻bentatsuしshiてte答えkotaeたta。 After being whipped, the prisoner replied.

妄念【もうねんmounen】

noun:

  • conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought - Buddhism term
余殃【よおうyoou】

noun:

  • trouble brought on by sins of forebears Antonym: 余慶
肉が付く【ししがつくshishigatsuku・にくがつくnikugatsuku】肉がつく Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to gain (put on) weight
初空【はつそらhatsusora・はつぞらhatsuzora】

noun:

  • sky on New Year's morning
専決【せんけつsenketsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • deciding or acting on one's own
拡大再生産【かくだいさいせいさんkakudaisaiseisan】

noun:

  • reproduction on an enlarged or expanded scale
活歴【かつれきkatsureki】

noun:

  • variety of kabuki, based on historical events
評判記【ひょうばんきhyoubanki】

noun:

  • written commentary on notable events or persons
死生観【しせいかんshiseikan】

noun:

  • one's opinion on (life and) death
掛け襟【かけえりkakeeri】

noun:

  • protective collar on kimono or bed clothes
流し雛【ながしびなnagashibina】

noun:

  • paper dolls floated downriver on March 3rd
目を喜ばす【めをよろこばすmewoyorokobasu】目を悦ばす Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to feast one's eyes (on)
師資【ししshishi】

noun:

  • relying on someone as one's teacher
時間を掛ける【じかんをかけるjikanwokakeru】時間をかける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to spend time (on doing something)
力を注ぐ【ちからをそそぐchikarawososogu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to concentrate one's effort (on something)
身上調書【しんじょうちょうしょshinjouchousho】

noun:

  • personal information form; dossier on an individual - four character idiom
書き下ろし【かきおろしkakioroshi】

noun:

  • writing something on commission; newly written text
ねぎまnegima《葱鮪》

noun:

  • dishes based on spring onions and tuna
板絵【いたえitae】

noun:

  • artwork on wood, canvas, metal sheet, etc.
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