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上国【じょうこくjoukoku】

noun:

  • province of the second highest rank (ritsuryo system)
  • provinces close to the capital
起用★【きようkiyou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

最終回saishuukaiにniピンチヒッターPINCHIHITTAAがga起用kiyouされたsareta。 A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.

一姫二太郎【いちひめにたろうichihimenitarou】

expression:

  • It's good to have a girl first and then a boy
じごjigo《持碁・芇old》ジゴJIGO

noun:

  • jigo; go game resulting in a tie or a draw
手討ち【てうちteuchi】

noun:

  • capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
晋山【しんざんshinzan】

noun:

  • taking up a new position as chief priest of a Buddhist temple
円で囲む【まるでかこむmarudekakomu・えんでかこむendekakomu】丸で囲む【まるでかこむmarudekakomu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
ピーラーPIIRAA

noun:

  • peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)
千慮一得【せんりょいっとくsenryoittoku・せんりょのいっとくsenryonoittoku】

expression:

  • Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea - four character idiom
舳艫千里【じくろせんりjikurosenri】

noun:

  • a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom
グリーンツーリズムGURIINTSUURIZUMU・グリーン・ツーリズムGURIIN/TSUURIZUMU

noun:

  • taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"
転折【てんせつtensetsu】

noun:

  • in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards
一気飲み【いっきのみikkinomi】イッキ飲み【イッキのみIKKInomi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

クレオパトラの鼻【クレオパトラのはなKUREOPATORAnohana】

expression / noun:

  • Cleopatra's nose; "a small thing with a huge influence" [figurative]

クレオパトラの鼻KUREOPATORAnohanaがgaもう少しmousukoshi低かったhikukattaならnara世界sekaiのno歴史rekishiはha変わっていたkawatteitaであろうdearou。 If Cleopatra's nose had been a little lower, the history of the world might have been different.

生兵法は大怪我のもと【なまびょうほうはおおけがのもとnamabyouhouhaookeganomoto】生兵法は大怪我の元・生兵法は大怪我の基・生兵法は大けがのもと・生兵法は大けがの元・生兵法は大けがの基

expression:

  • a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb
女犯【にょぼんnyobon】

noun:

  • sin of having sexual relations with a woman (for a Buddhist priest)
部分一致【ぶぶんいっちbubun'itchi】

noun:

  • partial match; matching a search term with sub-string within a field - IT term
パネェPANEE・ぱねぇpanee・パネエPANEE・ぱねえpanee・パねぇPAnee・ぱネェpaNEE

expression / adverb / prefix:

  • a lot; to a very great extent; absolutely - slang - abbreviation ➜ 半端ない
観護措置【かんごそちkangosochi】

noun:

  • placing a minor under protective detention; imposing a care and custody order
逆レイプ【ぎゃくレイプgyakuREIPU】

noun:

  • reverse rape; sexual assault by a female of a male
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部長★【ぶちょうbuchou】

noun:

  • head (chief, director) of a section or department
  • head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team ➜ 倶楽部

ＡＢソフトウエアSOFUTOUEAのno海外kaigai営業eigyou部長buchouをwoごgo紹介shoukaiいただけませんitadakemasenかka。 Would you please put me in touch with the General Manager of Overseas Sales of AB Software Ltd?

あなたanataはha充分juubun可愛いkawaii女の子onnanokoのno範疇hanchuuにni入るhairuとto思いますomoimasu。部長buchouのnoおめがねomeganeにはniha余裕yoyuuでdeかなってkanatteしまうshimauでしょうdeshou。 I think you fall well within 'cute girl'. You'd easily go and pass in his judgement.

あっという間に☆【あっというまにattoiumani】あっと言う間に【あっというまにattoiumani・あっとゆうまにattoyuumani】あっとゆう間に【あっとゆうまにattoyuumani】アッという間に【アッというまにAttoiumani】アッと言う間に【アッというまにAttoiumani・アッとゆうまにAttoyuumani】アッとゆう間に【アッとゆうまにAttoyuumani】

expression / adverb:

  • just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; in the time it takes to say "ah!" [literal]

休暇kyuukaはhaあっという間にattoiumani終わったowatta。 The holiday ended all too soon.

役不足【やくぶそくyakubusoku】約不足irr. Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
  • not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】
入れ子【いれこireko】入れ籠

noun:

  • nest (of boxes); nesting
  • concealed information
  • adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
  • cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭
恩を売る【おんをうるonwouru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
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