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欧州通常戦力制限条約【おうしゅうつうじょうせんりょくせいげんじょうやくoushuutsuujousenryokuseigenjouyaku】

noun:

  • Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
ぶっかけ飯【ぶっかけめしbukkakemeshi】打っ掛け飯

noun:

節祭【せつまつりsetsumatsuri・しちまつりshichimatsuri】

noun:

  • traditional festival on Iriomote Island (southern Okinawa)
鳶工【とびこうtobikou】とび工

noun:

  • construction worker employed on scaffolding; fitter; rigger
やきとんyakiton《焼きとん・焼豚》やきトンyakiTON《焼きトン》

noun:

  • yakiton; grilled pork on skewers
猿害【えんがいengai・さるがいsarugaiirr.】

noun:

  • damages inflicted by monkeys (on crops, etc.)
スヌーズSUNUUZU

noun:

  • snooze (i.e. delay function on alarm clock)
お弁当つけて【おべんとうつけてobentoutsukete】お弁当付けて

expression:

  • with rice stuck on one's face - usu. as a tease: お弁当つけてどこ行くの？ - idiom - humorous term
買い場【かいばkaiba】買場

noun:

  • time to buy (on markets); buying opportunity ➜ 買い時
インスタ映え【インスタばえINSUTAbae】 Inflection

expression / noun / ~する noun:

売り惜しみ【うりおしみurioshimi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • being reluctant to sell; holding off on selling
JLPTN3
途端☆【とたんtotan】

adverbial noun:

  • just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

これkoreをwoきいたkiitaとたんtotan、彼kareはha真っ青massaoになったninatta。 On hearing this, he turned pale.

空を切る【くうをきるkuuwokiru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air
  • to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
JLPTN5
山★【やまyama】

noun / counter:

  • mountain; hill
  • mine (e.g. coal mine)
  • heap; pile

noun:

  • crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object
  • climax; peak; critical point
  • guess; speculation
  • criminal case; crime - used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.
  • mountain climbing; mountaineering
  • festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) ➜ 山鉾
  • wall; wall tile - Mahjong term
  • temple; temple grounds - archaism

prefix noun:

  • wild

「わたしwatashiはha森moriのno中nakaにni入ってhaitte、山yamaにni駆け上がったkakeagattaことkotoをwo後悔koukaiしていないshiteinai。」とto弟otoutoはha答えたkotaeta。 "I do not regret having gone into the forest and up the mountain," replied the younger brother.

それsoreはhaお金okaneのno山yamaをwoかき集めるkakiatsumeruためにtameni用いられたmochiirareta。 It was used for raking together heaps of money.

私watashiはha山yamaにniいましたimashita。 I was in the mountains.

区長★【くちょうkuchou】

noun:

  • head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
輪を描く【わをかくwawokaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to form a circle; to move in a circle
  • to draw a circle [literal]
音がする【おとがするotogasuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to make a sound; to give off a sound - often XXX(と)音がする
  • to hear a sound
神降ろし【かみおろしkamioroshi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor
  • medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation) ➜ 巫女【みこ】
むくどりmukudori《椋鳥》ムクドリMUKUDORI

noun:

  • grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling
  • starling (any bird of family Sturnidae)
  • bumpkin; gullible person
  • sixty-nine (sexual position)

ムクドリMUKUDORIのnoヒナHINAをwo親鳥oyadoriにni返せますkaesemasuかka。 Can you return starling chicks to their parents?

弧を描く【こをえがくkowoegaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)
減災【げんさいgensai】

noun:

  • natural disaster reduction; reduction of the effects of a natural disaster
JLPTN4
この間☆【このあいだkonoaida・このかんkonokan】此の間

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

  • the other day; lately; recently; during this period
  • meanwhile; in the meantime ［このかん］

この間konokanのno台風taifuuでde、時速jisoku２００キロKIROのno風kazeがga吹きましたfukimashita。 In the last typhoon, the wind blew at over 200 kilometers per hour!

任侠☆【にんきょうninkyou・じんきょうjinkyou】仁侠 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

  • chivalry; generosity; heroism; chivalrous spirit; helping the weak and fighting the strong ➜ 任侠団体・男伊達
臨機応変☆【りんきおうへんrinkiouhen】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach - four character idiom

何かnanika実際にjissaini起こればokoreba、私watashiはha臨機応変rinkiouhenにniやるyaruだけdakeだda。 If something does happen, I'll just play it by ear.

攘夷☆【じょういjoui】

noun:

  • expel the barbarians; expulsion of the foreigners; late Edo period (19th century) revolutionary slogan
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