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一坪運動【ひとつぼうんどうhitotsuboundou】

noun:

  • campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom
ぐい呑【ぐいのみguinomi】ぐい呑み・ぐい飲み Inflection

noun:

  • large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

  • gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something
瓦灯口【がとうぐちgatouguchi】

noun:

  • low entrance (usually, but not always, to a teahouse) with a tiled archway overhead
敷き【じきjiki】敷

suffix:

  • suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)
ファブレスFUABURESU

noun:

  • fabless; without fabrication facilities (esp. a semiconductor company that does not own a factory) - From English "fabless"
粋作り【いきづくりikizukuri】

noun:

  • stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style
動きが取れない【うごきがとれないugokigatorenai】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom
実事【じつごとjitsugoto・じつじjitsuji】

noun:

  • fact; (a) truth
  • realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki
ネイティブチェックNEITEIBUCHEKKU・ネイティブ・チェックNEITEIBU/CHEKKU

noun:

  • checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"
連泊【れんぱくrenpaku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)
道場荒らし【どうじょうあらしdoujouarashi】道場荒し

noun:

  • challenging members of a dojo to a fight and demanding money upon winning
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以降☆【いこうikou】已降

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

それsore以降ikou彼kareはha辛いtsurai一生isshouをwo送ったokutta。 He led a hard life after that.

創価学会★【そうかがっかいsoukagakkai】

noun:

  • Soka Gakkai (lay organization, based on Nichiren Buddhism) (organisation)
におけるniokeru☆《に於ける》

expression:

  • in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
フォアボールFUOABOORU☆・フォア・ボールFUOA/BOORU

noun:

  • base on balls; walk; pass - Baseball term - From English "four balls"
準拠☆【じゅんきょjunkyo】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard; reference
嘱望☆【しょくぼうshokubou】属望 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • (having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on

彼kareはha教師kyoushiになるninaruことkotoをwo嘱望shokubouしているshiteiru。 He aspires to become a teacher.

詭弁【きべんkiben】奇弁☆・詭辯old・危弁

noun / ~の noun:

  • sophistry; sophism; chicanery; play on words
無表情☆【むひょうじょうmuhyoujou】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

彼kareはhaいつもitsumo無表情muhyoujouだda。 He is always expressionless.

七三☆【しちさんshichisan】

noun:

  • 7 or 3 ratio; hair parted on one side
ピロティPIROTEI

noun:

  • pile; stilt; column; pillar; pier - Architecture term - From French "pilotis"
  • building raised on columns - Architecture term
空中浮遊【くうちゅうふゆうkuuchuufuyuu】

noun:

  • levitation; floating on air

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • airborne (e.g. bacteria); aero-
千木【ちぎchigi】知木・鎮木

noun:

  • ornamental crossed rafter ends on shrine gables
専断【せんだんsendan】擅断 Inflection

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • arbitrary decision; on one's own authority; arbitrariness
平身低頭【へいしんていとうheishinteitou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees - four character idiom
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