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瞑目合掌【めいもくがっしょうmeimokugasshou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer - four character idiom
小倉百人一首【おぐらひゃくにんいっしゅogurahyakunin'isshu】

noun:

  • Ogura Anthology of One Hundred Tanka by One Hundred Poets
頭に血が上る【あたまにちがのぼるatamanichiganoboru】頭に血がのぼる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
心臓が止まる【しんぞうがとまるshinzougatomaru】心臓がとまる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to have one's heart stop beating
  • to be shocked; to be staggered
首筋を違える【くびすじをちがえるkubisujiwochigaeru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to wrench one's neck
生活設計【せいかつせっけいseikatsusekkei】

noun:

  • plan for one's life; life planning
依願免官【いがんめんかんiganmenkan】

noun:

  • retirement at one's own request
鞍上人なく鞍下馬なし【あんじょうひとなくあんかうまなしanjouhitonakuankaumanashi】鞍上人無く鞍下馬無し

expression:

  • riding a horse so skillfully that it appears as if man and horse have become one - idiom
腹具合【はらぐあいharaguai】

noun:

  • condition of one's stomach
一瓢【いっぴょうippyou】

noun:

  • one gourd
  • small drink (esp. of alcohol); drink one carries
寄り【よりyori】

noun:

  • pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters - Sumo term

suffix:

  • having a tendency towards; being close to

彼kareはha保守hoshu寄りyoriだda。 He is conservative to a degree.

未生以前【みしょういぜんmishouizen】

~の noun / temporal noun:

  • before one's birth; before one was born
不摂生【ふせっせいfusessei】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance Antonym: 摂生

彼kareはha僕bokuにni不摂生fusesseiにならないninaranaiようにyouniとto警告keikokuしたshita。 He cautioned me against being careless of my health.

意匠惨憺【いしょうさんたんishousantan】

noun:

  • taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something - four character idiom
脳裏をよぎる【のうりをよぎるnouriwoyogiru】脳裏を過ぎる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
エスカレーター学校【エスカレーターがっこうESUKAREETAAgakkou】エスカレータ学校【エスカレータがっこうESUKAREETAgakkou】

noun:

  • private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; escalator school [literal] - colloquialism ➜ エスカレーター校
ぴんしゃんpinshan・ピンシャンPINSHAN・びんしゃんbinshan Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans - onomatopoeia
露悪【ろあくroaku】

noun:

  • making a show of one's faults
力付く【ちからづくchikarazuku】力づく Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to recover one's strength; to recover one's spirit; to revive; to be refreshed; to be invigorated; to be encouraged
見方によっては【みかたによってはmikataniyotteha】

noun:

  • depending on one's point of view
気は確か【きはたしかkihatashika】 Inflection

expression / adjectival noun:

  • in one's senses; sane
湯を沸かして水にする【ゆをわかしてみずにするyuwowakashitemizunisuru】

expression:

  • wasting one's efforts; rendering one's efforts futile - idiom
毛【もうmou】

numeric:

  • one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme)

noun:

  • old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
消費生活【しょうひせいかつshouhiseikatsu】

noun:

  • one's life as a consumer
仕事運【しごとうんshigotoun】

noun:

  • one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
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