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世態人情【せたいにんじょうsetaininjou】: noun:
(contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world - four character idiom
疣蛙【いぼがえるibogaeru】イボガエルIBOGAERU: noun:
toad with wart-covered skin (esp. the Japanese toad or the wrinkled frog) - colloquialism
正統カリフ時代【せいとうカリフじだいseitouKARIFUjidai】: noun:
Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)
しろちょうshirochou《白蝶》シロチョウSHIROCHOU: noun:
any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)
長官【かみkami・かんkan・こうkou】: noun / ~の noun:
director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief - archaism ➜ 四等官
ほとぼりが冷める【ほとぼりがさめるhotoborigasameru】ホトボリが冷める【ホトボリがさめるHOTOBORIgasameru】熱りが冷める【ほとぼりがさめるhotoborigasameru】: expression:
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down - idiom
土用の丑の日【どようのうしのひdoyounoushinohi】: noun:
day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日
草々不一【そうそうふいつsousoufuitsu】草草不一: noun:
Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")
十八檀林【じゅうはちだんりんjuuhachidanrin】: noun:
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東
関東十八檀林【かんとうじゅうはちだんりんkantoujuuhachidanrin】: noun:
eighteen centers of Buddhist learning (of the Pure Land sect in the Kanto region) ➜ 浄土宗・関東
特定非営利活動促進法【とくていひえいりかつどうそくしんほうtokuteihieirikatsudousokushinhou】: noun:
Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law ➜ ＮＰＯ法
報恩講【ほうおんこうhouonkou】: noun:
memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term
山幸【やまさちyamasachi】: noun:
food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海幸
嫁入婚【よめいりこんyomeirikon】: noun:
marriage in which the bride is taken into the groom's family; virilocal marriage
わ行【わぎょうwagyou】ワ行【ワぎょうWAgyou】: noun:
the "wa" column of the Japanese syllabary table (wa, wi, we, wo)
汲む^☆【くむkumu】 Inflection: godan ~む verb / transitive:
to draw (water); to ladle; to dip up; to scoop up; to pump
to pour (into a cup); to drink (together) ➜ 酌む【くむ】
to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with; to intuit; to understand
to draw upon; to inherit
本人負担【ほんにんふたんhonninfutan】: noun:
paying for the purchase (expense) out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc. - four character idiom
棄権^★【きけんkiken】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest); いざiza 投票touhyou というtoiu 時toki、彼kare はha棄権kikenしたshita。 When it was time to vote, he abstained.
従軍^★【じゅうぐんjuugun】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
垣間見る^☆【かいまみるkaimamiru】かいま見る Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
登庁^☆【とうちょうtouchou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
attending a government office; going to work (for a government official)
快音^☆【かいおんkaion】: noun:
pleasant sound; crack (of a baseball bat); roar (of a motor)
ひとっ走り【ひとっぱしりhitoppashiri】一っ走り Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
spin (as in 'take a car for a spin'); run
補記【ほきhoki】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
addition (to a text); additional entry (e.g. to a database)
膝詰め談判【ひざづめだんぱんhizazumedanpan】: noun:
direct negotiations; pressing a demand with a face-to-face talk

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