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腹ごしらえ【はらごしらえharagoshirae】腹拵え Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal

ネタバレNETABARE・ネタばれNETAbare・ねたばれnetabare Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story - colloquialism ➜ ねた・ばれる

呵々大笑【かかたいしょうkakataishou】呵呵大笑 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

laughing a ringing laugh; having a hearty laugh; roaring with laughter - four character idiom

手が掛かる【てがかかるtegakakaru】手がかかる Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful - idiom

絵伝【えでんeden】

noun:

biography of a monk or history of a temple told in pictures

しくしくshikushiku Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb:

weeping; sobbing; softly (crying) - onomatopoeia ➜ しくしく泣く

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

with a prologued dull pain; having a gripping pain - onomatopoeia

お開きにする【おひらきにするohirakinisuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

女顔【おんながおonnagao】

noun:

feminine features; having a girl's face (for a man); girly face

警句を吐く【けいくをはくkeikuwohaku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

to make a witty remark; to come out with a bon mot

寸鉄人を刺す【すんてつひとをさすsuntetsuhitowosasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

to make a cutting remark; to stab someone with a short blade [literal] - idiom

寸鉄人を殺す【すんてつひとをころすsuntetsuhitowokorosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

to make a cutting remark; to kill someone with a short blade [literal] - idiom

坊主殺し【ぼうずごろしbouzugoroshi】

noun:

female or male prostitute serving a monk; "luring a monk into depredation" [figurative]

その上【そのかみsonokami】其の上

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

a long time ago; in those days; once upon a time ➜ その昔【そのむかし】

きゅうkyuu

adverb / ~と adverb:

(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと
(drinking) in one sweep - onomatopoeia ➜ きゅっと

クスッと笑う【クスッとわらうKUSUttowarau】くすっと笑う【くすっとわらうkusuttowarau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle ➜ クスッと

クスッとKUSUtto・くすっとkusutto・くすりとkusurito

adverb:

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh) - onomatopoeia

枕を交わす【まくらをかわすmakurawokawasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

to sleep together (for a man and a woman); to make love

品良く【ひんよくhin'yoku】品よく

adverb:

properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way

鳴きまね【なきまねnakimane】鳴き真似

noun:

mimicking an animal's call (esp. a bird); imitating a call

永久就職【えいきゅうしゅうしょくeikyuushuushoku】

noun:

marrying to become a housewife; permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife) [literal] - idiom - colloquialism

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貢献^★【こうけんkouken】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

彼kare はha 国kuni へhe のno貢献koukenをwo 認められてmitomerarete ナイトNAITO 爵位shakui をwo 与えられたataerareta。 He was awarded a knighthood in acknowledgement of his services to the nation.

座長^★【ざちょうzachou】

noun:

chairman
leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company

奥書【おくがきokugaki】奥書き^irr.

noun:

postscript (to a book); verification; publication (in a book)

下げ渡す【さげわたすsagewatasu】下げわたす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to make a (government) grant
to release (a criminal)

借り火【かりびkaribi】

noun:

borrowing a light (e.g., for a cigarette); borrowed light

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