Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 通過★【つうか】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit
- passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage
- passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
- 山中の賊を破るは易く心中の賊を破るは難し【さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたし】
expression:
- it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb
- 時限立法【じげんりっぽう】
noun:
- temporary legislation; legislation with a specified duration; act valid for a limited time
- 幣を奉る【ぬさをたてまつる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
- 叱咤激励【しったげきれい】叱咜激励 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice - four character idiom
- 名題役者【なだいやくしゃ】
noun:
- chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe - four character idiom
- 無位無冠【むいむかん】
noun:
- (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen - four character idiom
- ギリギリアウト・ぎりぎりアウト
expression:
- ピンと・ぴんと Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- tensely; tightly; tautly - onomatopoeia
- erectly - onomatopoeia
- intuitively; instinctively; immediately - onomatopoeia
- with a burst; with a crack - onomatopoeia
- チー《吃》
noun:
- forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 碰【ポン】
- ポン《碰》 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- forming a pung by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term
- 声の出演【こえのしゅつえん】
expression / noun:
- voice acting; appearing in a movie, TV show, etc. as a voice actor ➜ 出演
- べらんめえ調【べらんめえちょう】
noun:
- (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ口調【べらんめえくちょう】
- べらんめえ口調【べらんめえくちょう】
noun:
- (in a) rough Tokyo dialect; (having a) crude mouth; vulgar language; crude speaking ➜ べらんめえ調
- など☆《等・抔》
particle:
- et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
- or something - after an approximate quote or vague suggestion
- the likes of - lessening the significance or value of the previous word
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