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ごまめのはぎしりgomamenohagishiri

noun:

  • feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom
てをつくtewotsuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
てをつかえるtewotsukaeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) 手を突く
りょうてをつくryoutewotsuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request) 手を突く
いちじょうichijou

noun / ~の noun:

  • a line; a streak; a stripe; a ray (of light); a wisp (of smoke)

noun:

  • one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one passage (in a book)
  • one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
  • the same logic; the same reason - archaism
きょうをさますkyouwosamasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to be a wet-blanket; to spoil a person's pleasure
ふいをうつfuiwoutsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

いらちirachi Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • in a hurry; hustle; person who's always in a rush - Kansai dialect
だいじょうえdaijoue

noun:

  • banquet on the occasion of the first ceremonial offering of rice by the newly-enthroned emperor 大嘗祭
ニケツNIKETSU

noun:

  • riding double (on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc.) - slang
  • sharing a seat; sharing a chair - slang
いみなiminaただのみなtadanomina

noun:

  • real name (of a deceased person or a noble)
  • posthumous name いみな 贈り名
なみまにnamimani

adverb:

  • between the waves; in the waves; on the waves; behind the waves; beneath the waves 波間【なみま】
つのをためてうしをころすtsunowotameteushiwokorosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom
かきかたくしていぬいらずkakikatakushiteinuirazu

expression:

  • a wholesome household can not be disturbed from the outside; a house divided against itself cannot stand; a firm fence keeps the dogs out [literal] - proverb
じょうしゃきょひjoushakyohi

noun:

  • refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
こうたkouta

noun:

  • Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta 大歌
  • ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era 小唄端唄
  • kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
  • noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs
さっぱりsappari Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • feeling refreshed; feeling relieved - onomatopoeia
  • neat; tidy; clean

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

  • frank; open-hearted; plain; simple; light

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • completely; entirely

adverb:

  • not in the least (with neg. verb); not at all

adjectival noun:

  • nothing at all; completely useless; hopeless; awful
とらいしんtoraishin

noun:

  • deity that originated on the Asian mainland, particularly the Korean Peninsula, during the Yayoi or Kofun Periods (e.g. Ame no Hiboko) 渡来
くぎをさすkugiwosasuirr.irr. Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
輿みこしをかつぐmikoshiwokatsugu Inflection

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to wheedle a person into doing something
  • to carry a portable shrine
とおかんやtookan'yaとおかやtookaya

noun:

  • Harvest festival held on the night of the tenth day of the tenth month (to send the rice paddy gods back to the mountains after harvest)
きめるkimeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix
  • to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
  • to persist in doing; to go through with
  • to always do; to have made a habit of - as 決めている
  • to take for granted; to assume
  • to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
  • to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
  • to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) - Martial Arts, Sumo term
  • to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

私たちwatashitachigaそこsokohe行くikuかどうかkadoukawo決めるkimerunoha君のkimino責任sekininda It's up to you to decide whether we'll go there or not.

屋根yaneno勾配koubaiwoどうするかdousuruka決めるkimerunohaとてもtotemo重要juuyouですdesu It is very important to decide what to do about the slope of the roof.

どんなdonna組織soshikiであれdeare内部のnaibuno融和yuuwato団結danketsuhaそのsono組織soshikino成敗seibaiwo決めるkimeru重要なjuuyouna要素yousoda For any type of organisation, internal harmony and unity are important factors in deciding its success or failure.

うわずみuwazumiirr.

noun:

  • the clear top of a liquid; the clear layer in a fluid, atop the sediment
ひとっこひとりhitokkohitori

noun:

  • (not) a soul; (not) a single person - in neg. sentences
かぜひきkazehiki

noun:

  • catching a cold; person with a cold

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