Results, time-shift
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- 両睨み【りょうにらみ】両にらみ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time
- 競べ馬【くらべうま】くらべ馬・競馬irr.
noun:
- traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine
- できる限り早い【できるかぎりはやい】出来る限り早い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- as soon as possible; at the earliest time
- 海底撈月【かいていろうげつ】
noun:
- totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom
- 後にも先にも【あとにもさきにも】
adverb / expression:
- before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
- 晴耕雨読【せいこううどく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom
晴耕雨読の人生にも少々は憧れるけれど、僕にはそんな生き方、3日ももたないだろうな。 I sometimes wish I could live a quiet retired sort of life but I doubt I could stand it for more than a few days.
- 得手に帆を揚げる【えてにほをあげる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom
- 箸渡し【はしわたし】
noun:
- passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
- passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸
- 活字離れ【かつじばなれ】
noun / ~の noun:
- aliteracy; loss of interest in or shift away from reading (especially serious) books or literature
- 勤め上げる【つとめあげる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
- 恐ろしい思いをする【おそろしいおもいをする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to find oneself fearful; to have an awful time
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