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- 裾回し【すそまわし】
noun:
- lining at the bottom of a kimono
- 匹夫も志を奪うべからず【ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず】
expression:
- one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb
- サボリ癖【サボリぐせ】さぼり癖【さぼりぐせ】
noun:
- habit of putting things off; truancy habit
- 逐次刊行物の受入れ【ちくじかんこうぶつのうけいれ】
noun:
- accessioning of serials - IT term
- 壁立千仞【へきりつせんじん】
expression:
- precipitous cliff of great height, metaphor for absolute nature of Buddhist truth - idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 壁立・千仞
- 食品標準成分表【しょくひんひょうじゅんせいぶんひょう】
noun:
- standard tables of food composition
- 衵【あこめ】袙
noun:
- layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments) - archaism
- 下宮【げぐう】
noun:
- building of a Shinto shrine complex built upon the lowest ground
- 偏諱【へんき】
noun:
- one kanji in the name of a nobleperson (with a multiple-kanji name) ➜ 偏諱を賜う
- バブル絶頂期【バブルぜっちょうき】
noun:
- peak of a financial bubble (esp. in Japan around 1990)
- オネエ言葉【オネエことば】おねえ言葉・お姉言葉【おねえことば】
noun:
- sociolect emphasizing the femininity of the speaker (often a homosexual or transsexual male) - Linguistics term
- この上なく【このうえなく】この上もなく【このうえもなく】
expression:
- 闕所【けっしょ】欠所
noun:
- confiscation of property (Edo period)
- 分布域【ぶんぷいき】
noun:
- area of distribution; distribution range; distribution region
- 総理府総務長官【そうりふそうむちょうかん】
noun:
- Director General of Prime Minister's Office
- 潮の流れ【しおのながれ】
expression / noun:
- sweep of the tide; drift of the tide; tidal current
彼は潮の流れに逆らって泳ごうとした。 He tried to swim against the tide.
- 組歌【くみうた】組唄・組み歌・組み唄
noun:
- var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs
- 年寄り子【としよりご】
noun:
- child born of older parents ➜ 年寄りっ子
- child raised by grandparents; child spoiled by doting grandparents ➜ 年寄りっ子
- 人定質問【じんていしつもん】
noun:
- establishing the identity of a defendant
- 俵責め【たわらぜめ】
noun:
- Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)