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- 恵方参り【えほうまいり】恵方詣り・恵方詣irr.
noun:
- New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction
- アバター・アヴァター
noun:
- avatar; incarnation of an immortal being (Hindu)
- icon or representation of a user in a shared virtual reality - IT term
- 山高きが故に貴からず【やまたかきがゆえにたっとからず】
expression:
- don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb
- イガイガ・いがいが・イカイカ・いかいか
noun:
- bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr [イガイガ・いがいが] ➜ 毬【いが】
adverb / ~と adverb:
- irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling [イガイガ・いがいが]
~と adverb / adverb:
- crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia
- 花がるた【はながるた】花ガルタ【はなガルタ】
noun:
- hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札
- 自切【じせつ】
noun:
- autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
- 念人【ねんにん・ねんじん】
noun:
- assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
- older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者
- 一行物【いちぎょうもの】
noun:
- scroll containing a single line of calligraphy, often of Zen content (usu. found in a tea-ceremony room or house)
- 匪石之心【ひせきのこころ】
noun:
- steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom
- 相当数【そうとうすう】
noun:
- a considerable number; a fair number
彼は相当数の蔵書を集めた。 He has accumulated quite a collection of books.
- 政治団体【せいじだんたい】
noun:
- a political organization; a political organisation
企業の政治団体は厳しい検査の対象になっています。 Corporate political donations are coming under heavy scrutiny.
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