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- 硝子体【しょうしたい】ガラス体【ガラスたい】
noun:
- vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous - Anatomy term
- 易きにつく【やすきにつく】易きに付く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance
- お正月【おしょうがつ】御正月
noun:
日本ではお正月にお餅を食べる習慣があります。 There is a custom of eating rice cakes for New Year's in Japan.
- 魚目燕石【ぎょもくえんせき】
noun:
- imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom
- 昔のまま☆【むかしのまま】
expression / ~の noun:
- the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
- いしがめ《石亀・水亀》イシガメ
noun:
- any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)
- ピンからキリまで・ぴんからきりまでirr.
expression:
- from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
- 代表取締社長【だいひょうとりしまりしゃちょう】
noun:
- company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
- 仮置き【かりおき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- preliminary loading of the (cargo) ship (in preparation for moving cargo around inside the ship)
- ピンキリ
expression:
- from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts - abbreviation ➜ ピンからキリまで
- 恵【え】慧
noun:
- wisdom; enlightenment
- prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom - Buddhism term ➜ 三学
- 踏み越す【ふみこす】踏越す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term
- 父母の恩は山よりも高く海よりも深し【ふぼのおんはやまよりもたかくうみよりもふかし】
expression:
- our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea [literal] - proverb
- 目隠し☆【めかくし】目かくし Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; blinker; eye bandage
- concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
詐欺師は新たに人をだますまえに、目隠し、すなわち、人をだますテクニックを磨く。 A confidence man polishes his "hood winking" or "eye-washing" techniques before bilking a new victim.
- じりじり・ジリジリ・ぢりぢり・ヂリヂリ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit - onomatopoeia
- irritatedly; impatiently - onomatopoeia
- scorchingly (of the sun) - onomatopoeia
- sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil) - onomatopoeia
- sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc. - onomatopoeia
- oozing out (oil, sweat, etc.); seeping out - onomatopoeia
- 成り立ち☆【なりたち】成立ち
noun:
- the way in which something came about; origin
- structure; organization; the way something is constructed
この学校の成り立ちをお話しましょう。 Let me tell you about the origin of this school.
- 露払い☆【つゆはらい】
noun:
- outrider; herald
- rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term
- 同期生【どうきせい】
noun:
- classmate; graduates in the same class
- wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament - Sumo term
- 六書【りくしょ・りきしょ・ろくしょ】
noun:
- the six classes of (kanji) characters [りくしょ・りきしょ]
- Hexateuch (first six books of the Hebrew Bible)
- 乙姫【おとひめ】弟姫
noun:
- younger princess Antonym: 兄姫
- Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Taro); Oto-Hime
乙姫様は浦島太郎に美しい玉手箱をくれました。 Lady Otohime gave Urashima Taro a beautiful Tamate-box.
Kanji
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