Words — 169 found
もの
物なら
1. if I (we, etc.) couldUsually written using kana alone
2. if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)Usually written using kana alone, usu. as ...うものなら, ...ようものなら or ...まいものなら
物なら 【もんなら】
かんじぶんかけん
漢字文化圏
1. Chinese-character cultural sphere; Sinosphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
あげや
揚屋
1. high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)
2. Ageya
揚げ屋 【あげや】
しびとかつ
死人担ぎ
1. carrying a casket; carrying something (in a group) on one shoulder, as if it were a casket (considered an ill-omened way to carry something)
まわ
ろくろ回し
1. shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel
2. gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheelSlang, Jocular, humorous term
轆轤回し 【ろくろまわし】
かんせつじまん
間接自慢
1. indirect bragging (esp. on social media; by casually showing off something bragworthy as if it were unintended)Colloquial
てと
手に取るように
1. clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
手にとるように 【てにとるように】
じょうざいせんじょう
常在戦場
1. always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person)Yojijukugo (four character compound)
うばすやま
姥捨て山
1. mountain where old people were abandoned (according to legend)
2. position or division in a company to which an old and ineffective person is transferred
3. women's collegeObsolete term, Slang, Derogatory, See also 女子大学, used in the Meiji and Taisho periods
姥捨て山 【おばすてやま】、姨捨山 【うばすてやま】、姨捨山 【おばすてやま】、姥捨山 【うばすてやま】、姥捨山 【おばすてやま】
1. high decorated building
2. picture-perfect mansion; stately home that looks as if it were from a painting
いしゆみ
石弓
1. crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people)
2. netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net
3. slingshot; catapult
弩 【いしゆみ】
1. returning to the United States
2. kibei; Japanese-American children (nisei) born prior to WWII who were sent to Japan for schooling before returning to AmericaSee also 二世 にせい
1. karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)Usually written using kana alone
ことば
てよだわ言葉
1. teyo-dawa speech; mid-Meiji period schoolgirl slang in which sentence-end particles "teyo" and "dawa" were used prominently
たわらぜ
俵責め
1. 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)Historical term
ないきょうぼう
内教坊
1. part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods)Archaic
からゆ
唐行きさん
1. karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)Usually written using kana alone, See also 唐行き からゆき
唐行き様 【からゆきさん】、唐行様 【からゆきさん】