テロップ | [teroppu] (n) (orig) television opaque projector (telop), used for subtitles and captions, now used for the subtitles and captions themselves; (P) #10,929 [Add to Longdo] |
ネカマ | [nekama] (n) (sl) (from ネット and お釜) someone who plays (portrays themselves as) the opposite sex online (formed from netto and okama) [Add to Longdo] |
一粒万倍 | [いちりゅうまんばい, ichiryuumanbai] (exp) A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves [Add to Longdo] |
我勝ち;我がち | [われがち, waregachi] (adj-na) (usu. as 我勝ちに) (See 我勝ちに) everybody for himself; everyone for themselves [Add to Longdo] |
棄民 | [きみん, kimin] (n) abandoned people (people left to fend for themselves after a war or natural disaster) [Add to Longdo] |
君子豹変 | [くんしひょうへん, kunshihyouhen] (n) (1) the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them; (2) (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor [Add to Longdo] |
群雄割拠 | [ぐんゆうかっきょ, gunyuukakkyo] (n, vs) rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field [Add to Longdo] |
紺屋の白袴 | [こうやのしろばかま, kouyanoshirobakama] (exp) specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves; The dyer wears white [Add to Longdo] |
市民活動 | [しみんかつどう, shiminkatsudou] (n) civic activity; activities initiated by the citizens themselves [Add to Longdo] |
大国主義 | [たいこくしゅぎ, taikokushugi] (n) policy favouring major powers (favoring); policy of great powers favorable only to themselves [Add to Longdo] |
仲間喧嘩 | [なかまげんか, nakamagenka] (n) quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves (themselves) [Add to Longdo] |
町奴 | [まちやっこ, machiyakko] (n) (See 男伊達・1) persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period) [Add to Longdo] |
天は自ら助くるものを助く;天は自ら助くる者を助く | [てんはみずからたすくるものをたすく, tenhamizukaratasukurumonowotasuku] (exp) (id) (obsc) Heaven helps those who help themselves [Add to Longdo] |
内輪喧嘩 | [うちわげんか, uchiwagenka] (n, vs) family quarrel; quarreling among themselves; quarrelling among themselves [Add to Longdo] |
肉弾戦 | [にくだんせん, nikudansen] (n) warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat [Add to Longdo] |
夜鷹蕎麦 | [よたかそば, yotakasoba] (n) ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves) [Add to Longdo] |
夜鳴き蕎麦 | [よなきそば, yonakisoba] (n) ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves) [Add to Longdo] |
祓川 | [はらえがわ, haraegawa] (n) river in which worshippers purify themselves before praying [Add to Longdo] |
縺れ合う;もつれ合う | [もつれあう, motsureau] (v5u) (See からみあう) to entangle themselves together (e.g. of butterflies); to be intertwined [Add to Longdo] |