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7148 words JLPT N4 Page 197 of 239
かさねの色目 かさねのいろめ (kasanenoirome)

combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)

Expression N4
社日 しゃにち (shanichi)

"tsuchinoe" day that falls closest to the vernal or autumnal equinox (a day of religious significance for harvests)

Noun N4
事のついで ことのついで (kotonotsuide)

take the opportunity to (do something else)

Expression N4
世界時 せかいじ (sekaiji)

Universal Time

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四神 しじん (shijin)

four Taoist gods said to reign over the four directions

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これと言って これといって (koretoitte)

not worth mentioning

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安かろう悪かろう やすかろうわるかろう (yasukarōwarukarō)

you get what you pay for

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金に目がくらむ かねにめがくらむ (kanenimegakuramu)

to be lost in lust for riches

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動作主 どうさしゅ (dōsashu)

performer of an action

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田長 たおさ (taosa)

master of the rice field

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魚田 ぎょでん (gyoden)

skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked

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十悪 じゅうあく (jūaku)

the ten abominations (the ten most grievous offenses under traditional Chinese law)

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見目より心 みめよりこころ (mimeyorikokoro)

a gentle spirit is more important than looks

Expression N4
海ぶどう うみぶどう (umibudō)

sea grapes (Caulerpa lentillifera)

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です体 ですたい (desutai)

style of polite speech in Japanese (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")

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人手にかかる ひとでにかかる (hitodenikakaru)

to be murdered

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十方世界 じっぽうせかい (jippōsekai)

worlds of the ten directions

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考えをまとめる かんがえをまとめる (kangaewomatomeru)

to collect one's thoughts

Expression N4
下文 くだしぶみ (kudashibumi)

edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

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多年生 たねんせい (tanensē)

perennation

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五色野路子 ごしきのじこ (goshikinojiko)

painted bunting (Passerina ciris)

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東山時代 ひがしやまじだい (higashiyamajidai)

Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi)

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三国時代 さんごくじだい (sangokujidai)

Three Kingdoms period (of Chinese history, 220 CE-280 CE)

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明 みょう (myō)

vidya (wisdom)

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発見時代 はっけんじだい (hakkenjidai)

Age of Discovery

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手につかない てにつかない (tenitsukanai)

unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else)

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やっとの思いで やっとのおもいで (yattonōmoide)

finally

Expression N4
二十二社 にじゅうにしゃ (nijūnisha)

the Twenty-Two Shrines

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言わでもの事 いわでものこと (iwademonokoto)

something that goes without saying

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言いようがない いいようがない (īyōganai)

indescribable

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