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電波高度計 でんぱこうどけい (denpakōdokē)

radio altimeter

Noun N2
未成年者喫煙禁止法 みせいねんしゃきつえんきんしほう (misēnenshakitsuenkinshihō)

Act on Prohibition of Smoking by Minors

Noun N2
発報 はっぽう (happō)

activation of an alarm

Noun N3
回遊性 かいゆうせい (kaiyūsē)

navigability

Noun N3
子実体 しじつたい (shijitsutai)

fruiting body

Noun N3
つむじを曲げる つむじをまげる (tsumujiwomageru)

to be contrary

Expression N3
取っ組む とっくむ (tokkumu)

to grapple with

Verb N3
貧は世界の福の神 ひんはせかいのふくのかみ (hinhasekainofukunokami)

poverty is the greatest motivator

Expression N3
人の花は赤い ひとのはなはあかい (hitonohanahākai)

the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Expression N3
ジャワ原人 ジャワげんじん (jawagenjin)

Java man

Noun N3
紅葉衣 もみじごろも (momijigoromo)

comparing autumn leaves to a garment

Noun N2
書き損じる かきそんじる (kakisonjiru)

to write incorrectly

Verb N2
板焼き いたやき (itayaki)

thinly-sliced food grilled on a cedar board

Noun N2
袋詰め ふくろづめ (fukurozume)

packing (something) in a bag

Noun N2
ブロック紙 ブロックし (burokkushi)

large regional newspaper (usu. sold in more than one prefecture)

Noun N3
空地 くうち (kūchi)

vacant land

Noun N3
知識は力なり ちしきはちからなり (chishikihachikaranari)

knowledge is power

Expression N3
お局様 おつぼねさま (otsubonesama)

senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

Noun N3
背中スイッチ せなかスイッチ (senakasuitchi)

(imaginary) switch on a baby's back that makes it cry as soon as it is put to bed

Noun N3
声が裏返る こえがうらがえる (koegauragaeru)

to crack (person's voice)

Expression N2
準チョコレート じゅんチョコレート (junchokorēto)

chocolate mixed with other flavor ingredients

Noun N2
合区 ごうく (gōku)

merging of administrative or electoral districts

Noun N2
肉を切らせて骨を切る にくをきらせてほねをきる (nikuwokirasetehonewokiru)

to lose a battle to win the war

Expression N2
王手をかける おうてをかける (ōtewokakeru)

to check (in chess)

Expression N3
知る者は言わず言う者は知らず しるものはいわずいうものはしらず (shirumonohaiwazuiumonohashirazu)

he who knows, does not speak; he who speaks, does not know

Expression N4
歌物語 うたものがたり (utamonogatari)

collection of short Heian-period tales in the form of poems

Noun N3
五本の指に入る ごほんのゆびにはいる (gohonnoyubinihairu)

to be among the top five

Expression N4
天使が通る てんしがとおる (tenshigatōru)

to have a break in the conversation

Expression N3
心が洗われる こころがあらわれる (kokorogārawareru)

to feel refreshed

Expression N3
大はしゃぎ おおはしゃぎ (ōhashagi)

high spirits

Noun N5