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潜伏先 せんぷくさき (senpukusaki)

hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice)

Noun N1
洞ヶ峠を決め込む ほらがとうげをきめこむ (horagatōgewokimekomu)

to wait for a good opportunity

Expression N1
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 (fubonōnhayamayorimotakakūmiyorimofukashi)

our debt to our parents is higher than the mountain and deeper than the sea

Expression N1
遺骨収集 いこつしゅうしゅう (ikotsushūshū)

recovering the remains of soldiers (e.g. Japanese soldiers who died abroad during WWII)

Noun N1
仏国 ふっこく (fukkoku)

France

Noun N2
外国為替及び外国貿易法 がいこくかわせおよびがいこくぼうえきほう (gaikokukawaseoyobigaikokubōekihō)

Foreign Exchange and Foreign Control Trade Law

Expression N1
確率微分方程式 かくりつびぶんほうていしき (kakuritsubibunhōtēshiki)

stochastic differential equation

Noun N1
宗門改役 しゅうもんあらためやく (shūmonaratameyaku)

magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

Noun N1
猛省を促す もうせいをうながす (mōsēwōnagasu)

to urge (someone) to reflect sincerely

Expression N1
辺張 ペンチャン (penchan)

one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9)

Noun N1
匹夫も志を奪うべからず ひっぷもこころざしをうばうべからず (hippumokokorozashiwōbaubekarazu)

one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man

Expression N1
恩恵期間 おんけいきかん (onkēkikan)

period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war)

Noun N1
情報端末 じょうほうたんまつ (jōhōtanmatsu)

information terminal (esp. smartphone, cellphone)

Noun N1
日米修好通商条約 にちべいしゅうこうつうしょうじょうやく (nichibēshūkōtsūshōjōyaku)

The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858)

Noun N1
老老介護 ろうろうかいご (rōrōkaigo)

old people providing care for old people (parents, siblings, in-laws, etc.)

Noun N1
余儀なくさせる よぎなくさせる (yoginakusaseru)

to compel

Expression N1
維新の三傑 いしんのさんけつ (ishinnosanketsu)

three great nobles of the Restoration

Expression N1
割増償却 わりまししょうきゃく (warimashishōkyaku)

additional depreciation deduction

Noun N1
司政官 しせいかん (shisēkan)

provisional administrator in occupied territory during WWII

Noun N1
集中審議 しゅうちゅうしんぎ (shūchūshingi)

intensive deliberation

Noun N1
封爵 ほうしゃく (hōshaku)

enfeoffment (incl. bestowal of government post and court rank)

Noun N1
求人倍率 きゅうじんばいりつ (kyūjinbairitsu)

job opening-to-application ratio

Expression N1
とっくり椰子 とっくりやし (tokkuriyashi)

bottle palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis)

Noun N1
藤八拳 とうはちけん (tōhachiken)

game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

Noun N1
経口ブドウ糖負荷試験 けいこうブドウとうふかしけん (kēkōbudōtōfukashiken)

oral glucose tolerance test

Noun N1
一顧傾城 いっこけいせい (ikkokēsē)

woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty

Noun N1
ことここに至る ことここにいたる (kotokokonītaru)

to reach a situation about which nothing can be done

Expression N1
丑の時参り うしのときまいり (ushinotokimairi)

cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death

Expression N1
配り納豆 くばりなっとう (kubarinattō)

natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year

Noun N1
鉢合わせる はちあわせる (hachiawaseru)

to bump heads

Verb N1