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入り方

see styles
 irigata
    いりがた
    irikata
    いりかた
time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

入り日

see styles
 irihi
    いりひ
setting sun; evening sun

全スト

see styles
 zensuto
    ぜんスト
(See ストリップ・2) stripping completely; taking everything off

八咫烏

see styles
 yatagarasu
    やたがらす
(1) Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition); (2) three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology

八幡宮

see styles
 hachimanguu / hachimangu
    はちまんぐう
Shrine of the God of War; (place-name) Hachimanguu

八路軍


八路军

see styles
bā lù jun
    ba1 lu4 jun1
pa lu chün
 hachirogun
    はちろぐん
Eighth Route Army, the larger of the two major Chinese communist forces fighting the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China

六染心

see styles
liù rǎn xīn
    liu4 ran3 xin1
liu jan hsin
 roku zenshin
The six mental 'taints' of the Awakening of Faith 起心論. Though mind-essence is by nature pure and without stain, the condition of 無明 ignorance, or innocence, permits of taint or defilement corresponding to the following six phases: (1) 執相應染 the taint interrelated to attachment, or holding the seeming for the real; it is the state of 執取相 and 名字相 which is cut off in the final pratyeka and śrāvaka stage and the bodhisattva 十住 of faith; (2) 不斷相應染 the taint interrelated to the persisting attraction of the causes of pain and pleasure; it is the 相續相 finally eradicated in the bodhisattva 初地 stage of purity; (3) 分別智相應染 the taint interrelated to the 'particularizing intelligence' which discerns things within and without this world; it is the first 智相, cut off in the bodhisattva 七地 stage of spirituality; (4) 現色不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint, i. e. of the 'ignorant' mind as yet hardly discerning subject from object, of accepting an external world; the third 現相 cut of in the bodhisattva 八地 stage of emancipation from the material; (5) 能見心不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting a perceptive mind, the second 轉相, cut of in the bodhisattva 九地 of intuition, or emancipation from mental effort; (6) 根本業不相應染 the non-interrelated or primary taint of accepting the idea of primal action or activity in the absolute; it is the first 業相, and cut of in the 十地 highest bodhisattva stage, entering on Buddhahood. See Suzuki's translation, 80-1.

内密に

see styles
 naimitsuni
    ないみつに
(adverb) confidentially; privately; off the record

冬戦争

see styles
 fuyusensou / fuyusenso
    ふゆせんそう
(hist) Winter War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1939-1940)

冷める

see styles
 sameru
    さめる
(v1,vi) (1) to cool down; to get cold; (v1,vi) (2) to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to dampen; to fade; to wane; (v1,vi) (3) to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed

冷やす

see styles
 hiyasu
    ひやす
(transitive verb) (1) to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to refrigerate; (2) to calm down; to cool off; to regain one's composure; to relax; (3) to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

冷不防

see styles
lěng bu fáng
    leng3 bu5 fang2
leng pu fang
unexpectedly; suddenly; at unawares; off guard; against expectations

冷靜期


冷静期

see styles
lěng jìng qī
    leng3 jing4 qi1
leng ching ch`i
    leng ching chi
cooling-off period (divorces, purchases, surgeries)

出ハケ

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 dehake
    でハケ
(theatrical slang) (See 捌ける・はける・3) getting on and off stage

出口氣


出口气

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chū kǒu qì
    chu1 kou3 qi4
ch`u k`ou ch`i
    chu kou chi
to take one's revenge; to score off sb

出張版

see styles
 shucchouban / shucchoban
    しゅっちょうばん
branch-off edition (of a series)

出陣式

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 shutsujinshiki
    しゅつじんしき
(1) (hist) ceremony held before going into battle; (2) ceremony to kick off an election campaign

分社化

see styles
 bunshaka
    ぶんしゃか
(noun/participle) company split-up; spinning off of a separate company

切り端

see styles
 kirihashi
    きりはし
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece

切れる

see styles
 kireru
    きれる
(v1,vi) (1) to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack; (v1,vi) (2) to be injured; (v1,vi) (3) to wear out; to be worn out; (v1,vi) (4) to break; to burst; to collapse; (v1,vi) (5) to wear off; to stop working; to go dead; (v1,vi) (6) to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due; (v1,vi) (7) to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of; (v1,vi) (8) to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected; (v1,vi) (9) to cut well; to be sharp; (v1,vi) (10) to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able; (v1,vi) (11) to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time); (v1,vi) (12) to dry off; (v1,vi) (13) to curve; to veer; (v1,vi) (14) to shuffle (cards); (v1,vi) (15) (colloquialism) (See キレる) to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip; (aux-v,v1) (16) (kana only) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to be able to do completely

切れ端

see styles
 kirehashi
    きれはし
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

切出す

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 kiridasu
    きりだす
(transitive verb) (1) to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; (2) to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; (3) to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); (4) to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out

切取り

see styles
 kiridori
    きりどり
    kiritori
    きりとり
(1) cutting; tearing off; cutting off; clipping; (2) cutting (for a railroad, highway, etc.); cut; (3) robbery with assault; burglary

切取る

see styles
 kiritoru
    きりとる
(transitive verb) to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out; to cut down; to amputate

切払う

see styles
 kiriharau
    きりはらう
(transitive verb) to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off

切落す

see styles
 kiriotosu
    きりおとす
(transitive verb) to cut off; to lop off; to prune

切裂く

see styles
 kirisaku
    きりさく
(transitive verb) to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

刎ねる

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 haneru
    はねる
(transitive verb) (kana only) to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate

別行動

see styles
 betsukoudou / betsukodo
    べつこうどう
(noun/participle) (ant: 団体行動) doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

刮げる

see styles
 kosogeru
    こそげる
(transitive verb) to scrape off; to shave off

削り代

see styles
 kezurishiro
    けずりしろ
cutting stock (extra material cut off in machining operations as a safety margin for tolerances); machining allowance

剥がす

see styles
 hegasu
    へがす
    hagasu
    はがす
(transitive verb) (kana only) to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay; to disrobe; to deprive of; to detach; to disconnect

剥ける

see styles
 hegeru
    へげる
(v1,vi) to peel off; to come off; to flake off

剥れる

see styles
 mukureru
    むくれる
(v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to become sullen; to sulk; to get angry; to take offense; to be miffed; to be upset; (v1,vi) (2) to peel (off); to come off

剥取る

see styles
 hagitoru
    はぎとる
(irregular okurigana usage) (transitive verb) to tear off; to strip; to rob

副産物

see styles
 fukusanbutsu
    ふくさんぶつ
(1) by-product; (2) spin-off; outgrowth; side effect; consequence

加時賽


加时赛

see styles
jiā shí sài
    jia1 shi2 sai4
chia shih sai
(sports) overtime; extra time; play-off

区切る

see styles
 kugiru
    くぎる
(transitive verb) (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off; (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

十二天

see styles
shí èr tiān
    shi2 er4 tian1
shih erh t`ien
    shih erh tien
 juuniten / juniten
    じゅうにてん
twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect); (place-name) Jūniten
The twelve devas (especially of the Shingon sect): Brahmā; the deva of earth; of the moon; of the sun; Indra; of fire; Yama; of the rakṣas (or demons); of water; of wind; Vaiśramaṇa (wealth); and Maheśvara (Śiva). Also 十二大天衆.

十六觀


十六观

see styles
shí liù guān
    shi2 liu4 guan1
shih liu kuan
 jūroku kan
The sixteen meditations of Amitābha on the setting sun, water (as ice, crystal, etc. ), the earth, and so on.

十普門


十普门

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shí pǔ mén
    shi2 pu3 men2
shih p`u men
    shih pu men
 jū fumon
The ten universals of a bodhisattva: 慈悲普 universal pity; 弘誓門 vow of universal salvation; 修行門 accordant action; 斷惑門 universal cutting off of delusions; 入法門門 freedom of entry into all forms of truth; 神通門 universal superhuman powers; 方便門 universal accordance with conditions of the receptivity of others; 說法門 powers of universal explication of the truth; 供養諸佛門 power of universal service of all Buddhas; 成就衆生門 the perfecting of all beings universally.

千切る

see styles
 chigiru
    ちぎる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to tear up; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to tear off; (suf,v5r) (3) (kana only) (after the -masu stem of a verb) to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily; to do ... vigorously

千金方

see styles
qiān jīn fāng
    qian1 jin1 fang1
ch`ien chin fang
    chien chin fang
Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold, early Tang compendium of herbal medicine by Sun Simiao 孫思邈|孙思邈[Sun1 Si1 miao3]

午前休

see styles
 gozenkyuu / gozenkyu
    ごぜんきゅう
taking the morning off; time off during the morning

午後休

see styles
 gogokyuu / gogokyu
    ごごきゅう
taking the afternoon off; time off during the afternoon

即席に

see styles
 sokusekini
    そくせきに
(adverb) impromptu; on the spot; off the cuff; ad lib

即興的

see styles
 sokkyouteki / sokkyoteki
    そっきょうてき
(adjectival noun) improvised; impromptu; extemporaneous; off-the-cuff; ad-lib

卸肩兒


卸肩儿

see styles
xiè jiān r
    xie4 jian1 r5
hsieh chien r
lit. a weight off one's shoulders; fig. to resign a post; to lay down a burden; to be relieved of a job

厄よけ

see styles
 yakuyoke
    やくよけ
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

厄除け

see styles
 yakuyoke
    やくよけ
warding off evil; protecting against misfortune

原子戦

see styles
 genshisen
    げんしせん
atomic war

反季節


反季节

see styles
fǎn jì jié
    fan3 ji4 jie2
fan chi chieh
off-season; out-of-season

反戦歌

see styles
 hansenka
    はんせんか
anti-war song

収容所

see styles
 shuuyoujo / shuyojo
    しゅうようじょ
housing facility; detention facility; internment camp; prisoner-of-war camp; concentration camp; refugee camp; asylum

取れる

see styles
 toreru
    とれる
(v1,vi) (1) to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); (v1,vi) (2) to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to come out (of a stain); to come off (e.g. of dust); to be removed (e.g. of wrinkles); (v1,vi) (3) to be harvested; to be picked; to be produced; to be caught (of fish); to be obtained; to be extracted; (v1,vi) (4) to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as); to be understood (as); to be read (as); (v1,vi) (5) to be attained (of balance, harmony, etc.); to be achieved; (v1,vi,vt) (6) (potential form of 取る) (See 取る・1) to be able to get; to be able to obtain; to be able to secure; to be able to win; to be able to catch

取切る

see styles
 torikiru
    とりきる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) (1) to take completely; to deplete; (2) to block off; to isolate

口水戰


口水战

see styles
kǒu shuǐ zhàn
    kou3 shui3 zhan4
k`ou shui chan
    kou shui chan
war of words

口相撲

see styles
 kuchizumou / kuchizumo
    くちずもう
(1) war of words; verbal fisticuffs; (2) (slang) kissing

口角力

see styles
 kuchizumou / kuchizumo
    くちずもう
(1) war of words; verbal fisticuffs; (2) (slang) kissing

口角戰


口角战

see styles
kǒu jiǎo zhàn
    kou3 jiao3 zhan4
k`ou chiao chan
    kou chiao chan
war of words

句切る

see styles
 kugiru
    くぎる
(transitive verb) (1) to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to mark off; to cut off; (2) to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

史迪威

see styles
shǐ dí wēi
    shi3 di2 wei1
shih ti wei
Joseph Stilwell (1883-1946), commander of US forces in China, Burma and India in World War II

吃白飯


吃白饭

see styles
chī bái fàn
    chi1 bai2 fan4
ch`ih pai fan
    chih pai fan
to eat plain rice; (fig.) to eat and not pay for it; to sponge off others; to freeload

吃皇糧


吃皇粮

see styles
chī huáng liáng
    chi1 huang2 liang2
ch`ih huang liang
    chih huang liang
lit. to eat from government coffers; to serve as a government employee; to live off government money

吃軟飯


吃软饭

see styles
chī ruǎn fàn
    chi1 ruan3 fan4
ch`ih juan fan
    chih juan fan
to live off a woman

吊帶衫


吊带衫

see styles
diào dài shān
    diao4 dai4 shan1
tiao tai shan
halter top; spaghetti strap top; sun top

同盟會


同盟会

see styles
tóng méng huì
    tong2 meng2 hui4
t`ung meng hui
    tung meng hui
Tongmenghui, Sun Yat-sen's alliance for democracy, founded 1905, became the Guomindang 國民黨|国民党 in 1912

吐便當


吐便当

see styles
tǔ biàn dāng
    tu3 bian4 dang1
t`u pien tang
    tu pien tang
(slang) (of a character) to reappear in a story line after having been supposedly killed off; cf. 領盒飯|领盒饭[ling3 he2 fan4]

向日性

see styles
 koujitsusei; kounichisei / kojitsuse; konichise
    こうじつせい; こうにちせい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 背日性) heliotropism; actinotropism; disposition (in flowers) to turn toward the sun; phototropism

吹飛ぶ

see styles
 fukitobu
    ふきとぶ
(v5b,vi) (1) to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; (2) to vanish; to disappear

呉道子

see styles
 godoushi / godoshi
    ごどうし
(person) Wu Daozi; Wu Tao-tzu (approx. 680-750 CE)

呉道玄

see styles
 godougen / godogen
    ごどうげん
(person) Wu Daozi; Wu Tao-tzu (approx. 680-750 CE)

周作人

see styles
zhōu zuò rén
    zhou1 zuo4 ren2
chou tso jen
Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967), brother of Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4], academic in Japanese and Greek studies, briefly imprisoned after the war as Japanese collaborator, persecuted and died of unknown causes during the Cultural Revolution

哈季奇

see styles
hā jì qí
    ha1 ji4 qi2
ha chi ch`i
    ha chi chi
Goran Hadžić (1958-2016), Croatian Serb leader until 1994, indicted war criminal

喰べる

see styles
 taberu
    たべる
(irregular kanji usage) (transitive verb) (1) to eat; (2) to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

四天王

see styles
sì tiān wáng
    si4 tian1 wang2
ssu t`ien wang
    ssu tien wang
 shitennou / shitenno
    してんのう
(1) {Buddh} the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); (2) the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
(四大天王) catur-mahārājas, or Lokapālas; the four deva-kings. Indra's external 'generals 'who dwell each on a side of Mount Meru, and who ward off from the world the attacks of malicious spirits, or asuras, hence their name 護世四天王 the four deva-kings, guardians of the world. Their abode is the 四天王天 catur-maharāja-kāyikas; and their titles are: East 持國天 Deva who keeps (his) kingdom; colour white; name Dhṛtarsaṣtra. South 增長天 Deva of increase and growth; blue; name Virūḍhaka. West 廣目天 The broad-eyed (also ugly-eyed) deva (perhaps a form of Siva); red; name Virūpākṣa. North 多聞天 The deva who hears much and is well-versed; yellow; name Vaiśravaṇa, or Dhanada; he is a form of Kuvera, the god of wealth. These are the four giant temple guardians introduced as such to China by Amogha; cf. 四天王經.

四明山

see styles
sì míng shān
    si4 ming2 shan1
ssu ming shan
 Shimyō san
A mountain range in Ningbo prefecture where the 四明 are clearly seen, i. e. sun, moon, stars, and constellations. 知禮 Zhili of the Sung dynasty is known as the 四明尊者 honoured one of Siming and his school as the 四明家 Siming school in the direct line of Tiantai. In Japan Mt. Hiei 比叡山 is known by this title, through Dengyo 傳教 the founder of the Japanese Tiantai School.

回馬槍


回马枪

see styles
huí mǎ qiāng
    hui2 ma3 qiang1
hui ma ch`iang
    hui ma chiang
sudden thrust (that catches the opponent off guard)

地上戦

see styles
 chijousen / chijosen
    ちじょうせん
land war

垢すり

see styles
 akasuri
    あかすり
(noun/participle) scrubbing; getting grime off

垢擦り

see styles
 akasuri
    あかすり
(noun/participle) scrubbing; getting grime off

墜ちる

see styles
 ochiru
    おちる
(v1,vi) (1) to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); (2) to be omitted; to be missing; (3) to decrease; to sink; (4) to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); (5) to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; (6) to become indecent (of a conversation); (7) to be ruined; to go under; (8) to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); (9) to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; (10) to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); (11) to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; (12) to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; (13) to come to (in the end); to end in; (14) to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); (15) to swoon (judo); (16) to consent; to understand; (17) (computer terminology) to crash; to freeze; (18) to die; (19) to move to the depths

壇ノ浦

see styles
 dannoura / dannora
    だんのうら
(place-name) Dannoura (site of a major sea battle of the Genpei War); Dan-no-ura

壮行会

see styles
 soukoukai / sokokai
    そうこうかい
(1) farewell party; send-off party; (2) motivational rally

売切り

see styles
 urikiri
    うりきり
(1) clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout; (2) selling (accepting only a single payment); (3) bond transaction not subject to repurchase

売切る

see styles
 urikiru
    うりきる
(transitive verb) to sell out; to sell off

売抜く

see styles
 urinuku
    うりぬく
(transitive verb) to sell off at peak price (usu. shares)

売立て

see styles
 uritate
    うりたて
auctioning off; selling off

外れる

see styles
 hazureru
    はずれる
(v1,vi) (1) to be disconnected; to get out of place; to be off; to be out (e.g. of gear); (v1,vi) (2) to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to draw a blank (e.g. lottery); (v1,vi) (3) to be removed; to be excluded; (v1,vi) (4) to be contrary to; to go against

夜逃げ

see styles
 yonige
    よにげ
(n,vs,vi) running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act

大戦争

see styles
 daisensou / daisenso
    だいせんそう
major war; great war; world war

大演習

see styles
 daienshuu / daienshu
    だいえんしゅう
large-scale maneuvers; large-scale manoeuvres; war games

大部屋

see styles
 oobeya
    おおべや
(1) large room; (2) green room; waiting room for performers when off stage; (can act as adjective) (3) junior actor; actor of small parts; (4) large hospital room (for several patients); hospital ward; (5) ōbeya; project management technique in manufacturing, involving group meetings in a common room

大黑天

see styles
dà hēi tiān
    da4 hei1 tian1
ta hei t`ien
    ta hei tien
 Daikoku ten
Mahākāla 摩訶迦 (or 謌) 羅 the great black deva 大黑神. Two interpretations are given. The esoteric cult describes the deva as the masculine form of Kālī, i.e. Durgā, the wife of Śiva; with one face and eight arms, or three faces and six arms, a necklace of skulls, etc. He is worshipped as giving warlike power, and fierceness; said also to be an incarnation of Vairocana for the purpose of destroying the demons; and is described as 大時 the "great time" (-keeper) which seems to indicate Vairocana, the sun. The exoteric cult interprets him as a beneficent deva, a Pluto, or god of wealth. Consequently he is represented in two forms, by the one school as a fierce deva, by the other as a kindly happy deva. He is shown as one of the eight fierce guardians with trident, generally blue-black but sometimes white; he may have two elephants underfoot. Six arms and hands hold jewel, skull cup, chopper, drum, trident, elephant-goad. He is the tutelary god of Mongolian Buddhism. Six forms of Mahākāla are noted: (1) 比丘大黑 A black-faced disciple of the Buddha, said to be the Buddha as Mahādeva in a previous incarnation, now guardian of the refectory. (2) 摩訶迦羅大黑女 Kālī, the wife of Śiva. (3) 王子迦羅大黑 The son of Śiva. (4) 眞陀大黑 Cintāmaṇi, with the talismanic pearl, symbol of bestowing fortune. (5) 夜叉大黑 Subduer of demons. (6) 摩迦羅大黑 Mahākāla, who carries a bag on his back and holds a hammer in his right hand. J., Daikoku; M., Yeke-gara; T., Nag-po c'en-po.

天の声

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 tennokoe
    てんのこえ
(exp,n) (1) (See 天声) heavenly voice; (exp,n) (2) (idiom) off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict

天底下

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tiān dǐ xia
    tian1 di3 xia5
t`ien ti hsia
    tien ti hsia
in this world; under the sun

天日塩

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 tenjitsuen; tenpijio
    てんじつえん; てんぴじお
sun-dried salt

天日瓦

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 tenjitsugawara
    てんじつがわら
sun-dried brick; adobe

天気輪

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 tenkirin
    てんきりん
(1) weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination; (2) (See 太陽柱) sun pillar

天気雨

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 tenkiame
    てんきあめ
(See 狐の嫁入り・1) sun shower; sudden rain from a blue sky

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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