My words

角切り

かくぎり

cut into cubes

診療所

しんりょうしょ しんりょうじょ

clinic, medical office, infirmary

下膳

さげぜん

clearing up leftover food and dishes

生意気

なまいき

impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen

桁

けた

column, beam, girder, crossbeam, spar, yard digit, decade, order of magnitude position digit digits

凍結

とうけつ

freeze (e.g. program, food) freezing freezing

騒ぐ

さわぐ

to make noise, to make racket, to be noisy to rustle, to swoosh to make merry to clamor, to clamour, to make a fuss, to kick up a fuss to lose ones cool, to panic, to act flustered to feel tense, to be uneasy, to be excited

お役御免

おやくごめん

dismissal, firing, retirement, being relieved from ones post, being relieved of a burden

飛び飛び

とびとび

scattered here and there, at intervals

襷

たすき

cord used to tuck up the sleeves of a kimono sash (worn across chest, e.g. by election candidate or relay runners) wrapper band on books, CDs, etc.

大晦日

おおみそか

New Years Eve, December 31st

紅白

こうはく

red and white, colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors) Red and White singing contest, annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Years Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

除夜の鐘

じょやのかね

temple bell rung 108 times on New Years Eve

伝統

でんとう

tradition, convention

掻っ穿る

かっぽじる

to dig up; dig up; to peck at; peck at

便座

べんざ

toilet seat

お澄まし

おすまし

primness, prim person clear soup

年越し

としこし

New Years Eve, end of the year

時代遅れ

じだいおくれ

old-fashioned, behind the times, out of date

棒読み

ぼうよみ

reading in a monotone reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese

厚礼

こうれい

heartfelt thanks

駅伝

えきでん

long-distance relay race stagecoach, post horse

擂り鉢

すりばち

(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)

白日

はくじつ

bright sunshine, broad daylight

戸惑う

とまどう

to be bewildered, to be perplexed

歯茎

はぐき

gums, teethridge

振替輸送

ふりかえゆそう

transfer (of passengers or freight)

見合わせる

みあわせる

to exchange glances, to look at each other to postpone, to suspend operations, to refrain from performing an action

上下線

じょうげせん

both (railway) tracks, (both) up and down tracks (lines)

見込む

みこむ

to anticipate, to estimate, to expect