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#4289

時代 (じだい) = Era.

🤷🏼‍♂️

みんなが話していることは全然分からなかったから、普通に続けた。ごめん。:pray:

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#4290

岩手（いわて）Iwate (Prefecture)

!!!

Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!

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#4291

低所得者医療扶助 (ていしょとくしゃいりょうふじょ) = support for medical treatment for those on low income

Also, I’m so confused what them notes on the bottom of everyone’s word is lol. Can someone explain it to me xD

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#4292

Explanation

Lol, I didn’t think anyone else would go along with it!

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#4293

I’m glad to hear I wasn’t the only one, lol. In my case, I’m not into Pokémon. Never found the appeal, but that’s just me. I know a lot of people who love it though.

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#4294

序詞じょし - foreword

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#4295

次第 (しだい) = Depends on/As soon as.

I believe the meaning is different based on if だ/で is used after or not.

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#4296

一本気いっぽんぎ ー One-Track Mind

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#4297

I love this word, ‘the one-book spirit’.

擬態語ぎたいご - mimetic word (e.g. ペラペラ, ぐっすり)

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#4298

ゴールごおる ー Goal

It’s a silly one isn’t it? Very good for しりとり games too :wink:

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#4299

累囚 (るいしゅう) = prisoner

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#4300

鵜呑み (うのみ) - swallowing without chewing (the kanji are funny with this one: literally - swallowing like a cormorant)
(as 鵜呑みにする: to unquestioningly believe a story/excuse/etc. someone has told/given)

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#4301

緑みどり ー Green

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#4302

李下 (りか) - under the plum tree

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#4303

漢字（かんじ）The biggest barrier to anyone trying to learn how to read in Japanese

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#4304

事実じじつ - truth, that’s what it is.

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#4305

継端 (つぎは) = opportunity to continue a conversation

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#4306

I like this word, so simple yet so full.

I saw this proverb, 李下に冠を正さず, don’t straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you’re trying to steal the plums). :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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#4307

春はる ー Spring

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#4308

That’s the one!

坩堝 (るつぼ) - melting pot

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