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太
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middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age
Examples
最近、お腹の周りに肉がついてきたみたい。中年太りかな。
I'm getting a spare tire around my waist. I guess it's middle age creeping up on me.
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solar energy; solar power
Examples
太陽エネルギーについて話そう。
Let's talk about solar energy.
問題は、太陽エネルギーにはコストがかかりすぎるということだ。
The problem is that solar energy costs too much.
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overweight
Examples
もっと運動しなさい、さもないと太り過ぎになりますよ。
Do more exercise, or you'll get too fat.
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Colloquial
unemployed person; vagabond; floater; vagrant
Examples
しばらくプータローしていて、迷ってたんです。勢いで辞表出しちゃったけど、本当は我慢して続けるべきだったのかな、って。
Having idled jobless for a while I wavered. I'd rushed into handing in my notice but maybe I should have endured it and kept going...
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風太郎 only
day labourer (esp. on the docks)
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Trademark
Kintarō candy; Kintarō-ame; hard stick-shaped candy made so that the face of folk hero Kintarō appears when it is sliced
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something (or someone) lacking originality; something lacking in variety; cookie-cutter design (look, approach, etc.)
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Gibraltar
Examples
この船はジブラルタル海峡を通過します。
This boat sails through the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Proverb
it's good to have a girl first and then a boy
Examples
あたし、最初は女の子がいいな！ほら、一姫二太郎っていうじゃない。
I'd like to have a girl the first time. Look, they say 'First a girl, then a boy' don't they?
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Colloquial; Recent usage
one girl and two boys are ideal