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奇
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(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
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inquisitiveness
Examples
好奇の視線と、若干の殺意のこもった視線・・・言うまでもなく居心地が悪いことこの上ない。
Curious gazes, gazes carrying a bit of murderous intent...it goes without saying that I couldn't be more uncomfortable.
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Word usually written using kana alone; Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
once and for all; completely
Examples
番号を奇麗さっぱり忘れてしまった。
I completely forgot the number.
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spotlessly
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whitewashing; glossing over; lip service
Examples
高額品の値下げなどときれいごとをいっても、結局のところ新消費税への風当たりを和らげる口実にすぎない。
The reduced price of luxury goods is just window dressing to make the new consumption tax look better.
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Archaic; Orig. meaning
deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
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neat; trim; tidy; pretty
Examples
どの女の子も小ぎれいな服装をしていた。
Each of the girls was dressed neatly.
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misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate
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checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful; dramatic; full of ups and downs
Examples
私は数奇な運命にもてあそばれてきた。
I have lived a life of a puppet of fortune.
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love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
Examples
みつなは綺麗好きだから、よく自ら進んで掃除をしています。
Mitsuna is very tidy so she often cleans up without being asked.
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Proverb; From the English saying
truth is stranger than fiction
Examples
最近思いもよらない事件が多いね。事実は小説より奇なり、とはよく言ったもんだよ。
You hear about a lot of incidents these days that would be hard to dream up. It really backs up the old saying that fact is stranger than fiction.
