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子
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lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume
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egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)
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child born with teeth
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child which does not resemble its parents; changeling
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wild child; badly-behaved child
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battledore (early form of badminton racket)
Examples
羽子板で突く羽の玉は「むくろじ」という大木の種です。
The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
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Food, cooking
rolled Japanese-style omelette
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women's college; women's university
Examples
エリオットさんの姪は女子大学に通っている。
Mr Eliot's niece goes to a women's college.
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light, thin, single-layer kimono (esp. from hemp or raw silk, for summer use)
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Abbreviation
shroud; burial clothes
赤子の手をひねる赤子の手を捻る赤子の手をねじるあかごのてをひねる (赤子の手をひねる/赤子の手を捻る)あかごのてをねじる (赤子の手を捻る/赤子の手をねじる)ExpressionGodan verbFreq #65886
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Idiomatic expression
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; to twist a baby's arm
Examples
そんな事は、彼にとっては赤子の手を捻るようなものだ。
For him, that will be like taking candy from a baby.
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monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
Examples
彼はその詩を一本調子で朗読した。
He read the poem in a monotone.
