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弥生土器やよいどきNounFreq #173449
1

Historical term

Yayoi pottery

いやいとこ弥従兄弟弥従姉妹NounUsually kanaArchaic
1

second cousin

弥生狂言やよいきょうげんNounArchaic
1

kabuki play presented in the third month (Edo period)

いよいよ愈愈々弥々AdverbUsually kanaFreq #1677
1

more and more; all the more; increasingly

Examples
いよいよ薄暮、もうすぐ宵闇。
It's getting more and more shadowy, soon it will be twilight.
2

at last; finally; beyond doubt

Examples
いよいよ千載一遇のチャンスがめぐってきた。
At last, a chance in a million arrived.
3

(at the) last moment; worst possible time

渡るわたるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #2252
1

Occ. written as 渉る

to cross over; to go across

Examples
橋は安全です。車でわたれます。
The bridge is safe; you can drive across.
2

Word usually written using kana alone; Occ. written as 亘る or 亙る

to extend; to cover; to range; to span

Examples
この儀式は幾世代にもわたって伝わってきた。
This ceremony has been handed down from generation to generation.
《野次馬》やじうま《弥次馬》NounFreq #12528
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Derogatory

curious onlookers; rubbernecks

Examples
喧嘩を見ようと、野次馬が集まった。
A crowd collected to watch the fight.
やじ《野次》ヤジ《弥次》NounUsually kanaFreq #35064
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hooting; jeering; heckling

Examples
その歌手が舞台に現れると聴衆は彼にブーブーという野次を飛ばした。なぜなら彼は自分の妻を捨てて他の女性に乗り換えたからだ。
When the singer appeared on stage, the audience gave him the Bronx cheer, because he dumped his wife for another woman.
南無阿弥陀仏なむあみだぶつExpressionFreq #40207
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Buddhism; Prayer for rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha

Namu Amida Butsu; Hail Amitabha Buddha; Homage to Amida Buddha

野次馬根性弥次馬根性やじうまこんじょうNounFreq #45607
1

the spirit of curiosity

いやが上にも弥が上にもいやがうえにも嫌が上にもAdverbFreq #46933
1

all the more

Examples
そうするといやが上にも美しく見える。
That makes you even more attractive.
身の毛がよだつ身の毛が弥立つみのけがよだつExpressionGodan verbFreq #48513
1

to have one's hair stand on end

Examples
その知らせを聞いて身の毛がよだった。
The news made my hair stand on end.
いや増す弥増すいやますIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #48740
1

Formal or literary term

to increase more and more; to continue to increase; to become more and more intense; to get stronger and stronger

阿弥陀あみだ阿彌陀NounFreq #54051
1

Buddhism

Amitabha (Buddha); Amida

2

Word usually written using kana alone; Abbreviation

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

3

Word usually written using kana alone; Abbreviation

wearing a hat pushed back on one's head

元の木阿弥もとのもくあみExpressionFreq #58341
1

ending up right back where one started

Examples
ここで中断したら元の木阿弥だぞっ。
If we stop here, we'll be right back where we started!
香具師野師やし弥四NounFreq #65641
1

stallkeeper (at a festival, fair, etc.); street vendor; street performer; peddler; hawker; huckster; faker

2

香具師 only; Internet slang

fellow; guy; chap; he; she; him; her

身の毛のよだつ身の毛の弥立つみのけのよだつExpressionGodan verbFreq #71537
1

hair-raising; bloodcurdling; horrible; shocking; gruesome

Examples
それは身の毛のよだつ思いだよ。
That's a hair-raising thought.
阿弥陀如来あみだにょらいNounFreq #77667
1

Buddhism

Amitabha Tathagata; Amithaba

あみだくじ阿弥陀くじ阿弥陀籤NounUsually kanaFreq #78333
1

ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner

阿弥陀仏あみだぶつNounFreq #83875
1

Buddhism

Amitabha

野次る弥次るやじるヤジるTransitiveGodan verbFreq #84398
1

to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle

Examples
彼らは彼の提案をやじった。
They hooted at his suggestion.
沙弥しゃみさみNounFreq #86033
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male Buddhist novice

阿弥陀堂あみだどうNounFreq #105509
1

temple hall containing an enshrined image of Amitabha

須弥山しゅみせんすみせんNounFreq #113323
1

Buddhism

Mount Sumeru (believed to be the centre of the Buddhist world)

須弥壇しゅみだんNounFreq #123853
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dais for a Buddhist image

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