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玉
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mixed bag; mixture of good and bad; jumble of wheat and chaff; mixture of precious gems and common rocks
Examples
ボスには玉石混交のグループとは言われたけれど、俺は玉かな、それとも石なのかな。
The boss said this group is a real mixed bag. I wonder if he places me with the wheat or the chaff.
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golden rule (basic principle ensuring success in some activity)
Examples
社員は皆社長の言を金科玉条としている。
The employees treat everything the company president says as a golden rule.
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fit of anger; temper; rage
Examples
フレッドには忍耐心というものがまるでないから、彼のカンシャク玉を破裂させるのはわけもない。
Fred has very little patience, and it doesn't take much to make him fly off the handle.
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bang snap
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Idiomatic expression
apple of one's eye; one's jewel
Examples
父は私の弟を掌中の玉のようにかわいがった。
My brother was the apple of my father's eye.
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eye-popping; staggering
Examples
彼女が欲しいって言ってたコート、目の玉が飛び出るほど高かったんだ。
The coat she wanted was eye-poppingly expensive.
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to be made an example of; to be made a victim of; to be exposed to ridicule
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Food, cooking
soft-boiled egg marinated in soy and mirin (usu. topping on ramen)