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つぶ／ツブ only; Word usually written using kana alone
whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.)
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small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail)
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screw
Examples
この機械は１時間に千個のねじを製造する。
This machine cranks out a thousand screws an hour.
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key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring
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boasting; bragging; big talk
Examples
嘘ではないにしろ、ホラに近い。
If not a lie, close to a boast.
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Abbreviation; Orig. meaning
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
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conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
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braggart; boaster; big talker; big mouth; blowhard; bullshitter
Examples
彼はほら吹きで、言ったことの半分もやったことがない。
He talks big but he's never done half the things that he said he has.
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tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
Examples
ケビンが言うことはほら話ばかりなので、誰も彼のことを信じなかった。
Nobody believed Kevin because all he ever told were tall stories.
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turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)