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釈然とするしゃくぜんとするExpressionする VerbFreq #11469
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Usu. in the negative

to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

釈放しゃくほうNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #16915
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release; liberation; acquittal

Examples
警察は彼を釈放した。
The police released him.
釈明しゃくめいNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #20635
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explanation; vindication

Examples
あなたはこの事態をどう釈明するのですか。
How do you account for this situation?
釈迦しゃかNounFreq #37159
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Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

釈尊しゃくそんNounFreq #69964
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Sakyamuni (sage of the Sakyas)

釈然しゃくぜんせきぜん～と AdverbFreq #70123
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'taru' adjective

fully satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); happy; cleared of doubt

Examples
どうも釈然としない。
I just don't feel satisfied.
釈迦に説法しゃかにせっぽうExpressionFreq #77784
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Idiomatic expression

teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha

Examples
釈迦に説法とは存じますが、医者も禁煙されたほうがよろしいのではないでしょうか。
I'm sure you don't need me to tell you this, but wouldn't it be a good idea to stop smoking?
釈迦如来しゃかにょらいNounFreq #119453
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Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

釈義しゃくぎ釋義NounFreq #141287
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exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

釈迦牟尼しゃかむにNounFreq #146136
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Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

釈日本紀しゃくにほんぎNounFreq #190108
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Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Shaku Nihongi (commentary on the Nihon Shoki compiled in the late 13th century)

釈迦三尊しゃかさんぞんNounFreq #207690
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Buddhism

Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants

釈台しゃくだいNounFreq #254855
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low table used by speakers, professional storytellers, etc.; lectern

釈典しゃくてんNounFreq #316309
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Buddhist sutras; Buddhist literature

釈空海しゃくくうかいNoun
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Kukai (name of a Buddhist priest)

釈迦頭しゃかとうNoun
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sugar apple; sweetsop (fruit)

釈義学しゃくぎがくNoun
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exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text

2

study of biblical interpretation

しゃかしめじ釈迦占地シャカシメジNounUsually kana
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Lyophyllum fumosum (species of mushroom)

釈迦十しゃかじゅうしゃかとおNoun
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Card games

10 of batons (in mekuri karuta)

解釈かいしゃくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #2906
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interpretation; explanation; reading; construction

Examples
それは２通りに解釈できる。
That reads two different ways.
会釈えしゃくNoun～する VerbFreq #6057
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slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation

Examples
ただ会釈をするだけなのに、妙にしゃちほこ張ってしまった。
It was just a simple greeting, but somehow I got strangely tense.
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consideration; thoughtfulness

講釈こうしゃくNounFreq #25555
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Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; exposition

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Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture

3

Archaic; Edo-period term

storytelling

注釈註釈ちゅうしゃくNounIntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #27956
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notes; comment; remark; annotation

Examples
この情報は注釈ではなく本文で扱うべきだ。
You should treat this information in the main body of the text, not in the notes.
拡大解釈かくだいかいしゃくNoun～する VerbFreq #47812
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broad interpretation

Examples
それは拡大解釈だね。
That's stretching the point.
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