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#Japanese #WordoftheDay 禁止 (きんし/kinshi) ‘prohibition, inhibition, ban’ Example: なお 親善試合のため一切の破壊行為は 禁止とします。

#Japanese #WordoftheDay 正義 (せいぎ/seigi) ‘justice, right, righteousness, correct meaning’ Example: わが姿は正義。わが姿は世界。

Returning after a loooong break from original content (thanks, exam season),  gonna kick-start the new year with another update to the ever-growing list of words you can come across in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

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物流（ぶつりゅう）　・　logistics; physical distribution of goods

衣類（いるい）　・　clothes; garments

オーバーアクション　・　overacting

一軒家（いっけんや）　・　isolated house

契約（けいやく）【する】　・　contract; agreement

魅力（みりょく）　・　charm; appeal; fascination

あっぱれ【な】　・　splendid; praiseworthy

気軽に（きがるに）　・　without reservation; readily

崖（がけ）　・　cliff; precipice

看板（かんばん）　・　signboard

高額（こうがく）【な】　・　large sum (of money)

めでたい　・　happy; auspicious

告知（こくち）【する】　・　notice; announcement

筆まめ（ふでまめ）　・　good correspondent

単純に言えば（たんじゅんにいえば）　・　putting it simply

大分（だいぶ）　・　considerably

必殺技（ひっさつわざ）　・　killer technique; special move (martial arts term)

すれ違う（すれちがう）　・　to pass by one another; to disagree

朝一番（あさいちばん）　・　first thing in the morning

シャキッと　・　crisp; refreshing; stylish

購入（こうにゅう）【する】　・　purchase

紛れもない（まぎれもない）　・　certain; beyond doubt

『　初詣　』

Japanese Romaji: chouraku Japanese Meaning: wither and fall / withering / decline / decay / go downhill / pass away

Parts: chou(shibo) - wither / droop / lame

raku(o) - to fall / to drop / come down / to leave behind

———————————————————- Chinese Pinyin: diāoluò Chinese Meaning: to wither (and drop off) / to wilt / fallen / to pass away

Parts: diāo - withered (plants) / fade / fallen / exhausted / emaciated / (of life, business, etc.) declining / depressed

luò(là, lào) - to fall / to drop / (of the sun) to set / (of a tide) to go out / to lower / to decline / descend / go down / let fall / to wither / to sink / to lag / weaken / to fall behind / to fall onto / fallen / lose / to rest with / to get / to have / to receive / to write down / put (pen to paper) / whereabouts / settlement / village / tribe / settle down / cease / finish / to leave out / to be missing / to leave behind / to forget to bring / pile / heap / net income / surplus / natural and poised / (Cantonese) deliver / put in / apply

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Words in bold are particularly relevant to the story, and words in italics seem like they’d be worth remembering outside the context of the manga.

一転 いってん one turn, spinning around, complete change, reversal, (an) about-face, sudden transformation / giro, cambio completo

抜け出す, 抜けだす, 脱け出す ぬけだす to slip out, to sneak away, to break free, to get through (a difficult situation), to break into the lead, to get ahead, to begin to fall out (e.g. hair), to break out (of a loop) / escaparse de ~

憑き物, つき物, 憑物 つきもの evil spirit, demon

やりくり上手, やり繰り上手 やりくりじょうず being resourceful (esp. with household finances), being good at managing things

肝が据わる きもがすわる to have guts, to be plucky, to have nerves of steel / no arredrarse fácilmente, no perder la sangre fría, tenerlos bien puestos, ser de los que no se acobardan

何処ぞ どこぞ somewhere (very vague), someplace (very vague)

底辺, 低辺 ていへん base (e.g. of a triangle), low class, low in social standing, low level, of poor reputation, base (e.g. of support), foundation, basis

見聞き みきき information, experience, observation, seeing and hearing

感化 かんか influence, inspiration, reform, correction / influencia

仕来り, 仕来たり, 為来り, 為来たり しきたり custom, convention, tradition, mores, conventional practice / costumbre, práctica convencional, usos, ordenanza

無断 むだん without permission, without notice / sin permiso, sin avisar

手に取る, 手にとる てにとる to take in one's hand, to pick up, to obtain

気が立つ, 気がたつ きがたつ to be wrought up, to be on edge, to get irritated, to get excited (about), to be unsettled

薬師, 医, 医師 くすし, くすりし doctor / doctor, médico

薬湯 やくとう, くすりゆ, やくゆ medicated bath, (medical) decoction, infusion, medicinal hot spring

気に掛かる, 気にかかる きにかかる to weigh on one's mind, to be worried about (something) / no pensar más que en, estar intranquilo, no poder quitarse algo de la cabeza

ぶん回す ぶんまわす to spin vigorously, to wave around (e.g. sword, bat)

委ねる ゆだねる to entrust (a matter) to, to leave to, to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure), to yield to (e.g. anger), to devote oneself to / confiar a, dedicarse a, abandonarse uno mismo a

虚像 きょぞう virtual image, false image, pretense, pretence / imagen virtual, imagen falsa, apariencia irreal, ficción, ilusión

初詣, 初詣で, 初もうで はつもうで first shrine visit of New Year / primera visita al templo de Nuevo Año [this one is on the list because I never knew it had an う in it, I always thought it was just hatsumode]

それ切り, 其れ切り それきり, それぎり with that, on that note, altogether, ending at that point, cut off there

仕込む しこむ to train, to teach, to educate, to acquire (information), to learn, to cram, to stock, to stock up on, to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing), to insert, to build into, to fit

せいこう

Seikou