This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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糸取り

いととり
silk reeling; silk spinning; filature; silk reeler; silk spinner
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死に水を取る

しにみずをとる
to wet the lips of a dying person; to attend someone's last moments
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枝尺蠖

枝尺取
えだしゃくとり
geometer moth caterpillar; geometrid caterpillar (of subfamily Ennominae)
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指揮を執る

指揮を取る、指揮をとる
しきをとる
to take command; to give direction
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同期を取る

どうきをとる
to synchronize
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同期が取れる

どうきがとれる
to be synchronized
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動きが取れない

うごきがとれない
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place
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撮り溜め

録り溜め、取り溜め
とりだめ
video taping (and storing)
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取っ付き

とっつき
beginning; commencement; outset; first (one comes to); approaching; affability; approachability
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才取り

さいとり
brokering; broker; handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer); pole used to hand things up a ladder