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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女三人寄れば姦し

exp
おんなさんにんよればかしまし
Three women make a market
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期待を寄せる

きたいをよせる
to pin one's hope on; to look forward to; to look toward; to get one's hopes up
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寄り切る

寄切る
v5r
よりきる
to force someone out of the ring
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額を寄せ合う

ひたいをよせあう
to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle
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秋の鹿は笛に寄る

exp
あきのしかはふえによる
people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of
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寄り藻

寄藻
よりも
washed-up seaweed; stranded seaweed
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皺を寄せる

皴を寄せる、しわを寄せる
しわをよせる
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
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手繰り寄せる

v1
vt
たぐりよせる
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
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憑坐

寄坐、尸童、憑子
よりまし
child or doll used as a vessel for a spirit invoked by a shaman or miko
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貝寄せ

貝寄、貝寄風
かいよせ
west wind in the early spring (traditionally on the night of the 20th day of the second month of the lunar calendar); wind that blows seashells ashore