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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夏芝居

なつしばい
summer play
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家庭内別居

かていないべっきょ
living apart in the same house; separate lives under the same roof
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陸宿借

陸寄居虫、岡宿借
おかやどかり、オカヤドカリ
concave land hermit crab (Coenobita cavipes)
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歌舞伎芝居

かぶきしばい
kabuki play
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柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居ない

exp
やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはいない
Good luck does not always repeat itself
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柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ

柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬ
exp
やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ
a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree
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居た堪らない

居たたまらない
いたたまらない
unable to stay (on); unable to endure being somewhere a second longer; feel like running away
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不法入居者

ふほうにゅうきょしゃ
squatter
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居候蜘蛛

いそうろうぐも、イソウロウグモ
dewdrop spider (any spider of genus Argyrodes)
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三柱鳥居

みつばしらとりい、みつはしらとりい
triangular three-pillar torii