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Odd Taxi · ep 05
Don't Call Me an Idol
アイドルなんて呼ばないで
Idols ride in Odokawa's taxi, but his discretion is as reliable as an old-school bartender's.
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N4 · 3
N3 · 14
N2 · 26
N1 · 9
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Gloss
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01
ソウルフード
そうるふーど
noun
soul food, comfort food
N3
02
郷土料理
きょうどりょうり
noun
local/regional cuisine
N3
03
おふくろの味
おふくろのあじ
expression
taste of home, mother's cooking
N3
04
特別待遇
とくべつたいぐう
noun
special treatment, VIP treatment
N2
05
憧れる
あこがれる
v1
to admire, to long for, to look up to
N3
06
自主練
じしゅれん
noun
independent practice, self-training
N3
07
曲がりなりにも
まがりなりにも
adverb
however humble, for better or worse, at least
N1
08
向上心
こうじょうしん
noun
ambition, drive to improve, aspiration
N2
09
のし上がる
のしあがる
v5r
to claw one's way up, to rise to the top
N1
10
存在意義
そんざいいぎ
noun
reason for existence, raison d'être
N2
11
愛嬌
あいきょう
noun
charm, lovableness, winning personality
N2
12
無邪気
むじゃき
na-adj
innocent, naive, carefree
N3
13
ＴＰＯをわきまえる
てぃーぴーおーをわきまえる
expression
to read the room, to know time, place, and occasion
N2
14
てっぺん
てっぺん
noun
the very top, the summit
N3
15
勝算
しょうさん
noun
chance of winning, prospect of victory
N2
16
金剛石
こんごうせき
noun
diamond (literary/formal)
N1
17
原石
げんせき
noun
raw gem, unpolished talent
N2
18
引き立て役
ひきたてやく
noun
supporting role, foil, someone who makes another shine
N2
19
口堅い
くちがかたい
i-adj
tight-lipped, discreet
N2
20
身内
みうち
noun
one's own people, insiders, family
N3
21
被害者
ひがいしゃ
noun
victim
N3
22
加害者
かがいしゃ
noun
perpetrator, offender
N3
23
合点がいく
がてんがいく
expression
to make sense, to click, to fall into place
N2
24
ドラレコ
どられこ
noun
dashcam, drive recorder
N2
25
優位に立つ
ゆういにたつ
expression
to have the upper hand, to be in an advantageous position
N2
26
横流し
よこながし
noun
diverting goods, black market resale
N1
27
肩代わり
かたがわり
noun
taking over another's debt or obligation
N2
28
四面楚歌
しめんそか
expression
surrounded on all sides, in a hopeless situation
N1
29
破れかぶれ
やぶれかぶれ
na-adj
in desperate despair, reckless abandon
N1
30
失態
しったい
noun
blunder, disgraceful failure
N2
31
半グレ
はんぐれ
noun
semi-criminal, borderline yakuza
N1
32
正義感
せいぎかん
noun
sense of justice, righteousness
N3
33
枚挙にいとまがない
まいきょにいとまがない
expression
too many to enumerate, innumerable
N1
34
土下座
どげざ
noun
prostration, kneeling apology
N3
35
更生
こうせい
noun
rehabilitation, reform, going straight
N2
36
制裁
せいさい
noun
sanction, punishment, retribution
N2
37
矢面に立つ
やおもてにたつ
expression
to face the fire, to be the target of attack
N1
38
称賛の嵐
しょうさんのあらし
expression
a storm of praise, an outpouring of admiration
N2
39
法定速度
ほうていそくど
noun
legal speed limit
N2
40
解雇
かいこ
suru-verb
dismissal; firing
N2
41
出身
しゅっしん
noun
hometown; origin
N4
42
思い入れ
おもいいれ
noun
attachment
N2
43
夢をかなえる
ゆめをかなえる
expression
to make a dream come true
N3
44
誓う
ちかう
v5u
to swear; vow
N2
45
後輩
こうはい
noun
junior; underclassman
N4
46
努力
どりょく
suru-verb
effort
N4
47
スーパー銭湯
スーパーせんとう
noun
large public bath
N2
48
気を遣う
きをつかう
expression
to be considerate
N3
49
席順
せきじゅん
noun
seating order
N2
50
入浴剤
にゅうよくざい
noun
bath additive
N2
51
顔出し
かおだし
suru-verb
showing one's face
N2
52
心得る
こころえる
v1
to understand; know
N2