| โดยเสด็จพระราชกุศล | (adv) contribute to a charity fund started by the king, Example: ฉันถวายเงินโดยเสด็จพระราชกุศล |
| ตะแบงมาน | (adj) style of wearing the scarf-cloth of Thai (started from behind passed under the armpits across the chest and tied behind the neck), See also: way of wearing a scarf crossed over the bosom and tied at the back of the neck, Syn. ตะเบ็งมาน, Thai Definition: วิธีห่มผ้าแถบแบบหนึ่ง โดยคาดผ้าอ้อมตัวแล้วเอาชายทั้ง 2 ไขว้ไปผูกที่ต้นคอ |
| ตะเบ็งมาน | (adj) style of wearing the scarf-cloth of Thai (started from behind passed under the armpits across the chest and tied behind the neck), See also: way of wearing a scarf crossed over the bosom and tied at the back of the neck, Syn. ตะแบงมาน, Example: หญิงโบราณจะห่มผ้าแบบตะเม็งมานเวลาออกทำงานหรือเวลาบ้านเมืองคับขัน, Thai Definition: วิธีห่มผ้าแถบแบบหนึ่ง โดยคาดผ้าอ้อมตัวแล้วเอาชายทั้ง 2 ไขว้ไปผูกที่ต้นคอ |
| ต้นร้ายปลายดี | (n) be bad at the beginning and good at the end, See also: project or career which started disastrously but whose end is auspicious, Ant. ต้นดีปลายร้าย, Example: ธรรมดาของการทำการค้ามักจะต้นร้ายปลายดีเสมอ, Thai Definition: ตอนแรกประพฤติตัวไม่ดี แต่ภายหลังกลับสำนึกตัวได้แล้วประพฤติดีตลอดไป, ตอนต้นไม่ดีไปดีเอาตอนหลัง, Notes: (สำนวน) |
| 五四运动 | [Wǔ sì Yùn dòng, ㄨˇ ㄙˋ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 五 四 运 动 / 五 四 運 動] May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles #39,857 [Add to Longdo] |
| 解铃系铃 | [jiě líng xì líng, ㄐㄧㄝˇ ㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ, 解 铃 系 铃 / 解 鈴 系 鈴] lit. whoever hung the bell on the tiger's neck must untie it (成语 saw); fig. whoever started the trouble should end it #883,141 [Add to Longdo] |
| 一不做，二不休 | [yī bù zuò, èr bù xiū, ㄧ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ, ㄦˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄡ, 一 不 做 ， 二 不 休] don't do it, or don't rest (成语 saw); either give up, or go through to the end; Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.; in for a penny, in for a pound [Add to Longdo] |
| 五四 | [wǔ sì, ㄨˇ ㄙˋ, 五 四] fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles [Add to Longdo] |
| 五四爱国运动 | [wǔ sì ài guó yùn dòng, ㄨˇ ㄙˋ ㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄩㄣˋ ㄉㄨㄥˋ, 五 四 爱 国 运 动 / 五 四 愛 國 運 動] May Fourth Movement; Chinese national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles [Add to Longdo] |
| 経緯 | [いきさつ(P);けいい;たてぬき;たてよこ(ok), ikisatsu (P); keii ; tatenuki ; tateyoko (ok)] (n) (1) (いきさつ, けいい only) details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way; (2) (けいい only) longitude and latitude; (3) (けいい, たてぬき, たてよこ only) (orig. meaning of けいい) (See 縦横・たてよこ・4) warp and weft; warp and woof; (P) #2,320 [Add to Longdo] |
| 新造 | [しんぞう;しんぞ, shinzou ; shinzo] (n, vs) (1) new; newly made; (n) (2) unmarried woman of about 20; (3) newly-married woman; (4) new prostitute that has not started working; attendant of an older prostitute #12,746 [Add to Longdo] |
| 掛かる(P);懸かる(P);掛る;懸る | [かかる, kakaru] (v5r, vi) (1) (See 時間がかかる) to take; (v5r) (2) to hang; (3) (See お目にかかる) to come into view; to arrive; (4) to come under (a contract, a tax); (5) to start (engines, motors); (6) to attend; to deal with; to handle; (v5r, aux-v) (7) to have started to; to be on the verge of; (8) to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; (9) to (come) at; (10) (See 鍵がかかる) to be fastened; (11) to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); (12) (See 罠にかかる) to be caught in; (13) (See 電話が掛かる) to get a call; (14) to depend on; (P) #14,931 [Add to Longdo] |
| 統一教会 | [とういつきょうかい, touitsukyoukai] (n) Unification Church (religious movement started by Reverend Sun Myung Moon) #19,931 [Add to Longdo] |
| ボタン戦争 | [ボタンせんそう, botan sensou] (n) (obsc) war started or ended with the push of a single 'launch' button (wasei [Add to Longdo] |
| 元の木阿弥 | [もとのもくあみ, motonomokuami] (n) ending up right back where one started [Add to Longdo] |
| 仕掛かる;仕掛る;仕懸かる;仕懸る | [しかかる, shikakaru] (v5r, vt) (1) to start something; (2) to have started something, but not yet finished it [Add to Longdo] |
| 緒に就く;緒につく | [しょにつく, shonitsuku] (exp, v5k) to be started; to get underway [Add to Longdo] |
| 乗りかかった船;乗り掛かった船 | [のりかかったふね, norikakattafune] (exp) already embarked (and hence cannot go back); already started [Add to Longdo] |
| 銅器時代 | [どうきじだい, doukijidai] (n) Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools) [Add to Longdo] |
| 未着手 | [みちゃくしゅ, michakushu] (n) (work) not yet started [Add to Longdo] |
| 雷火 | [らいか, raika] (n) flash of lightning; fire started by lightning [Add to Longdo] |
