日本語の道

ごわごわ
stiff, starchy

ごしごし
scrubbing, rubbing briskly, rasping

さらさら
rustling, murmuring; fluently; silky (hair)

つるつる
slippery, smooth

がさがさ
rustling, dry or rough feeling

悪戦苦闘（あくせんくとう）
hard fighting, hard struggle, fighting against heavy odds

脇道（わきみち）
side road, byroad, digression

イギリス＝英吉利
Great Britain, United Kingdom

がらくた
junk, rubbish, trash, garbage, odds and ends

満遍なく（まんべんなく）
equally, thoroughly, all over, uniformly, without exception, all around

排他（はいた）
exclusion

冴える（さえる）
to be clear, to be serene, to be cold, to be skillful

黙り（だんまり）
silence, without giving notice, taciturnity, refusing explanation; pantomime (in kabuki)

慎
つつし・む, つつし, つつし・み
シン
humility, be careful, discrete, prudent

元祖（がんそ）
originator, founder, pioneer, inventor

振り付け（ふりつけ）
choreography, dance coaching; Japanese dance competition

取り寄せる（とりよせる）
to order, to send away for

埴輪（はにわ）
haniwa (unglazed earthen objects fashioned in ancient Japan)

危機感（ききかん）
sense of impending crisis, sense of danger

好転（こうてん）
changing for the better

食出（はみだし）
jutting out (of bounds), being crowded out

辺鄙（へんぴ）
hard to reach place, remote place