ちょうしはずれ【調子はずれ】
調子はずれに歌うsing out of tune
勅撰
〔和歌集などの〕compilation by Imperial command勅撰集an anthology compiled by Imperial command
勅題
1〔詩歌の題〕the subject of the New Year Imperial Poetry Contest2〔額〕a tablet inscribed by the Emperor
支える
1〔ふさがる〕管にごみがつかえているThe pipe is clogged [blocked/stopped up] with dirt.餅がのどにつかえたA rice cake got cau...
続ける
1〔やめずに行う〕continue ((to do; doing))；go on ((doing))；keep on ((doing))仕事を続けるcontinue one's work／kee...
積もり
1〔意図〕an intention ((of doing))あす帰って来るつもりですI intend [am planning] to come back tomorrow.彼に会うつもりはあり...
低音
a low tone；〔音楽〕bass [béis]低音で話すspeak in a low-pitched voice低音で歌うsing bass／sing in the lowest regi...
手遊び
庭いじりはほんの手すさびですGardening is just a way of passing the time for me.手すさびに彼女が詠んだ歌が受賞したThe poem she ha...
照れ臭い
人前で歌うのは照れ臭かったI was embarrassed to sing in front of people.／I felt very self-conscious about singi...
戸板
a door; a shutter戸板にのせてけが人を運んだThey used a door as a makeshift stretcher to carry the injured man....
