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ニッコリすれば
メンツ
面子
を
たも
保
てます
よ。
You can save face with a happy smile.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
ニ ッ コ リ 3
Most common form: にっこり
smile sweetly; smile; grin  (see also: ニコニコ; onomatopoeic or mimetic word)
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メ ン ツ 1 メ ン ツ 0
noun
1. face; honour; honor  (originally from Chinese 'mianzi')
2. combination of three tiles that form a set  (mahjong term)
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た も つ 2
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable
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Kanji
面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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百
ヒャク    hundred; 100   
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白
ハク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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子
シ   ス   こ child   
保
ホ   たもつ to protect, safeguard   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
呆
ホウ   ボウ   amazed   あきれる to be amazed   ほうける    ほける    ぼける to be befuddled or slow; to go senile   
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木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
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