脇 |
1. n. (anatomy) the armpit, the underarm | |
2. n. the underarm area of clothing | |
3. n. the side of something (this sense may also be spelled 傍 or 側). | |
脇から口を出す - “to put one's mouth in from the side” → to jump into a conversation | |
4. n. a tangent, such as in a conversation | |
話題から脇へそれてしまう - “to wander away from the topic and off onto a tangent” → to stray off-topic | |
5. n. something in a secondary and supporting role: | |
6. n. in ancient Japan, an assistant to the 春宮坊 | |
7. n. in the medieval period, old name for 関脇 | |
8. n. in 能楽, the supporting role played alongside the main protagonist | |
9. n. in 浄瑠璃, the supporting reciter | |
10. n. in 邦楽, the accompaniment | |
11. n. something of lesser importance, something on the back burner (often used in constructions such as 脇にする, 脇になる.) | |
12. n. short for | |
13. n. somewhere, someone, or something else | |
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