Results, to relieve
- 替わる☆【かわる】代わる☆・換わる・替る・代る・換る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to succeed; to relieve; to replace - esp. 替わる, 替る
- to take the place of; to substitute for; to take over for; to represent; to hand over (telephone) - esp. 代わる, 代る
- to be exchanged; to change (places with); to switch - esp. 換わる, 換る
断った場合に、それに代わるものはなにか。 If we decline, what are the alternatives?
- 入り替わる【いりかわる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to change places; to relieve (one another)
- 和らげる☆【やわらげる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to soften; to moderate; to relieve
彼は話を和らげるために若干の冗談を必要とする。 He needs a few jokes to lighten up his talk.
- 紛らす☆【まぎらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom)
- to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
- 緩める☆【ゆるめる】弛める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
- to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
- to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
- to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
- to make more gradual (of a slope)
- 止める☆【とめる】留める・停める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
- to park - esp. 止める, 停める
- to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
- to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
- to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
- to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
- to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める
その新聞は政府にインフレを止めるように求めた。 The newspaper called for the government to stop inflation.
この文書はあなたのお目にだけ留めていただきたい。 This document is for your eyes only.
私が言ったことを留めておいて下さい。 Please bear in mind what I said.
- 散らす☆【ちらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to scatter; to cause a shower of
- to disperse; to distribute; to spread
- to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve; to get rid of; to cure
- to distract; to divert - as 気を散らす, etc. ➜ 気を散らす
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to do ... wildly (i.e. disorderly or frequently); to do ... all over the place - after the -masu stem of a verb
私をどなり散らす人は気にならないわ。 The ones who shout at me don't bother me.
- 解きほぐす☆【ときほぐす】解き解す・解解す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel
- to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension); to remove (e.g. doubt)
海の秘密を解きほぐすことは誰にできるだろうか。 Who is able to reveal the mysteries of the sea?
- 解く☆【とく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
- to unsew; to unstitch
- to solve; to work out; to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
- to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
- to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair) ➜ 梳く【すく】
この医師はガンの多くの不可解な点を解こうと努力している。 The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
彼は重責を解かれた。 He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.
彼女は髪をくしでといてリボンで結んだ。 She combed her hair and bound it with a ribbon.
- 主役から降ろす【しゅやくからおろす】主役から下ろす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to relieve someone of the leading role - obscure term
- 代わり合う【かわりあう】代り合う Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to relieve each other; to take turns (to do)
- 入れ替わる☆【いれかわる】入れ代わる・入れ替る・入れ代る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
- 用を足す【ようをたす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to take care of some business; to go on an errand
- to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
- 用が足せる【ようがたせる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make oneself understood (in some language)
- to be able to relieve oneself ➜ 用を足す【ようをたす】
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