Results, to read a person's thoughts
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- 読み出す【よみだす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve - IT term
- 後釜に据える【あとがまにすえる】後釜にすえる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to install (a person) in (someone's) place
- 押さえる★【おさえる】押える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
- to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
- to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
- to grasp (a point); to comprehend
- to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】
野茂が打者をおさえると観客がわきあがります。 It causes quite a sensation when Nomo pitches a no-hitter.
低血糖症の人は、感情を押さえる力がないので、すぐに怖がったり怒ったりする。 People suffering from low level of blood sugar disorder, because they lack the power to suppress their emotions, get easily frightened and angry.
- 見立てる☆【みたてる】見たてる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to select; to choose
- to diagnose (an illness); to judge
- to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)
- to see someone off
- to look after; to be (someone's) guardian
- to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)
- 微笑み返す【ほほえみかえす】ほほえみ返す Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
- 足を洗う【あしをあらう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight - idiom
- to wash one's feet
- 頑張る☆ateji【がんばる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
- to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
- to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge
やり残すことがないように頑張るぞ。 I'll do my best to have nothing left to do!
- 木に竹を接ぐ【きにたけをつぐ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
- to sew a fox's skin to the lion's; to graft a bamboo shoot on a tree [literal] - idiom
- 従う☆【したがう】随う・順う・遵う・從うold・隨うold Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
- to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
- to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
- to serve (as); to engage in (work)
善良な市民は法律に従う。 A good citizen obeys the laws.
熱力学の背後には、第１巻で学んだ力学の法則にしたがう原子や分子の運動があります。 Behind thermodynamics lie the movements of atoms and molecules following the laws of motion learned in the first volume.
- 渦巻く☆【うずまく】うず巻く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to curl (smoke)
- to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
- to surge; to sweep
まぁ実際問題、そんな噂が渦巻く中でよく部活が存続してると思うぜ。 Well, for the practical problem, in the midst of those rumours flying around I'm surprised they've been able to keep that club running.
- かすめる《掠める》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
- to deceive; to trick; to cheat
- to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
- to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
- to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
- to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism
トラックは狭い道を塀にかすめるように通った。 The truck scraped along the wall in the narrow road.
- 胸にこたえる【むねにこたえる】胸に応える Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to go to one's heart; to cut one to the quick; to give one a deep impression; to clutch at one's heartstrings; to hit home; to strike home; to strike a chord; to strike a note
- 迎える☆【むかえる】邀える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to go out to meet
- to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; to reach; to approach; to enter (a phase, era, etc.)
- to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)
- to call for; to summon; to invite
- to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.)
お客さまを迎える前には、トイレの鍵がかかるかどうかもしっかりチェックして。 Before meeting your guests, be sure to carefully check that the toilet door locks.
彼女は友人を迎える為に玄関へ行った。 She went to the door to welcome her friends.
- ぶつ☆《打つ・撃つ・撲つ》 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / transitive:
- to hit (a person); to strike; to beat
- to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
- いただく☆《頂く・戴く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy - humble language ➜ 貰う
- to eat; to drink - humble language - polite language
- to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top) - orig. meaning
- to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:
- to get somebody to do something - follows a verb in "-te" form - humble language ➜ 貰う【もらう】
Ｋさんの内緒にしていただくとの約束のもとに前回「左右」後日談なる駄文をお送りしましたが、今回はその後日談です。 Last time I sent out my humble work, the afterword to "left-right", written on the promise that you'd keep it secret from him, this time it's the afterword to that afterword.
本気で似合うと思っていたらしいシャツは辞退し、淡いブルーのポロシャツをいただくことにした。 The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.
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