Results, #adji
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- うまい☆《上手い・美味い・旨い・巧い・甘い・美い》 Inflection
 adjective:
- skillful; skilful; clever; expert; wise; successful - esp. 上手い,巧い
 - delicious; appetizing; appetising; tasty - esp. 旨い,美味い,甘い
 - fortunate; splendid; promising - esp. 旨い
 
彼は、こういうのがうまいのです。 He's good at this sort of thing.
あそこの食べ物はうまいし値段も安いが、地の利が悪いのが難点だね。 That place's food is delicious and their prices are low. However, their location isn't good.
- 危うい☆【あやうい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
 - in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
 - uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
 - close (i.e. a close call); narrow
 
危ういところで少女は湖でおぼれそうになった。 It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.
彼は今入院中で、生きられるかどうかは危うい状態だ。 He is now in the hospital and his life is in the balance.
- 力強い☆【ちからづよい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- powerful; strong; forceful; vigorous
 - reassuring; encouraging
 
踊り子達は白いドレスを着てきゃしゃに見えますが、実際には彼女たちは馬のように力強いのです。 The dancers look delicate in their white dresses, but they are really as strong as horses.
- えらい☆《偉い・豪い》 Inflection
 adjective:
- great; excellent; admirable; remarkable; distinguished; important; celebrated; famous; eminent
 - very troublesome; awful; terrible
 - tiring; tough
 
adverb:
- very; extremely - Kansai dialect
 
妻はアメリカでの新しい生活のリズムに慣れるのにえらい苦労した。 My wife had a hard time getting into the swing of our new life in America.
彼は自分では偉いつもりでいるが、実際はとるに足らぬ人だ。 He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.
- 緩い☆【ゆるい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- loose
 - lenient; lax
 - gentle (curve, slope, etc.)
 - slow; weak
 - soft; not firm
 - difficult; hard - in the negative as ゆるくない - Hokkaidō, Tōhoku dialect
 
この靴は少し緩い。 These shoes are a little loose.
日本のODAは返済期間30年、利率2%前後という条件の緩い円借款が大部分を占める。 Japan's ODA largely consists of concessionary yen credit repayable in 30 years, carrying an interest rate of 2% or so.
- 険しい☆【けわしい】嶮しい Inflection
 adjective:
- precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep
 - grim; severe; stern
 
- 慌ただしい☆【あわただしい】慌しい・遽しい Inflection
 adjective:
- busy; hurried; confused; flurried
 
私たちは慌しい食事を済ませすぐに出発した。 We ate a hasty meal and left immediately.
- 荒い☆【あらい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- rough; wild; violent; rude; coarse; harsh; fierce; heavy (e.g. breathing)
 - immoderate; extravagant; reckless
 
- 四角い☆【しかくい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- square; rectangular
 
必要なのは四角いテーブルで、円卓ではない。 We need a square table; not a round one.
- 醜い☆【みにくい】見憎い Inflection
 adjective:
- ugly; unattractive
 - unsightly; unseemly ➜ 醜い争い
 
「美しい」とか「醜い」といった言葉は相対的な用語である。 The words 'beautiful' and 'ugly' are relative terms.
- 蒸し暑い☆【むしあつい】むし暑い・蒸暑い Inflection
 adjective:
- humid; sultry
 
どこかへ逃避行したい。蒸し暑い夏はそんな気分になりがち。 I want to disappear somewhere! I tend to feel like that in sultry summers.
- 甚だしい☆【はなはだしい】甚しいirr. Inflection
 adjective:
- extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious; tremendous; heavy (damage)
 
あんなことを彼女に言うなんて非常識も甚だしい。 It's quite absurd of you to tell her that sort of thing.
- 青白い☆【あおじろい】蒼白い・青じろい Inflection
 adjective:
- pale; pallid
 - bluish-white
 
ジョンが戻ってきたとき、彼はまるで幽霊でもみたように青白い顔つきだった。 When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.
- 惜しい☆【おしい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate
 - precious; dear; valuable
 - too good for; deserving better
 - almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)
 
あなたほどの才能の持ち主が世間に知られずにいるのは惜しいことです。 It is a pity that a man of your ability should remain unknown to the world.
- 勇ましい☆【いさましい】 Inflection
 adjective:
- brave; valiant; gallant; courageous
 - stirring; vigorous; rousing
 
一人で原始林へ乗り込もうとは君はなんて勇ましいんだ。 How brave of you to go alone into the primaeval forest!
- ありがたい☆《有り難い・有難い》 Inflection
 adjective:
- grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
 
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