Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- まかり越す【まかりこす】罷り越す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to go to; to visit; to call on - humble language
- 追い迫る【おいせまる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to gain on (someone); to run (someone) close
- 立ちふさがる【たちふさがる】立ち塞がる・立塞がる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
- 事の起こり【ことのおこり】ことの起こり
expression / noun:
- how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
- 八路軍【はちろぐん】
noun:
- Eighth Route Army; 18th Army Group of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China
- 無学文盲【むがくもんもう】 Inflection
~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:
- ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate person - sensitive - four character idiom
- 言いなす【いいなす】言い做す・言做す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
- マル優【マルゆう】丸優【まるゆう】
noun:
- tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
- 長音符【ちょうおんぷ】
noun:
- katakana-hiragana prolonged sound mark; macron (indicating a long vowel); circumflex (indicating a long vowel); modifier letter triangular colon (IPA diacritical)
- 考え倦ねる【かんがえあぐねる】考えあぐねる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea
- モブ・モッブ
noun:
- mob; crowd of people
- background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-playable character [モブ]
- 女役【おんなやく】
noun:
- female role (e.g. in film); female part
- occupation deemed fit for a woman
- passive role in a male homosexual relationship - slang
- 昼間障害標識【ちゅうかんしょうがいひょうしき】
noun:
- obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)
- ただしイケメンに限る【ただしイケメンにかぎる】
expression:
- but he has to be handsome; that said, only if he's a looker; phrase poking fun at people describing their ideal male partner, as a postscript - humorous term
- 俯瞰【ふかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
経営者には企業全体を俯瞰する目が欠かせない。 For a business owner, having a clear overview of one's entire business is vital.
- 持ちかける【もちかける】持ち掛ける☆・持掛ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
- 世に出る【よにでる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to become famous
- to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear; to be published
- できる☆《出来る・出きる・出來るold》 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task
- to be ready; to be completed
- to be made; to be built
- to be good at; to be permitted (to do)
- to become intimate; to take up (with somebody)
- to grow; to be raised
- to become pregnant
妹はもう、本を上手に読む事が出来る。 My little sister can read books well now.
- 老【ろう】
prefix noun:
- old age; age; old people; the old; the aged; senior; elder
その老医師は自分の仕事に誇りを持っている。 The old doctor takes pride in his work.
- 機会を取る【きかいをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take the opportunity (to do something); to take the chance
- 先頭を切る【せんとうをきる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to go first; to take the lead; to lead the way
Kanji
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