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かまけるkamakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
むつぶmutsubu Inflection

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close
むつむmutsumu Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be harmonious; to get on well; to be intimate or close 睦ぶ
しなをつくるshinawotsukuru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
しっかりshikkari Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • tightly (holding on); firmly; securely - onomatopoeia
  • strongly (built); solidly; sturdily; steadily - onomatopoeia
  • properly; well; sufficiently; hard (working, etc.); fully; completely - onomatopoeia
  • reliably; dependably; levelheadedly; shrewdly; wisely; cleverly - onomatopoeia

kiminiもっとmottoしっかりshikkari仕事shigotowoしてshiteもらいmoraiたいtai I want you to work harder.

大抵のtaiteino学芸gakugeiha最初saishoni基礎kisowoしっかりshikkariやってyatteおかないokanaitoその先sonosakiスムーズにSUMUUZUni身に付けるminitsukeruことkotogaできませんdekimasen With most of the arts, if you don't get the basics down properly then it is difficult to acquire further skills.

そぼろsoboro Inflection

noun:

  • minced meat or fish with soy sauce, etc. (served on rice) - Food term

noun / adjectival noun:

  • shred (e.g. old clothing falling apart); tangle (objects twisted together); thin slices (esp. food)
たわらぜめtawarazeme

noun:

  • Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)
かぶれるkabureru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something)
  • to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
くちなおしkuchinaoshi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate

noun:

  • palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal

o口直しkuchinaoshiniミカンMIKANwoどうぞdouzo Have a satsuma for dessert.

おんなごろしonnagoroshi

noun:

  • lady-killer (i.e. a man who is popular with women); knocking a woman dead (with sex appeal)
  • murderer of women
  • murder of women
たてこもりtatekomori

noun:

  • shutting oneself in (one's room, etc.)
  • barricading oneself in (a fort, etc.) while being besieged; holing up (in a building)
ちゅうどうchuudou

noun / ~の noun:

  • middle of the road; centrism; moderation; golden mean

noun:

  • the middle (of what one is doing); half-way
  • middle way; middle path - Buddhism term

何事nanigotoにもnimo中道chuudou的なtekina立場tachibawo取れtore Take a mean position in everything.

へるもんじゃないherumonjanai

expression:

  • it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world
かてばかんぐんまければぞくぐんkatebakangunmakerebazokugun

expression:

  • might is right; history is written by the victors; winners are always right and losers are always in the wrong - proverb
どうがくdougaku

noun:

  • ethics; moral philosophy
  • (the study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism)
  • (the study of) Taoism
  • Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) 石門心学
つけこむtsukekomu Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to take advantage of; to impose on
  • to make an entry (in an account book)

karehaしばしばshibashiba彼女のkanojono無知にmuchiniつけ込むtsukekomu He often takes advantage of her ignorance.

うけあうukeau Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to undertake; to take on (task)
  • to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise

watashiha彼のkareno正直shoujikiwo請け合うukeauことができないkotogadekinai I can't answer for his honesty.

はきちがえるhakichigaeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to put on another's shoes
  • to be mistaken; to mistake one thing for another
ゆだんもすきもないyudanmosukimonai

expression:

  • one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
にごるnigoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to become muddy; to become cloudy; to get impure (of a liquid, gas, etc.)
  • to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse
  • to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted; to be polluted
  • to become voiced; to add voiced consonant marks 濁り【にごり】
そでしたsodeshita

noun:

  • bottom of the sleeve - archaism
  • height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
  • secret; secret bribe 袖の下
えいきょeikyo Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon - Astronomy term 盈虧
  • rising and falling (of fortune)
おあとがよろしいようでoatogayoroshiiyoude

expression:

  • (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker
どうせんdousen Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • the same ship; taking the same ship
りょうきぶんがくryoukibungaku

noun:

  • bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre - four character idiom

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