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- 要領を得る【ようりょうをえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant
- 中細【なかぼそ】
noun:
- being narrow in the middle; something narrow in the middle - obscure term
- mallet - archaism ➜ 杵
- 骨折り甲斐がある【ほねおりがいがある】骨折りがいがある Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:
- to be worth the effort; to be worth the trouble
- 力負け☆【ちからまけ】力負irr. Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- losing by being overmatched; being defeated by a stronger opponent
- losing by misusing one's powers; defeat as a result of trying too hard
- 侮る☆【あなどる・あなずる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
虫歯を侮ると命に係わる場合もあるのです。 Making light of cavities can be a matter of life and death.
- ことを好む【ことをこのむ】事を好む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
- 手をかける【てをかける】手を掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to lay hands on; to touch
- to care for; to look after
- to make off with; to steal
- 襲う★【おそう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to attack; to assail; to make an assault; to strike; to hunt down
- to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)
- to make a sudden visit
基本はアスカがシンジをいじめる。で、たまにキレたシンジがアスカを襲う。その時のアスカはやけにしおらしい。 The key is that Asuka abuses Shinji. So, rarely, Shinji flips and assaults Asuka. Then Asuka is surprisingly meek.
- 擬する【ぎする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to imitate; to copy; to mimic
- to enter someone as a candidate
- to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back)
- to compare; to liken
- 擬す【ぎす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to imitate; to copy; to mimic ➜ 擬する
- to enter someone as a candidate
- to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back)
- to compare; to liken
- ひどい目にあう【ひどいめにあう】ひどい目に遭う・酷い目に遭う・酷い目にあう・ひどい目に会う・酷い目に会う・酷い目に合うirr.・ひどい目に合うirr.・酷い目に遇う Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer ➜ 目にあう【めにあう】
- まま☆・まんま《儘・侭》ママ
noun / adverbial noun:
- as it is; as one likes; because; as
noun:
- condition; state
- sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text [ママ] - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】
- 空【くう】 Inflection
noun:
- empty air; sky
- shunyata; emptiness; the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon - Buddhism term
- air force - abbreviation ➜ 空軍
noun / adjectival noun:
- fruitlessness; meaninglessness
- void (one of the five elements) ➜ 五大
~の noun:
- empty (e.g. set) - Mathematics term
警棒で空をなぐりつけ、よろめいて体勢をたてなおしたガードマンは、自分に向かって突進してくる金網づくりのクズカゴを見た。 The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.
- 出直す☆【でなおす】出なおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf
- to call again; to visit again; to come again
- 末葉【うらば・うれは・すえば・ばつよう・まつよう】杪葉【うれは】
noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- end leaves; top leaves; last leaves [うらば・うれは・すえば]
noun:
- the last descendant; the last days of any age; end; close [すえば・ばつよう・まつよう]
- 今をときめく【いまをときめく】今を時めく
expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- at the height of one's power or influence; at the peak of one's popularity
- 祖霊【それい】
noun:
- ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities
- ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
- ピン☆
noun:
- pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.)
- one (on dice, in cards, etc.) - From Portuguese "pinta"
- beginning; best ➜ キリ
- kickback
- 先払い☆【さきばらい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment ➜ 前払い
- payment on delivery (e.g. business-reply mail, collect phone calls) ➜ 着払い【ちゃくばらい】
noun:
- forerunner
- 逸する☆【いっする】佚する Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance)
- to overlook; to omit; to forget
- to deviate
彼女は時機を逸する前に、選挙からおりました。 She bowed out of the race before it was too late.
- 駅売り【えきうり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- station vendor; selling (newspapers, etc.) at a train station; item sold at a train station
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