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鞄持ち【かばんもちkabanmochi】鞄持・かばん持ち

noun:

  • private secretary
  • flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
  • someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

彼kareはha社長shachouのno鞄持ちkabanmochiだda。 He is the boss's private secretary.

JLPTN1
したためるshitatameru《認める》 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes)
  • to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

彼kareはha遺書ishoをwoしたためたshitatameta。 He has drawn up a will.

相語らふ【あいかたらうaikatarau】

yodan ~ふ verb (archaic) / transitive:

  • to talk together - archaism
  • to be close; to be intimate; to form an intimate relationship (between a man and a woman) - archaism
  • to win someone over - archaism
とっちめるtotchimeru《取っちめる》 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to take to task; to take it out on
継ぎ足す【つぎたすtsugitasu】継足す・接ぎ足すirr. Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
細君【さいくんsaikun】

noun:

  • one's wife (when speaking with a close friend)
  • your wife (when speaking with a junior)

彼kareはha２年nen前maeにni細君saikunにni死なれたshinareta。 He had his wife die two years ago.

脈がある【みゃくがあるmyakugaaru】脈が有る Inflection

godan ~る verb (irregular) / expression:

  • to have a pulse; to be alive
  • to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
毒を以て毒を制す【どくをもってどくをせいすdokuwomottedokuwoseisu】

expression:

  • fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another - idiom
少なくない【すくなくないsukunakunai】

expression:

  • not negligible; not a little; to no small degree; to no small extent; quite a lot
馬に乗るまでは牛に乗れ【うまにのるまではうしにのれumaninorumadehaushininore】

expression:

  • learn to crawl before you learn to walk; until you ride a horse, ride a cow [literal] - proverb
JLPTN3
与える☆【あたえるataeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
  • to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
  • to assign
  • to cause
  • to pass (a variable to a function) - IT term

サブロンSABURONはha肌hadaにni潤いuruoiをwo与えるataeruクリームKURIIMUですdesu。 Savlon is a moisturizing skin cream.

想像souzou力ryokuはha私watashiたちtachiのno生活seikatsuのnoどのdono側面sokumenにniもmo影響eikyouをwo与えるataeru。 Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.

忠言逆耳【ちゅうげんぎゃくじchuugengyakuji】

expression:

  • good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears - four character idiom
論旨不明【ろんしふめいronshifumei】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned - four character idiom
機嫌が直る【きげんがなおるkigenganaoru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
JLPTN2
すっきりsukkiri☆・スッキリSUKKIRI Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ さっぱり
  • shapely; neatly; refinedly
  • cleanly; without trouble
  • clearly; plainly; distinctly ➜ はっきり
  • completely; thoroughly ➜ すっかり
  • not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly ➜ さっぱり
JLPTN5
習う☆【ならうnarau】 Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

父chichiはha私watashiにniピアノPIANOをwo習うnarauようにyouni勧めたsusumeta。 My father encouraged me to study the piano.

引き裂く☆【ひきさくhikisaku】引裂く☆・引きさく Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to tear up; to tear off; to rip up
  • to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

私watashiはha彼kareがgaそのsono手紙tegamiをwo引き裂くhikisakuのnoをwo見たmita。 I saw him tear up the letter.

仇をなす【あだをなすadawonasu】仇を成す Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge
  • to resent; to bear a grudge
仇なす【あだなすadanasu】仇成す Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge
  • to resent; to bear a grudge
JLPTN2
書留☆【かきとめkakitome】書き留めirr.・書留めirr.

noun / ~の noun:

  • registered mail; registered post; registration (of mail) - abbreviation ➜ 書留郵便

noun:

  • (putting on) record; writing down; noting down; registry

このkono手紙tegamiはha紛失funshitsuするsuruとto行けないikenaiからkara、書留kakitomeにniするsuruがgaよいyoi。 You had better get this letter registered for fear it should be lost.

一人前になる【いちにんまえになるichininmaeninaru】 Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
あり合わす【ありあわすariawasu】有り合わす・有り合す・在り合わす・在り合す・有合わすirr. Inflection

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

トランプ類税【トランプるいぜいTORANPUruizei】

noun:

  • playing card tax; tax on playing cards, mahjong sets, domino sets, etc. (abolished in 1989)
ぱたぱたpatapata・パタパタPATAPATA Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • pitter-patter (of footsteps) - onomatopoeia
  • quickly (making progress); in quick succession - onomatopoeia
二十五史【にじゅうごしnijuugoshi】

noun:

  • Twenty-Five Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-five Chinese historical books (the Twenty-Four Histories and the New History of Yuan) ➜ 二十四史
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