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- 世襲議員【せしゅうぎいん】
noun:
- Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member [literal]
- 冷え込む☆【ひえこむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold)
- to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones
- to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
- 省あって国なし【しょうあってくになし】
expression:
- each ministry thinks only of its own good, but not of the good of the country; when there are ministries, there is no country [literal] - proverb
- 肌脱ぐ【はだぬぐ】はだ脱ぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:
- 屈辱の日【くつじょくのひ】
noun:
- day of disgrace (in Okinawa; April 28, after the day in 1952 in which the US occupation of mainland Japan, but not Okinawa, ended)
- おもねる《阿る・阿ねるirr.》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to flatter; to play up to; to fawn on; to pander to; to cater to
- 職場を離れる【しょくばをはなれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
- っぱ
suffix noun:
- keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ っぱなし
- 骨に刻む【ほねにきざむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom
- 通じる☆【つうじる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with)
- to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to
- to be understood; to be comprehended
- to be honored; to be good
- to be well versed in; to be well-informed
- to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy)
- to form a liaison; to be intimate
- to spread widely; to disseminate
彼にはロシア語が通じる。 He is learned in Russian.
落石で村へ通じる唯一の道が通れなくなった。 Fallen rocks cut off the only access to the village.
彼女は電話が通じるとすぐ話し始めた。 She started talking as soon as she got through.
- 十字を切る【じゅうじをきる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
- 挿す【さす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- 仕掛ける☆【しかける】仕かける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to start; to begin; to commence
- to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war)
- to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)
- to make a meld call - Mahjong term ➜ 鳴く【なく】
- 精も根も尽き果てる【せいもこんもつきはてる】精も魂も尽き果てるirr. Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
- 厄負け【やくまけ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- victimized by the unlucky year; victimised by the unlucky year
- 年度末【ねんどまつ】
noun:
- end of the fiscal year; end of the school year
自動車の売れ行きは年度末に後退しました。 Automobile sales suffered a setback at the end of the financial year.
- 波に乗る【なみにのる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom
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