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- 頬被り【ほおかぶり・ほおかむり】頬かぶり【ほおかぶり】頬かむり【ほおかむり】頰冠りold【ほおかぶり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head
- feigning ignorance; shutting one's eyes (to)
- 新聞辞令【しんぶんじれい】
noun:
- appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom
- 頼む★【たのむ】恃む・憑む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to request; to beg; to ask
- to call; to order; to reserve
- to entrust to
- to rely on - esp. 恃む
明日電話でトムに連絡して手伝ってくれるように頼むつもりだ。 I'm going to call Tom tomorrow and ask him to help.
- ふらふら☆・フラフラ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:
- unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia
- 位☆【くらい】
adverb / suffix:
- throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat - orig. from 座居, meaning "seat"
- government position; court rank ➜ 位階
- social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung
noun:
あなたはお母さんに1ヶ月に何回位手紙を書きますか。 How many times a month do you write a letter to your mother?
5814を千の位に四捨五入すれば何になりますか。 What's 5,814 rounded to the nearest thousand?
- 東夷【あずまえびす・とうい】
noun:
- warrior from the eastern parts of Japan - derogatory term - archaism - Kantō dialect
- eastern barbarians; people east of China (from the perspective of China) [とうい]
- ボタンを掛け違える【ボタンをかけちがえる】ボタンをかけ違える Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to button up wrong; to start from the wrong button
- to bungle up the order - idiom
- ウェイ系【ウェイけい】ウェーイ系【ウェーイけい】うぇい系【うぇいけい】うぇーい系【うぇーいけい】
noun:
- young people who behave in a rowdy fashion (e.g. in a pub); young people who cheer and drink loudly
- 距離を置く【きょりをおく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
- 生かる【いかる】活かる・埋かる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be arranged (flowers, etc.); to be on display - esp. 生かる, 活かる
- to be buried - esp. 埋かる
- その際【そのさい】其の際
expression / adverb:
- in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
- 一軒家☆【いっけんや】一軒屋
noun:
- house; detached house; single house
- isolated house; house in isolated location
- building resembling a house, occupied by a single business (e.g. restaurant)
- 差し挟む【さしはさむ】挟む・差し挾む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to insert
- to interrupt; to slip in a word
- to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour; to entertain (e.g. a theory)
「ええ、そうね」とスーザンが言葉をさしはさむ。「私が電話したのは・・・」 "Ah, that's true," Susan puts in, "I just wanted to call to ..."
- 手を挙げる【てをあげる】手を上げる・手をあげる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to raise one's hand or hands - usu. 手を挙げる
- to surrender - usu. 手を上げる
- to raise a hand to someone (as a threat to strike) - usu. 手を上げる
- to improve - usu. 手を上げる ➜ 腕を上げる
- 待てど暮らせど【まてどくらせど】待てど暮せど
expression:
- despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
- 答えを出す【こたえをだす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
- ゴンドラ☆
noun:
- gondola (boat) - From Italian
- gondola (of a hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; cabin (of a cable car, ski lift, etc.); car (of an elevator)
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