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- えぐる《抉る・刳る・剔る》くる《刳る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out
- to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain [えぐる]
- to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light [えぐる]
傷を深くえぐってはならない、傷を新たに作ることになるから。 Search not the wound too deep lest thou make a new one.
- 収まる☆【おさまる】納まる☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to fall within (e.g. a budget)
- to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to be returned (to one's original position)
- to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to occupy (a role) - esp. 納まる
- to be delivered; to be paid (e.g. taxes) [納まる]
- to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.); to be sorted; to subside (e.g. wind); to calm down; to abate [収まる] ➜ 治まる
- to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer); to consent; to agree
- 見直す★【みなおす】見なおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to look at again
- to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review
- to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to improve; to recover (market, illness, etc.)
将来、このような決定がどういう形で実行されるかを見直すことが必要になるかもしれない。 In the future we may need to take another look at the way decisions such as this are actually implemented.
- 的を絞る【まとをしぼる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target
- 恐いもの見たさ【こわいものみたさ】怖いもの見たさ
expression:
- rubbernecking; the thrill of looking at something scary or unpleasant and wanting to look at it all the more because it is scary or unpleasant
- 慌てふためく【あわてふためく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
- 袖丈【そでたけ】
noun:
- length of a sleeve (of Western clothing)
- height of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
- たしなむ《嗜む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby)
- to be modest; to be prudent
彼は時々ワインをたしなむが、たいていはウイスキーを飲む。 He enjoys wine sometimes, but mostly he drinks whisky.
- 尽日【じんじつ】
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- all day long
temporal noun:
- last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve
- 一膳飯【いちぜんめし】
noun:
- bowl of rice; single serving of rice
- bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased
- 跳ね返る☆【はねかえる】はね返る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to rebound; to recoil; to spring back up; to bounce back
- to splash
- to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
- 飲み倒す【のみたおす】飲倒す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to skip out on one's bar bill
- to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted ➜ 飲み潰す【のみつぶす】
- 餠は餠屋【もちはもちや】餅は餅屋・もちはもち屋
expression:
- every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠
- 春秋☆【しゅんじゅう・はるあき】
noun:
- spring and autumn; spring and fall
- years; age
- The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu [しゅんじゅう] ➜ 五経
- 苦楽を共にする【くらくをともにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
- 先に進める【さきにすすめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb / transitive:
- to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
- 出しにする【だしにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
- ワンワン・わんわん
~と adverb / adverb:
- bow-wow (barking sound); arf arf; woof; bark - onomatopoeia
- waah-waah (crying sound) - onomatopoeia
- clamouring; clamoring; echoing - onomatopoeia
noun:
- a bow-wow (i.e. a dog); doggy - children's language
- 夜這いateji【よばい】婚・婚い Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
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