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- お蔵入り【おくらいり】御蔵入り Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
- putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning
- 足を洗う【あしをあらう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to turn over a new leaf; to go straight - idiom
- to wash one's feet
- 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】
expression:
- that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
- 言うに事を欠いて【いうにことをかいて】
expression:
- that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】
- 居合い抜き【いあいぬき】居合抜き・居合抜irr.
noun:
- iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards ➜ 居合い
- iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
- 囲う☆【かこう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to enclose; to surround; to encircle; to fence; to wall in
- to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to hide; to protect
- to keep (e.g. a mistress)
- to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.); to preserve
- to protect - archaism
- 酒を勧める【さけをすすめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to press alcohol on someone; to urge somebody to drink; to offer alcohol to someone
- 鎧う【よろう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself
- to wear; to cover
- 仕込む☆【しこむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to train; to teach; to educate
- to acquire (information); to learn; to cram
- to stock; to stock up on
- to prepare (esp. ingredients for brewing)
- to insert; to build into; to fit
- 自ら進んで【みずからすすんで】
expression / adverb:
- by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
- 五族協和【ごぞくきょうわ】五族共和
noun / expression:
- five races under one union; founding principle of the Republic of China (Han, Manchurians, Mongolians, Hui, Tibetans) - four character idiom
- harmony of the five races; official policy of Manchukuo (Manchurians, Han, Mongolians, Koreans, Japanese) ［五族協和］ - four character idiom
- 小馬鹿にする・小ばかにする【こばかにする】小バカにする【こバカにする】小莫迦にする【こばかにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to treat someone with contempt; to look down on someone; to treat someone disparagingly; to downplay
expression / ~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
- to scoff
- 放る★【ほうる・ほる】抛る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to throw; to fling; to hurl; to toss
- to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished ➜ 放っておく
いい球を放るようになったな、恵一君。 You throw a good ball nowadays, Keiichi.
その車は何週間も放ってある。 The car has been kicking around the roadside for weeks.
- 受け流す☆【うけながす】受流す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
あいつにはまいったよ。どんなに厳しく怒っても、柳に風と受け流すだけだよ。 I don't know what to do with that guy. No matter how mad I get at him he just takes it in stride and pays no attention.
- つまり☆《詰まり・詰り》
adverb:
- that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
- in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically
noun:
- clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
- shrinkage
- end; conclusion ➜ とどのつまり
- dead end; corner - archaism
- distress; being at the end of one's rope - archaism
超高圧水の噴射により、ほとんどの詰まりが排除される。 By means of a super high-pressure water spray practically all the sediment is removed.
光源、つまり光の向きだな、それと陰影とかにも気をつけて、できるだけ正確に手元にあるクロッキー帳に書き取っていくだけ。 Light source, that is what direction the light is facing, also take care with shadowing. Just copy down into the sketch book you have at hand as accurately as possible.
「ええと、その合コンというのはつまり・・・」「普通のコンパだよ」 "Er, that 'mixer party' thing is then ..." "Just a normal get together."
- 予感☆【よかん】 Inflection
noun:
- presentiment; premonition; hunch
~する noun:
- to have a premonition; to have a hunch - usu. 予感がする
吹き荒れる嵐の予感に、僕らはこぞって震えあがった。 At this hint of the violent storm to come we shuddered as one.
- 宿る☆【やどる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to dwell; to live; to remain
- to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at
- to be pregnant
- to be part of a constellation
- to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)
- 貸しを作る【かしをつくる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / expression:
- to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
- 突っかける【つっかける】突っ掛ける☆・突掛けるirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.)
- to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into
- to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up - Sumo term
- 楽市楽座【らくいちらくざ】
noun:
- free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
- 戻す☆【もどす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to put back; to return; to give back; to restore (to a previous state, e.g. defrosting, reconstituting, reconciling); to turn back (e.g. clock hand)
- to vomit; to throw up
- to recover (of a market price)
政府は事態を正常に戻す努力をしている。 The government is trying to bring things back to normal.
- 蔵入り【くらいり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
- putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning
Kanji
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