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priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
prominent member of a town - archaism
river boatman; captain of a riverboat
(medieval) harbor manager - archaism
bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

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引く^☆【ひくhiku】曳く・牽く Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to pull; to tug; to lead (e.g. a horse)
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest) ➜ 惹く【ひく】・注意を引く
to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to pull in
to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to draw (a line, plan, etc.) ➜ 図面を引く
to catch (a cold) ➜ 風邪を引く
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument) ➜ 弾く【ひく】
to look up (e.g. a dictionary); to consult ➜ 辞書を引く
to haul; to pull (vehicles) - esp. 牽く
to subtract; to deduct
to recede; to ebb; to fade
to be descend from; to inherit (a characteristic)
to quote; to cite; to raise (as evidence)
to lay on (electricity, gas, etc.); to install (e.g. a telephone); to supply (e.g. water)
to hold (e.g. a note)
to apply (e.g. lipstick); to oil (e.g. a pan); to wax (e.g. a floor)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

to move back; to draw back; to recede ➜ 退く【ひく】
to lessen; to subside; to ebb ➜ 退く【ひく】
to resign; to retire; to quit ➜ 退く【ひく】

あんなanna 本hon みたらmitaraフツーのFUTSUUno女onna はha引くhikuもんmon なna！ Obviously a normal woman would lose interest if she saw a book like that!

定規jougi はha 直線chokusen をwo引くhikuのにnoni 役立つyakudatsu。 A ruler helps one to draw a straight line.

ジョンJON はha ギターGITAA をwo引くhikuことができませんkotogadekimasen。 John can't play the guitar.

初めてhajimete のno 単語tango をwo 辞書jisho でdeひくhikuのno はha よいyoi 習慣shuukan であるdearu。 It is a good habit to look up new words in a dictionary.

１０からkara２をwo引くhikuとto、８残るnokoru。 Two from ten leaves eight.

はれhare がga引くhikuまでmade何日くらいkurai かかりますkakarimasu かka。 How many days will it take until the swelling goes down?

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当たる^☆【あたるataru】当る・中る・中たる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to be hit; to strike Antonym: 外す
to touch; to be in contact; to be affixed
to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to apply to
to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to be selected (in a lottery, etc.); to win
to be successful; to go well; to be a hit
to face; to confront
to lie (in the direction of)
to undertake; to be assigned
to be stricken (by food poisoning, heat, etc.); to be afflicted
to be called upon (by the teacher)
to treat (esp. harshly); to lash out at
to be unnecessary - as 〜するには当たらない, etc.
to be hitting well; to be on a hitting streak - usu. as 当たっている - Baseball term
(in fishing) to feel a bite
(of fruit, etc.) to be bruised; to spoil

godan ~る verb / transitive:

to feel (something) out; to probe into; to check (i.e. by comparison)
to shave
to be a relative of a person; to stand in a relationship - as 〜の〜に当たる

日本nippon のno 桜sakura はha まさにmasani イギリスIGIRISU のno バラBARA にniあたるataru。 The cherry blossom is to Japan what the rose is to England.

夢yume はha 時としてtokitoshiteあたるataru。 Dreams sometimes come true.

私watashi はha 顔kao にni 冷たいtsumetai 風kaze がga当たるataruのno をwo 感じたkanjita。 I felt a cold wind on my face.

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構える^☆【かまえるkamaeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

to put on an air; to assume an attitude
to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal

ichidan verb / transitive:

to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
to plan; to scheme

気長にkinagani構えるkamaeru必要hitsuyou がga ありますarimasu。 You have to be patient.

彼らkarera はha ロンドンRONDON 郊外kougai にni 居kyo をwo構えるkamaeruことkoto にni 決めkime たta。 They decided to settle in a suburb of London.

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倒れる^★【たおれるtaoreru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple
to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away
to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork)
to die; to be killed
to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under
to be defeated (in a game); to lose
to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown

私watashi はha 通りtoori でde 老人roujin がga あお向けaomuke にni倒れるtaoreruのno をwo 見たmita。 I saw an old man fall on his back in the street.

あのano 元気なgenkina 男otoko がga 病気byouki でde倒れるtaoreruなんてnante、鬼oni のno霍乱とto もっぱらmoppara のno 噂uwasa だda よyo。 For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.

内閣naikaku はha倒れるtaoreruだろうdarou ということだtoiukotoda。 They say that the cabinet will fall.

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通る^☆【とおるtooru】徹る・透る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism

suffix / godan ~る verb:

to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb

容易youi にni 試験shiken にni通るtooruとto 思うomou。 I expect her to pass the examination easily.

法案houan はha 間違いなくmachigainaku通るtooruよyo。 This bill is safe to pass.

富んでいるtondeiru ものmono がga 神kami のno 国kuni にni 入るhairu よりyori はha、らくだrakuda がga 針hari のno 穴ana をwo通るtooru方hou がga もっとmotto 易しいyasashii。 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.

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漂う^☆【ただようtadayou】 Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

to drift; to float
to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air
to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood)
to wander; to walk around aimlessly
to be unsteady; to be unstable - archaism
to falter; to flinch; to wince - archaism
to live in unreliable circumstances - archaism

このkono 無限のmugenno 空間kuukan にni漂うtadayou永遠のeienno 沈黙chinmoku がga 私watashi をwo 恐怖kyoufu にni 陥れるotoshiireru。 The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.

多くooku のno 人hito がga 目的mokuteki なくnaku 人生jinsei をwo漂うtadayou。 Many people drift through life without a purpose.

氷koori はha 毎日mainichi 相当なsoutouna 距離kyori をwo漂うtadayouことkoto もmo あるaru。 The ice may drift considerable distances each day.

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道【どうdou】

noun:

road; path; street; route - abbreviation ➜ 道【みち】
way; set of practices; rules for conducting oneself ➜ 道【みち】
Buddhist teachings
Taoism
modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
historical administrative region of Japan (Tokaido, Tosando, etc.)
province (Tang-era administrative region of China)
province (modern administrative region of Korea)

ほっそいhossoi道douにni ほとんどhotondo スピードSUPIIDO をwo 落とさずotosazu、走りこんだhashirikonda。「近道chikamichi なんですnandesu よyo」「ってtte ここkoko、あぜ道azemichi～～～っ！」 We sped into the narrow track, hardly dropping any speed. "It's a short cut!" "Oi! It's a footpath!!"

私たちwatashitachi のno 町machi はha 泥んこdoronko道douでde 有名yuumei ですdesu。 Our town is notorious for its muddy roads.

バスBASU はha でこぼこdekoboko道douをwo 走りhashiri ながらnagara ガタガタとGATAGATAto 音を立てたotowotateta。 The bus rattled as it drove along the bumpy road.

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開ける^☆【あけるakeru】空ける^☆・明ける^☆ Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock ［開ける］
to open (for business, etc.) ［開ける］
to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room - esp. 空ける
to move out; to clear out - esp. 空ける
to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily) - esp. 空ける

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

to dawn; to grow light - esp. 明ける
to end (of a period, season) - esp. 明ける
to begin (of the New Year) - esp. 明ける
to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for) - esp. 明ける
to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

３人のno 少年shounen 達tachi はha そのsono 建物tatemono のno 扉tobira をwo開けましたakemashita。 The three boys opened the doors of the building.

そうすればsousureba やがてyagate 運un がga開けるakeruでしょうdeshou。 And soon your luck will turn for the better.

財布saifu のno 中身nakami をwo このkono 袋fukuro にni空けakeなさいnasai。 Empty the purse into this bag.

夜yoru がga明けるakeru。 Day breaks.

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寄る^☆【よるyoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to approach; to draw near; to come near; to be close to
to gather (in one place); to come together; to meet
to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to make a short visit
to grow old; to grow high (number, etc.) ➜ 年が寄る
to grow (wrinkly) - in the form of しわが寄る
to lean against; to recline on - also written as 倚る, 凭る
to push one's opponent while holding their belt - Sumo term
to decide on a price and come to a deal
to be swayed by (a person); to yield to - archaism

明日ashita のno 朝asa７時ji にni 誘いsasoi にni寄るyoruよyo。 I'll call for you at 7 tomorrow morning.

彼kare はha寄るyoru年波toshinami でde 弱ったyowatta。 He sank under the weight of age.

彼kare がgaよるyoruとto 馬uma がga 彼kare をwo 蹴りkeri かかったkakatta。 The horse kicked at him when he approached it.

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開く^☆【ひらくhiraku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
to open (ports, borders, etc.)
to open (an account)
to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ➜ 拓く
to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
to change (kanji into hiragana)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

to flare (e.g. skirt)
to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term

先週senshuu、私達watashitachi はha 舞踏会butoukai をwo開きましたhirakimashita。 We gave a ball last week.

庭niwa のno バラBARA のno 木ki のno つぼみtsubomi がga 少しずつsukoshizutsu開きhiraki始めるhajimeru。 Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.

私達watashitachi はha そのsono 店mise がga開くhirakuまでmade しばらくshibaraku 待つmatsu よりyori 仕方がなかったshikataganakatta。 We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.

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玉^★【たまtama】球・珠・弾

noun:

ball; sphere; globe; orb
bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet
ball (in sports) - esp. 球
pile (of noodles, etc.)
bullet - esp. 弾; also written as 弾丸
bulb (i.e. a light bulb) - esp. 球
lens (of glasses, etc.)
bead (of an abacus) - esp. 玉,珠
ball (i.e. a testicle) - esp. 玉 - slang - abbreviation ➜ 金玉【きんたま】
gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl - esp. 玉,珠; also written as 璧
female entertainer (e.g. a geisha)
person (when commenting on their nature); character - derogatory term
item, funds or person used as part of a plot

noun / suffix noun:

egg ➜ 玉子

suffix noun:

coin - usu. だま
precious; beautiful; excellent

彼のkareno 額gaku にはniha玉tamaのno ようなyouna 汗ase がga 浮かんでいたukandeita。 There were beads of sweat on his forehead.

ニッケルNIKKERU はha５セントSENTO玉damaですdesu。 A nickel is a five-cent coin.

王手oute をwo かけられたkakerareta ほうhou はha、玉tamaをwo 逃げるnigeru などnado のno 方法houhou でde 王手oute をwo 防がfusega ねばなりませんnebanarimasen。 The checked player must find a way for the king to escape and block the check.

弾tamaがga 彼のkareno 頬hoo をwo かすめたkasumeta。 The bullet just shaved his cheek.

こいつkoitsu がga そんなsonna玉tamaじゃないjanai ことkoto なんてnante とうの昔tounomukashi にni 解っていたwakatteita からkara さsa。 That's because, you see, I've known he isn't that sort of person from a long time back.

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種^☆【たねtane】

noun:

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; kind; variety; quality; tone
material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); subject; theme; (news) copy
ingredient; leaven (bread); main ingredient of a sushi - Food term
cause; source
trick; secret; magician's trick; inside story
paternal blood; lineage ➜ 胤
breed (of a stock); sperm; semen

蒔かぬmakanu種taneはha 生えないhaenai。 You must sow before you can reap.

１つhitotsu のno種taneがga 絶滅zetsumetsu するsuru たびにtabini、我々wareware はha 自然界shizenkai のno 一部ichibu をwo 永久にeikyuuni 失うushinau ことになるkotoninaru。 Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.

そんなsonna ことkoto をwo すればsureba 笑いものwaraimono のno種taneなるnaru よyo。 If you do that, you're going to subject yourself to ridicule.

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付け^☆【つけtsuke】附け

noun:

bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
tab (for later payment); credit
contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone - usually written using kana alone
sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki - usually written using kana alone
letter - archaism
reason; motive; pretext - archaism
one's fortune; one's luck - archaism

つけtsukeでde お願いしますonegaishimasu。 Put this on my tab, please.

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律【りつritsu】

noun:

law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation
vinaya (rules for the monastic community) - Buddhism term
Ritsu (school of Buddhism) - abbreviation ➜ 律宗
lushi (style of Chinese poem) - abbreviation ➜ 律詩
(musical) pitch - also りち
six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale ➜ 十二律・呂
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale, similar to Dorian mode (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) - abbreviation ➜ 律旋

noun / suffix noun / counter:

(in traditional Eastern music) step (corresponding to a Western semitone)

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穴^★【あなana】孔

noun / suffix noun:

hole - also read めど for this sense ➜ 穴が開く
deficit; shortage; missing person (in a team, meeting, etc.)
vacancy; opening
flaw
profitable place (or item, etc.) not well known by others
upset victory (with a large payoff)
pit (of a theater) - slang ➜ 平土間
hiding place - archaism
underbelly (of society, etc.) - archaism

そしてsoshite 各kaku チームCHIIMU はha ゴールGOORU をwo 蹴ってkette このkono穴anaにni 通そうtoosou としてtoshite 互いにtagaini 競いkisoi あったatta のですnodesu。 And the teams competed with each other to try to kick the ball through this hole.

ミーティングMIITEINGU にni穴anaをwo あけてakete しまったshimatta ことkoto に対しnitaishi、再度saidoおo詫び詫bi しますshimasu。 Let me apologize once again for missing our meeting.

そのsono 議論giron はha穴anaだらけdarake だda。 The argument is full of holes.

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伸す【のすnosu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

to stretch; to extend; to lengthen; to spread

godan ~す verb:

to gain influence; to become stronger; to increase (e.g. in scope)

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

to go further

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to smooth out; to roll out
to spread out (something folded)
to iron
to knock out; to knock down

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一つ^★【ひとつhitotsu】１つ・一^irr.

numeric:

noun:

for one thing - often used in itemized lists
only - after a noun
(not) even - with a verb in negative form

adverbial noun:

just (e.g. "just try it")

１つhitotsuがga 通り過ぎたtoorisugita かと思うとkatoomouto、すぐにsuguni 次のtsugino 台風taifuu がga 接近sekkin するsuru。 No sooner has one typhoon passed than the next one approaches.

一つhitotsuにはniha、私watashi はha 貧しいmazushii しshi、それsore にni またmata 忙しくisogashiku もmo あるaru。 For one thing, I am poor; for another, I am busy.

妻tsuma のno 死shi のno 知らせshirase をwo 聞いてkiite もmo まゆmayu一つhitotsu動かさなかったugokasanakatta。 He did not even raise an eyebrow at the news of his wife's death.

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危ない^☆【あぶないabunai】 Inflection

adjective:

dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious
in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk
uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful
close (i.e. a close call); narrow

こんなkonna 夜更けyofuke にni 女の子onnanoko のno一人歩き一nin'arukiはha危ないabunai。 It's not safe for a girl to go out by herself this late at night.

彼kare はha 命inochi がga危ないabunai。 His life is in danger.

危ないabunai空模様soramoyou だda。 The weather is threatening.

間一髪kan'ippatsu！危ないabunaiところtokoro でしたdeshita。 That was a close call.

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違う^☆【ちがうchigau】 Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

to differ (from); to vary
to not be in the usual condition
to not match the correct (answer, etc.)
to be different from promised ➜ 話が違う

expression:

isn't it?; wasn't it? - at sentence-end; oft. as 〜のと違うか - Kansai dialect

そのsono 点ten でde はha 私watashi はha 君kimi とto 意見iken がga違うchigau。 I differ from you on that point.

そんなsonna ばかなbakana ことkoto をwo 言うiu なんてnante 彼kare はha 気ki でもdemo違ったchigattaのno かka。 Is he mad that he should say such a foolish thing?

君kimi はha違うchigau方hou にni いきますikimasu よyo。 You're going in the wrong direction.

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好き^☆【すきsuki】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

faddism; eccentricity
the way one likes; (as) it suits one

「ケーキKEEKI はha おo好きsukiですかdesuka」「はいhai、好きsuki ですdesu」 "Do you like cake?" "Yes, I do."

実を言うとmiwoiuto、私watashi はha 彼kare がga好きsukiでないdenai のですnodesu。 To tell you the truth, I don't love him.

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前^☆【まえmae】

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
in the presence of
helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
privates; private parts

そのsono 作家sakka はha どの位donokurai前maeにni なくなりましたnakunarimashita かka。 How long ago did the author die?

１９８７年nen １０月juugatsu のno あるaru 朝asa、スティーブンSUTEIIBUN・ホーキングHOOKINGU はha 自分jibun のno コンピューターKONPYUUTAA のno前maeにni 座っていたsuwatteita。 One October morning in 1987, Stephen Hawking sat before his computer.

彼女kanojo はha 法廷houtei にni 判事hanji とto 陪審員baishin'in のno前maeにni たったtatta。 She stood in the court before judge and jury.

わぁあ～～っwaaa～～！？隠してっkakushite！前mae、隠してkakushite よっyo！ M-my goodness!? Cover-up! Cover yourself up!

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