Results, to sound shrill and nervous
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- 角を矯めて牛を殺す【つのをためてうしをころす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom
- 艶めく【なまめく】艶く・生めく Inflection
godan ~く verb / yodan ~く verb (archaic):
- to brim over with feminine charm; to look captivating (of a woman); to be sexy; to be seductive; to be enticing
- to look young and fresh
- to be elegant; to look refined
- to have a calm and composed appearance
- 天秤に掛ける【てんびんにかける】天秤にかける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
- to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける
- わくわく☆・ワクワク☆ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled - onomatopoeia
- ひやひや《冷や冷や》 Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- feeling chilly
- nervous; anxious; frightened
先ほどの彼らのやり取りにはひやひやしたよ。まさに一触即発の危機だったね。 I was really nervous to see how they dealt with each other just now. I guess things were touch-and-go between them.
- どぎまぎ・ドギマギ Inflection
~する noun / adverb / ~と adverb:
- flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed - onomatopoeia
- 通う☆【かよう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
通い妻とは名前の通り、妻が夫の元に通う結婚形態の事である。 A 'commuting wife' is just what the name says, it's a form of marriage where the wife travels to her husband's side.
- よなげる《淘げる》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to separate and discard; to sieve and sort; to wash out (impurities, etc.) - obscure term
- 倒れ掛かる【たおれかかる】倒れ掛る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
- to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
- 体する【たいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply
- ぼくぼく Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- (of soil, etc.) soft, dry and crumbly - archaism - onomatopoeia
- sound of quiet walking - onomatopoeia
- 苦労性【くろうしょう】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature
- 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
- 続く☆【つづく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to continue; to last; to go on
- to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
- to occur again and again
- to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
- to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
- to hold out; to keep; to last
嵐はいつまで続くのだろうか。 How long will the storm last?
延々と続く車の列があった。 There was a continuous line of cars.
このところ飛行機事故が続く。 There have been a lot of airplane accidents recently.
- パシャ
noun:
- pasha; honorary title in Ottoman Empire and pre-republican Egypt - From Turkish "paşa"
~と adverb / adverb:
- click; sound of a camera shutter - onomatopoeia ➜ パシャッと
- 見分ける☆【みわける】見わける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
- to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)
- 耳にする【みみにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
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