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はやうちhayauchi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • quick shooting; quick shot; fast draw
ピクピクうごくPIKUPIKUugokuぴくぴくうごくpikupikuugoku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to jerk; to wiggle; to twitch
いっしゃせんりisshasenri

noun:

  • one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc. - four character idiom

党首toushuha今後kongono方針houshinwo一瀉千里isshasenrini述べ立てたnobetateta The party leader rattled on at great length about future policies.

かいそくkaisoku

noun / ~の noun:

  • being nimble-footed; being quick on one's feet; fast running legs
みみざといmimizatoi Inflection

adjective:

  • sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
こうそくせんkousokusen

noun:

  • high-speed craft; high-speed vessel; fast ferry
とっつくtottsukuirr. Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
  • to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
  • to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
  • to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)
なみうつnamiutsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to dash against; to undulate; to wave; to heave; to beat fast (heart)
どうらくものdourakumono

noun:

  • libertine; playboy; rake; debauchee; fast liver 遊び人
  • lazy person
しゃくしじょうぎshakushijougi Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a sticker for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules - four character idiom
ひきつるhikitsuru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to have a cramp (spasm, convulsion, twitch); to become stiff
ファーストキッチンFUAASUTOKITCHINファースト・キッチンFUAASUTO/KITCHIN

noun:

  • First Kitchen (fast food restaurant chain)
スローフードSUROOFUUDOスロー・フードSUROO/FUUDO

noun:

  • slow food (as opposed to fast food)
ブルルンBURURUNぶるるんbururun

interjection:

  • va-va-vroom (esp. fast cars or bikes, sexy women or men); va-voom; vrrrm - onomatopoeia ぶるん
  • sound of animal shaking its fur to dry off after getting wet (esp. dogs) - onomatopoeia
たちくらみtachikurami

noun:

  • dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo

立ちくらみtachikuramigaしますshimasu I get dizzy spells when I stand up.

むじょうじんそくmujoujinsoku

noun:

  • the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom
まんざいmanzaiold

noun:

  • manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit) 万歳【まんざい】
とばすtobasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to let fly; to make fly; to send flying; to blow off (e.g. in the wind); to launch; to fire; to hurl; to shoot
  • to skip over; to leave out; to omit; to drop (e.g. a stitch)
  • to run fast; to drive fast; to gallop
  • to spray; to splash; to spatter
  • to say without reservation; to call out (e.g. a jeer); to rattle of (e.g. a joke)
  • to spread (e.g. a rumour); to circulate; to send out (a message); to issue (e.g. an appeal)
  • to transfer (to a less important post); to send away (e.g. to a provincial branch); to demote
  • to dispatch quickly (e.g. a reporter)
  • to get rid of; to burn off (alcohol)
  • to attack (e.g. with a leg manoeuvre)

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

  • to do vigorously; to do roughly; to do energetically

takowo飛ばすtobasunoha危険kikenになるninaruことがあるkotogaaru Flying kites can be dangerous.

飛ばすtobasuzo Fly!

てがはやいtegahayai

expression:

  • to be a quick worker - idiom 手の早い
  • to be fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
  • to be quick to resort to violence - idiom
はせるhaseru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to run; to hurry (when going somewhere)

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse)
  • to win (fame) 名をはせる
きゅうkyuu Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • sudden; abrupt; unexpected
  • urgent; pressing
  • steep; sharp; precipitous
  • rapid; swift; fast

noun:

  • emergency; crisis; danger
  • urgency; hurrying; haste
  • (in gagaku or noh) end of a song 序破急

事態jitaihakyuuwo要するyousuruのでnode一刻ikkokumo待てないmatenaitokareha言ったitta He said that the matter was urgent, and that there was not a moment to lose.

屋根yaneniいくiku階段kaidanha狭くてsemakutekyuudeくらいkuraiですdesu The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.

このkonokawano流れnagarehakyuuda The current of this river is rapid.

ドキドキDOKIDOKIどきどきdokidokiどきんどきんdokindokinドキンドキンDOKINDOKIN Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; pitapat; pitter-patter - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

  • to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound; to palpitate - onomatopoeia
あほんだらahondaraあほだらahodara

noun:

  • fool; oaf; airhead - Kansai dialect
  • type of fast-paced humorous singing mimicking the chanting of a Buddhist sutra, usually with lyrics satirizing current events あほだら - abbreviation あほだら経
しゃあしゃあshaashaa Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • shamelessly; brazenly; coolly

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • fast flowing (of water)
クイックモーションKUIKKUMOOSHONクイック・モーションKUIKKU/MOOSHON

noun:

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