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- 浮き出す【うきだす】浮出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to surface; to come to the top
- to stand out (e.g. against a background)
- 注目を集める【ちゅうもくをあつめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
- じゃれつく《じゃれ付く・戯れつく・戯れ付く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to be playful (of a child or animal); to play; to sport; to frolic
- 元を取る【もとをとる】元をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth
- 制する☆【せいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to bridle
- to get the better of
- to control; to command
彼は理性で情欲を制することが出来る。 He is able to subordinate passion to reason.
- 言い囃す【いいはやす】言囃す・言いはやす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to spread (e.g. a rumour); to talk about (widely); to make fun of
- to sing the praises of; to praise to the skies
- 気が抜ける【きがぬける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to feel exhausted (after having been stressed); to feel spent; to feel relieved (from stress)
- to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose flavor; to lose flavour
- 目の敵にする【めのかたきにする】目の仇にする・目のかたきにする Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
- 呼び出す☆【よびだす】呼びだす・呼出す・喚び出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure
- to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file) - IT term
- 突き当たる☆【つきあたる】突き当る・衝き当たる・衝き当る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to run into; to collide with; to crash into; to bump against
- to come to the end of (a street)
- to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
- 差し入れ☆【さしいれ】差入れ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- insertion; letter drop
- things sent to a prisoner
- supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
- 聞き取る☆【ききとる】聞取る・聞きとる・聴き取る・聴取る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
- to find out by asking
- 湛える【たたえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to fill (with); to be filled with
- to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
- 先立つ☆【さきだつ】先だつ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to lead; to take the lead (in doing something)
- to precede; to go before; to take precedence
- to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.)
- to be a prerequisite
おごりは破滅に先立つ。 Pride cometh before a fall.
私だって是非とも君達皆と一緒に行きたいんだが、先立つ物が無いんだよ。 I would love to come with you all, but I don't have any money.
- 蹈鞴を踏む【たたらをふむ】踏鞴を踏む・たたらを踏む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
- 腹を割って話す【はらをわってはなす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut; to have a heart-to-heart talk
- 心が通う【こころがかよう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to understand each other well; to call forth a response in another's heart; to relate to
- 産み落とす【うみおとす】生み落とす・産み落す・生み落す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
- 茶を濁す【ちゃをにごす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to evade (questions); to reply evasively; to beat around the bush; to throw up a smoke screen
- 門をたたく【もんをたたく】門を叩く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to knock at the gate
- to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
- 距離を置く【きょりをおく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
- 蓄える☆【たくわえる】貯える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside
- to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills)
- to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
- 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.
- 門戸を張る【もんこをはる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to keep a fine house; to put up a front; to make the front of the house nice (and be pretentious about it)
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