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- 負ける☆【まける】敗ける・敗北るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to lose; to be defeated
- to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield [負ける]
- to be inferior to [負ける]
- to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) [負ける] ➜ 気触れる【かぶれる】
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free [負ける]
民主党はまだ候補者を決めていないが、どっちにしても負けるに決まっている。 The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.
魔王は言った。「俺が負けるわっきゃねーべ。審判は皆地獄にいるのだ」。 "How can I lose?" answered Satan. "All the umpires are down here in Hell."
- 命★【いのち】
noun:
- life; life force - sometimes written as 生命 ➜ 生命
- lifetime; lifespan
- most important thing; foundation; core
- paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love) - archaism
- fate; destiny; karma - archaism
- 仕立てる☆【したてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to tailor; to make (clothing)
- to train; to bring up
- to make it seem like; to pass off
- to turn into a play or movie
- to prepare; to send; to despatch
スーツを仕立てるときは、正確な採寸が必要となります。 It's necessary to take correct measurements when you are tailoring a suit.
- 中堅★【ちゅうけん】
noun / ~の noun:
- main body (of troops)
- nucleus; backbone; mainstay; key figure
- center field; centre field; center fielder; centre fielder
noun:
- athlete competing in the middle-number match in a team competition, i.e. second in 3-on-3, third in 5-on-5 (kendo, judo, etc.) ➜ 先鋒【せんぽう】
noun / ~の noun:
- medium-level; mid-level; midsize
- 挨拶☆【あいさつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody
- polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.
- speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address
- reply; response
- revenge; retaliation - slang
expression:
- a fine thing to say - used sarcastically as a response to a rude remark; usu. in the form of ご挨拶 - humorous term
- dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment) - orig. meaning ➜ 一挨一拶
noun:
- relationship (between people); connection - archaism
- intervention; mediation; mediator - archaism
彼女はにっこり挨拶をした。 She greeted us with a smile.
この場をお借りして一言挨拶を申し上げます。 Please allow me to say a few words on this occasion.
- ピリピリ・ぴりぴり☆ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- stinging; smarting; tingling; burning - onomatopoeia
- on edge; nervous; tense - onomatopoeia
adverb / ~と adverb:
- ripping; peeling; tearing - onomatopoeia
- shrill sound of a whistle - onomatopoeia
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- quivering; trembling - onomatopoeia
- 長者☆【ちょうじゃ・ちょうしゃ・ちょうざ】
noun:
- millionaire [ちょうじゃ]
- one's superior; one's elder; one's senior
- virtuous and gentle person - archaism
- female owner of a whorehouse in a post town [ちょうじゃ] - archaism
- chief of a post town [ちょうじゃ] - archaism ➜ 宿駅
- 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.)
- 白【はく】
noun:
- white
- striped mullet fry (Mugil cephalus) ➜ 鯔【ぼら】
- speech; one's lines ➜ せりふ
- white dragon tile - Mahjong term
- winning hand with a pung (or kong) of white dragon tiles - Mahjong term
- white person; Caucasian - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 白人
prefix noun / suffix noun / noun:
- Belgium - abbreviation - obscure term ➜ ベルギー
- 句★【く】
noun / suffix noun:
- section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
- phrase - Linguistics term
- verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
- haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
- maxim; saying; idiom; expression
彼はその句の文字どおりの意味を説明した。 He explained the literal meaning of the phrase.
この句では前置詞を省略できる。 You can omit the preposition in this phrase.
- つなぐ☆《繋ぐ》 Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to connect; to link together
- to tie; to fasten; to restrain
- to maintain; to preserve; to keep
- to transfer (phone call); to put a person through
- to hedge; to buy or sell forward
彼女はホテルのフロント係の人にその番号につなぐように頼んだ。 She has asked the person at the front desk to connect her to that number.
- ちょん・チョン
~と adverb / noun:
- clap (sound of wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia ➜ ちょんちょん
- chop vigorously ➜ ちょん切る
- slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting) ➜ ちょんちょん
- the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers ➜ ちょんになる
noun:
- dot (esp. typographical) ➜ ちょんちょん
- 出す★【だす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to take out; to get out
- to put out; to reveal; to show
- to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in
- to publish; to make public
- to send (e.g. letter) ➜ 手紙を出す
- to produce (a sound); to start (fire) ➜ 声を出す
- to serve (food)
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
飢えている人々に援助のお金を出す人がとても少ないのは悲しいことだ。 It is sad that so few people give money to help the hungry.
答案を出す前にもう一度読み返しなさい。 Read over your paper before you hand it in.
旅行中に葉書を出すのは好きではない。 I don't like to send postcards when I'm on a trip.
誰でも初めに良いぶどう酒を出し、人々が十分飲んだころになると悪いものを出す物だ。 Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much.
- 片付ける☆【かたづける】片づける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away
- to settle (problem); to clear (dispute)
- to finish; to bring something to an end
- to marry off (e.g. a daughter) - sometimes 嫁ける
- to do away with someone; to bump someone off
昨日の仕事を片づけるつもりです。 I will clean up yesterday's work.
その仕事は私なら2時間で片付けるほどやさしい。 The work is easy enough for me to finish in a couple of hours.
- 姿★【すがた】
noun:
- figure; form; shape
- appearance; dress; guise
- state; condition; picture; image
- form (of a waka) ➜ 和歌
suffix noun:
- dressed in ...; wearing ...
自分の姿を鏡にうつして見なさい。 Look at yourself in the mirror.
偽りの姿を愛されるくらいなら、嫌われた方がましだ。 Better to be hated for who you are than loved for who you're not.
- 地★【ち】
noun / suffix noun:
雨降って地固まる。 Adversity strengthens the foundations.
どっちが最終的な安息の地となるんだろう。 Which one will be our final resting place?
これらの国々はヨーロッパ文明発祥の地である。 European civilization had its birth in these lands.
彼女のドレスは青い地に白の水玉模様がある。 Her dress is blue with white polka dots.
- 訴える☆【うったえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
同性をセクハラで訴えることできないのかしら。 I wonder if you can sue someone of the same sex for sexual harassment?
政府は通常インフレがある水準に達した場合は、物価の抑制の措置に訴える。 Governments usually resort to price control when inflation has reached a certain level.
彼女は頭痛を訴える、それもしょっちゅうだ。 She complains of headaches, and that very often.
- 指す☆【さす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to point
- to nominate; to select someone; to specify some person
- to identify; to indicate; to point out
- to play (a game of shogi); to move (a piece) - Shōgi term
- to extend one's arm straight ahead (in dance) ➜ 差す
- 解く☆【とく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
- to unsew; to unstitch
- to solve; to work out; to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
- to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
- to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair) ➜ 梳く【すく】
この医師はガンの多くの不可解な点を解こうと努力している。 The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
彼は重責を解かれた。 He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.
彼女は髪をくしでといてリボンで結んだ。 She combed her hair and bound it with a ribbon.
- 曲げる☆【まげる】枉げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl [曲げる]
- to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant [曲げる]
- to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
- to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
- to pawn
- にらむ☆《睨む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at
- to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
- to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge
- to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch - often as 睨まれる ➜ 睨まれる
- to take account of; to take into consideration
審判の方をちらりと睨むが、審判は涼しい顔して鼻クソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長かよ・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
吸血鬼は睨むだけで人を金縛りにする。 A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.
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