Results, thin as a rake
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- 問題提起【もんだいていき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- raising a question; posing a problem; setting a hare running
- 容貌魁偉【ようぼうかいい】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique - four character idiom
- 槓【カン】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- forming a four-of-a-kind; declaring a kong - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓子
- 難関突破【なんかんとっぱ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle - four character idiom
- 入社★【にゅうしゃ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
彼は高校卒業直後に入社した。 He joined the company right after he got through high school.
- ところ☆《所・処・處old》とこ《所》
noun / suffix:
- place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
- address
- district; area; locality
- one's house
- point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
- passage (in text); part
- space; room
- thing; matter
noun:
- whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
- about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
- was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb
さあ、今汲みなさい。そして宴会の世話役の所に持っていきなさい。 Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.
「そのうちに、あなたのところにお邪魔してもいいですか」「どうぞ、どうぞ」 "Do you mind if I call on you sometime?" "No, not at all."
驚かない所をみると知ってたのね。 Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
おじを見送りに駅に行ってきたところだ。 I have been to the station to see my uncle off.
- 千里の行も足下に始まる【せんりのこうもそっかにはじまる】
expression:
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の道も一歩から
- 千里の道も一歩から【せんりのみちもいっぽから】
expression:
- a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step - proverb ➜ 千里の行も足下に始まる
- 君子は周して比せず小人は比して周せず【くんしはしゅうしてひせずしょうじんはひしてしゅうせず】
expression:
- a wise man keeps wide company; a fool joins a clique - proverb
- ぴくり
~と adverb / adverb:
- with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter - onomatopoeia ➜ ぴくっと
- がたん・ガタン
~と adverb:
- with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; with a jolt - onomatopoeia
- suddenly (fall); sharply - onomatopoeia
- ちょっと☆・ちょと《一寸ateji・鳥渡ateji》チョット・ちょいと・チョッと
adverb:
- a little; a bit; slightly
- just a minute; for a moment; briefly
- somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
- (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form
interjection:
- hey!; excuse me
ネクタイを締める間、ちょっとじっとしてね。 Hold still a moment while I fix your tie.
この机は私にはちょっと低い。 This desk is a little low for me.
それ以上の仕事はちょっと見つからないだろう。 You won't find a better job in a hurry.
- 台替わり【だいがわり】台替り Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.) Antonym: 台割れ
- 俎上の魚【そじょうのうお】
expression / noun:
- being in a helpless situation; (like a) fish on a chopping board [literal] - idiom
- 化ける☆【ばける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
- to disguise oneself as
- to change radically; to metamorphose
- to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
猫は化けると言われる。 It is said that cats can change shape.
大器晩成の大物と言われて久しいけど、彼、いつになったら化けるのかね。 I haven't heard anyone call him a late bloomer in a while. But I do wonder when he's going to grow up.
- 百度参り【ひゃくどまいり】
noun:
- hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度
- 経企庁★【けいきちょう】
noun:
- Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001) - abbreviation ➜ 経済企画庁【けいざいきかくちょう】
Kanji
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