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- 訓ずる【くんずる】 Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):
- to read kanji using its native Japanese pronunciation - obscure term
- 担ぎ出す☆【かつぎだす】かつぎ出す・担ぎだす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to carry something out of a place
- to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
- to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention
- 振る☆【ふる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to wave; to shake; to swing
- to sprinkle; to throw (dice)
- to cast (actor); to allocate (work)
- to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump
- to abandon; to give up; to ruin
- to add kana indicating a reading of a word ➜ 振り仮名
- to slightly change headings; to change directions
- to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct
- to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine)
- to bring up a topic; to lead to a topic
- to replace; to substitute
- to set up a joke for somebody else
私は頭を数回振った。 I shook my head a few times.
カズちゃん、さっき完膚無きまでに振っちゃおうとしたでしょ？ You were about to dump her flat out, weren't you?
パーティー会場に入るなり、サムは食べ物めがけて脇目もふらず突進した。 When he got to the party, Sam made a bee line for the food.
- 食事を取る【しょくじをとる】食事をとる・食事を摂る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag
- 与える☆【あたえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award
- to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply
- to assign
- to cause
- to pass (a variable to a function) - IT term
サブロンは肌に潤いを与えるクリームです。 Savlon is a moisturizing skin cream.
想像力は私たちの生活のどの側面にも影響を与える。 Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.
- 打つ★【うつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / transitive:
- to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound - also written as 拍つ, 搏つ, 撲つ, 擣つ
- to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.)
- to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)
- to move; to impress; to touch
- to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject
- to type; to send; to transmit
- to insert; to write in; to mark
- to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare
- to till (soil)
- to sprinkle; to throw; to cast
- to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.)
- to pay (a deposit, etc.)
- to visit (on a pilgrimage)
- to line (a coat)
- to bind (a criminal)
８時をちょうど打ちましたね。 It has just struck eight, hasn't it?
ＡＬＳのために、彼の手や腕はペンを握ったりタイプを打ったりすることができないほど弱くなってしまっていた。 ALS had made his hands and arms too weak to hold a pen or to type.
- 養う☆【やしなう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to support; to maintain; to provide for
- to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
- to adopt (a child)
- to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
- to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
良い習慣は子供時代に養うべきである。 Good habits should be cultivated in childhood.
彼女は５人の子供を養うために働かざるをえなかった。 She was obliged to work to support five children.
- 陥れる【おとしいれる】落とし入れる・落し入れる・おとし入れる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime) - usu. 陥れる
- to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduce - usu. 陥れる
- to drop (something) into - orig. meaning; usu. 落とし入れる
この無限の空間に漂う永遠の沈黙が私を恐怖に陥れる。 The eternal silence of these infinite spaces terrifies me.
- 畑水練【はたけすいれん】
noun:
- useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming in a field [literal] - idiom - humorous term
- 割れる☆【われる】破れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to break; to be smashed
- to split; to crack; to fissure; to be torn
- to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party)
- to come to light; to become clear; to be identified; to be revealed
- to be distorted (of a sound)
- to be divisible (without a remainder)
- to go below a minimum
頭が割れるように痛かったので、私はいつもより早く寝た。 Having a cracking headache, I went to bed earlier than usual.
通りでガラスが粉々に割れるのが聞こえたわ。 We heard glass shattering in our street.
- 読み継ぐ【よみつぐ】読みつぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)
- 伺う☆【うかがう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told - humble language
- to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior)
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to visit - humble language
- to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.) - from 御機嫌を伺う
病気のため本日はうかがうことができませんでした。 On account of illness, I couldn't call on you today.
- 営む☆【いとなむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to run (a business); to operate; to conduct; to practice (law, medicine, etc.)
- to carry out; to perform; to lead (a life)
- to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
その島には漁業を営む人たちが住んでいた。 The island was inhabited by a fishing people.
- 畳水練【たたみすいれん】
noun:
- useless book learning; knowing the theory but being able to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term
- 畳の上の水練【たたみのうえのすいれん】
noun:
- useless book learning; knowing the theory but being unable to put it into practice; practising swimming on a tatami mat [literal] - idiom - humorous term
コンピューターのマニュアルを読むだけでは所詮畳の上の水練だ。 Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.
- 覗く☆【のぞく】覘く・窺く・臨く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)
- to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
- to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
- to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
- to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to examine (an expression); to study (a face)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to face - esp. 臨く - archaism ➜ 臨む
被写体に気づかれないようにそぉっとカメラを取り出し、ファインダーを覗く。 I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.
- 一般公開【いっぱんこうかい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.)
noun:
- read permission: anybody - IT term
- 持ち込む★【もちこむ】持ちこむ・持込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to take something into ...; to bring in; to carry in
- to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring (a proposal); to commence negotiations ➜ 尻を持ち込む【しりをもちこむ】
- to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
乗客は一定量の荷物を機内に持ち込むことができる。 Passengers can take a certain amount of baggage on the airplane.
Kanji
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