Results, quick-thinking

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きがはやいkigahayai Inflection

expression / adjective:

かいそくkaisoku

noun / ~の noun:

  • being nimble-footed; being quick on one's feet; fast running legs
そっきゅうsokkyuu Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • immediate; quick; sudden
おもいすごしomoisugoshi

noun:

  • groundless fear; thinking too much; making too much of

思いすごしomoisugoshiですdesuyo Your imagination is running away with you.

さいばしるsaibashiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be clever; to be quick-witted; to be precocious
きみじかkimijika Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient

bokuha若い頃wakaikoroha気短kimijikakaだったdatta I was quick tempered when I was young.

もどかしいmodokashii Inflection

adjective:

  • irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going; (feeling) impatient; tantalizing; tantalising
じふjifu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

kareha経済keizaiにかけてはnikaketeha誰にもdarenimo負けないmakenaito自負jifuしているshiteiru He flatters himself that he is second to none in finance.

いそぎあしisogiashiirr.

noun:

  • fast pace; quick pace
そっけつsokketsu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • prompt decision; quick decision
  • immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement 即決

実のところminotokoro即決sokketsuwo悔やんでないkuyandenaitoいったらittarausoだったdatta Truthfully, if I'd said I didn't have any regrets over my snap decision I'd have been lying.

いっぱつネタippatsuNETA

noun:

  • short joke; quick one-liner
マイナスしこうMAINASUshikou

noun:

  • pessimism; negative thinking
おうきゅうそちoukyuusochi

noun:

  • stopgap measure; quick-fix solution - four character idiom
くちがかるいkuchigakarui Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret Antonym: 口が堅い 口の軽い
かんがえぶかいkangaebukai Inflection

adjective:

  • thoughtful; deep-thinking
あたまのかいてんatamanokaiten

expression / noun:

  • thoughts; thinking
けいびんkeibin Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • clever; of quick intellect - obscure term
くんしひょうへんkunshihyouhen

noun:

  • the wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances; the wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them - four character idiom
  • (in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse) the wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor
へたなかんがえやすむににたりhetanakangaeyasumuninitari

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb 下手の考え休むに似たり
かくいつしこうkakuitsushikou

noun:

  • uniformity of thought; uniform thinking - four character idiom
きゅうをようするkyuuwoyousuru

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • urgent; requiring quick (response)

ご迷惑gomeiwakuwoおかけokakeしますshimasuga急を要するkyuuwoyousuruことkotoga起こったokottaものですからmonodesukara Sorry to bother you, but I'm afraid something urgent has come up.

へたのかんがえやすむににたりhetanokangaeyasumuninitari

expression:

  • It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb 下手な考え休むに似たり
こころをよむkokorowoyomu Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ~の... - idiom
ひとつへんじhitotsuhenji

noun:

  • ready reply; quick answer - common mistake for 二つ返事 二つ返事
きゅうせっきんkyuusekkin Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • fast approach; quick intimacy

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