Results, quick-thinking
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- 才走る【さいばしる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be clever; to be quick-witted; to be precocious
- もどかしい Inflection
adjective:
- irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going; (feeling) impatient; tantalizing; tantalising
- 自負☆【じふ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
彼は経済にかけては誰にも負けないと自負している。 He flatters himself that he is second to none in finance.
- 速決【そっけつ】即決☆ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- prompt decision; quick decision
- immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement [即決]
実のところ、即決を悔やんでないといったら嘘だった。 Truthfully, if I'd said I didn't have any regrets over my snap decision I'd have been lying.
- 口が軽い【くちがかるい】口がかるい Inflection
expression / adjective:
- 君子豹変【くんしひょうへん】
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
- 下手な考え休むに似たり【へたなかんがえやすむににたり】
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
- 急を要する【きゅうをようする】
expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
- urgent; requiring quick (response)
ご迷惑をおかけしますが、急を要することが起こったものですから。 Sorry to bother you, but I'm afraid something urgent has come up.
- 下手の考え休むに似たり【へたのかんがえやすむににたり】
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
- 心を読む【こころをよむ】こころを読む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking - usu. ~の... - idiom
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