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- ガラパゴス現象【ガラパゴスげんしょう】
noun:
- Galapagos phenomenon; Galapagos syndrome; tendency of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species ➜ ガラパゴス化
- 薪水【しんすい】
noun:
- fuel and water; firewood and water
- gathering firewood and drawing water; kitchen work; housework
- じゅるり
~と adverb:
- sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food) - onomatopoeia
- 埋める☆【うずめる】填める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge
- to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack; to cram; to fill up
けいこは枕に顔をうずめて泣いた。 Keiko buried her head in the pillow and cried.
- 駆り立てる☆【かりたてる】駆立てる・狩り立てる・駆りたてる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down
- to urge; to spur on; to push on; to impel [駆り立てる・駆立てる]
人間を行動に駆りたてるもののうち、飢えが恐らく最も強力であろう。 Hunger is perhaps the strongest of all human drives.
- 調べる☆【しらべる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search
- 粘る☆【ねばる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be sticky; to be adhesive
- to persevere; to persist; to stick to; to hold out; to linger
- 裏表☆【うらおもて】
noun:
- back and front; inside and outside; both sides
- inside out (e.g. clothing)
- double-dealing; two faces (c.f. two-faced) ➜ 表裏
- outward appearance and actual condition; inner workings
お前のすることには裏表がある。 You are two-faced.
彼は裏表のない道化。苦悩していないただの道化でした。 He was a jester, and nothing more. He felt no pain; he was a jester, and nothing more.
- 潰れる☆【つぶれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be crushed; to be smashed; to be broken; to collapse
- to become useless; to cease functioning; to be wasted (e.g. time)
- to go bankrupt; to go out of business; to fail
たぶんその内閣はつぶれるでしょう。 In all probability, the cabinet will fall.
- 寄せる★【よせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to come near; to let someone approach
- to bring near; to bring together; to collect; to gather
- to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to contribute; to donate
- to let someone drop by
- to add (numbers)
- to have feelings for (love, goodwill, trust, etc.)
- to rely upon for a time; to depend on
- to use as a pretext
- to put aside
- to press; to push; to force
- to include; to welcome (in a group); to let in - Kansai dialect
おまわりさんに車を片側に寄せるように合図された。 The patrolman motioned me to pull over.
警察官に車を路肩に寄せるように合図された。 The patrolman motioned me to pull over.
お巡りさんが車を路肩に寄せるように合図した。 The patrolman motioned me to pull over.
- 預かる☆【あずかる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to look after; to take care of; to keep; to hold on to; to keep in custody
- to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to be entrusted with
- to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment); to leave undecided
- to take upon oneself (to do); to settle (a matter) oneself
地価が上がり続ければ私はかなりの利益にあずかることになろう。 I'll come in for a nice profit if land values continue to rise.
- 継ぐ☆【つぐ】嗣ぐ・続ぐ・襲ぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
- to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair [継ぐ]
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath) [継ぐ]
- 見立てる☆【みたてる】見たてる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to select; to choose
- to diagnose (an illness); to judge
- to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)
- to see someone off
- to look after; to be (someone's) guardian
- to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)
- ヤングラ市場【ヤングラいちば】
noun:
- young underground market (the underground economy in goods and services, involving lots of barter and buying and selling of secondhand goods)
- 目覚める☆【めざめる】目ざめる・目醒める Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to wake up; to awake
- to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
- to come to one's senses
- 狂わせる【くるわせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to drive mad; to upset; to disturb; to confuse
- to cause a malfunction; to throw out of kilter; to put out of order; to derail; to detune (e.g. instrument)
- 捉える☆【とらえる】捕らえる☆・捕える☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
- to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
- to captivate; to move (one's heart)
家のこちら側は朝日をとらえる。 This side of the house catches the morning sun.
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。 No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
- 首都直下型地震【しゅとちょっかがたじしん】
noun:
- Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
- 首都直下地震【しゅとちょっかじしん】
noun:
- Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes
- 論じる☆【ろんじる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
論じるまでもなく基本的人権は尊重されなければならない。 Needless to say, fundamental human rights should be respected.
- 論ずる☆【ろんずる】 Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:
- ねじる☆《捩る・捻る・拗る・捩じるirr.・捻じるirr.・拗じるirr.》よじる・もじる《捩る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to screw; to twist
- to distort; to parody; to make a pun - esp. もじる
- to torture; to wrest
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。 Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
- あぶる《炙る・焙る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry
- to toast; to grill; to broil; to roast; to scorch
- 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.
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