Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- ために☆《為に・爲にold》
conjunction:
- for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
- because of; as a result of
- 参照★【さんしょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
- 引っ張りタイヤ【ひっぱりタイヤ】
noun:
- stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look
- スキンヘッド
noun:
- shaved head; person with a shaved head - From English "skinhead"
- skinhead; shaved-headed member of a subculture often associated with Neo-nazism
- 完走☆【かんそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- finishing (a race); running the whole distance; reaching the goal; staying the course
サムにはマラソンを完走するだけの力がない。 Sam doesn't have the stamina to finish a marathon.
- 衆生済度【しゅじょうさいど】
noun:
- enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment (Buddhism) - four character idiom
- 方違い【かたたがい】
noun:
- setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism ➜ 方塞がり
- 陰陽道【おんみょうどう・おんようどう】
noun:
- Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements
- 楽座【らくざ】
noun:
- free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
- way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together
- 賭弓【のりゆみ】賭射
noun:
- prize archery
- imperial archery event held annually on the 18th day of the first lunar month (Heian period)
- 冴える☆【さえる】冱える Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be vivid; to be crisp
- to be clear-headed; to be alert; to be on the ball; to be wide awake
- to look upbeat; to be perky; to be cheerful - often as 冴えない
- to master (a skill); to excel at; to cleanly execute
- to be satisfying - often as 冴えない ➜ 冴えない
- to become frigid; to become intensely cold - original meaning; now somewhat old-fashioned
コーヒーを一杯飲むと頭が冴える。 I feel more alert after drinking a cup of coffee.
- 一時★【いちじ】
temporal noun:
- one o'clock
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- once; at one time; formerly; before
adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:
- for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period
noun:
- a time; one time; once ➜ 一時に
彼は一時はロンドンに滞在していた。 He stayed in London for a time.
霧のために、交通は一時不通になっている。 Due to the fog, traffic is temporarily suspended.
- 空写し【からうつし】
noun:
- clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
- コテハン・こてハン
noun:
- 寝かし付ける【ねかしつける】寝かしつける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
- 水をさす【みずをさす】水を注す・水を差す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to pour water (into); to dilute with water
- to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on; to put a damper on; to estrange (people)
- 黒人★【こくじん】
noun / ~の noun:
- black person
noun:
- woman in the nightlife business; demimondaine; geisha and prostitutes - archaism ➜ 玄人
マーテイン・ルーサー・キング・ジュニアは、黒人牧師を父として生まれた。 Martin Luther King, Jr., was the son of a black minister.
- 本題に入る【ほんだいにはいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
- 目を楽しませる【めをたのしませる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす
- 扱う☆【あつかう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to deal with (a person); to treat; to handle; to take care of; to entertain
- to deal with (a problem); to handle; to manage
- to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to work
- to deal in; to sell
- to cover (a topic); to treat; to discuss; to take up
- to treat A as B - as AをBとして扱う
- to mediate (an argument) - archaism
- to be too much for one; to find unmanageable - archaism
- to gossip - archaism
心理学は人間の感情を扱う。 Psychology deals with human emotions.
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