Results, ability

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振るう【ふるうfuruu】揮う・振うirr. Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to swing; to wield (physically); to exert ➜ 槍を振るう
  • to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to display; to wield (metaphorically) ➜ 威を振るう
  • to flourish; to prosper; to thrive

ヨットYOTTOはha猛威mouiをwo振るうfuruu嵐arashiのno中nakaにni翻弄honrouされたsareta。 The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.

自得【じとくjitoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • self-satisfaction; self-complacency; complacency
  • understanding (on one's own); realizing (through one's own ability)
  • being paid back for one's deeds ➜ 自業自得【じごうじとく】
霊感☆【れいかんreikan】

noun:

  • inspiration; afflatus
  • ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)

忠告chuukokuをwo与えるataeruことkotoはha出来るdekiruがga、行動koudouをwo起こさせるokosaseru霊感reikanをwo吹き込むfukikomuことkotoはha出来ないdekinai。 We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.

英霊☆【えいれいeirei】

noun:

  • spirits of war dead
  • person of great ability; soul of a talented person
地獄耳【じごくみみjigokumimi】

noun:

  • sharp ear; long ears
  • ability to remember everything one hears
機根【きこんkikon】

noun:

  • patience; perseverance
  • ability of the common man to understand Buddhist teachings
不器量【ふきりょうfukiryou・ぶきりょうbukiryou】不縹緻old Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • ugliness; homeliness
  • lack of ability; incompetence

彼女kanojoをwo公平kouheiにni評価hyoukaすればsureba、彼女kanojoはha不器量bukiryouではないdehanai。 To do her justice, she is not plain.

糸道【いとみちitomichi】

noun:

  • groove in a shamisen player's fingernail caused by the friction of the string of the instrument
  • someone's ability to play the shamisen
精一杯☆【せいいっぱいseiippai】精いっぱい

noun:

  • the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

  • with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

そのsono速hayaさsaでde精一杯seiippaiですかdesuka。 Is that as fast as you can go?

背伸び☆【せのびsenobi】背のび・背延び Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself
  • overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability; pushing to the limit

彼kareはha背伸びsenobiをwoしてshite失敗shippaiしたshita。 He bit off more than he could chew.

細腕☆【ほそうでhosoude】

noun:

  • thin arm; slender arm
  • slender means; meager ability to earn a living
変わり身☆【かわりみkawarimi】

noun:

  • change of attitude (stance, position)
  • lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack - Sumo term
腕こき【うでこきudekoki】腕扱き Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun:

noun:

腕っこき【うでっこきudekkoki】腕っ扱き Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun:

noun:

腕利き【うでききudekiki】腕きき Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun:

  • able; capable; competent

noun:

  • able person; person of ability
縒りをかける【よりをかけるyoriwokakeru】よりを掛ける・縒りを掛ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to twist a thread
  • to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける
鯱立ち【しゃちほこだちshachihokodachi・しゃっちょこだちshatchokodachi】しゃっちょこ立ち【しゃっちょこだちshatchokodachi】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

持ち味★【もちあじmochiaji】持味

noun:

  • inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
  • distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability

当たってatatte砕けよkudakeyoがga俺oreのno持ち味mochiajiだからdakaraねne。 My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.

裸足☆・跣☆【はだしhadashi】跣足【はだしhadashi・せんそくsensoku】

noun / ~の noun:

  • barefoot

suffix noun:

  • superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) [はだし]

彼kareはhaびっくりbikkuriしてshite裸足hadashiでde外sotoにni飛び出したtobidashita。 He was so startled that he ran outside barefoot.

彼kareはha専門家senmonkaはだしhadashiのno優れたsugureta技術gijutsuをwoもっているmotteiru。 He has excellent techniques which would outdo a specialist.

伸び★【のびnobi】延び

noun:

  • growth; development
  • stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
  • (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
  • elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain

もうmou髪を切ってkamiwokitteもらってmoratteもmoいいii時tokiですdesuよyo。大分ooita伸びnobi過ぎていますsugiteimasuよyo。 It's high time you had your hair cut; it has grown too long.

父chichiはha夕食yuushokuがgaすんでsundeからkara伸びnobiをwoしたshita。 My father stretched after dinner.

手★【てte】

noun:

  • hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
  • forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
  • handle
  • hand; worker; help
  • trouble; care; effort
  • means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
  • hand; handwriting
  • kind; type; sort
  • one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
  • ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
  • hand (of cards)
  • direction ➜ 山の手

noun / suffix noun / counter:

  • move (in go, shogi, etc.)

こちらkochiraにni来るkuruようにyouni手teでde合図aizuしたshita。 I made motions at him to come here with my hand.

ここkokoにni手teのnoないnaiナベNABEがgaあるaru。 Here is a pan without handles.

いいii手teをwo思いついたomoitsuita。 I hit upon a good idea.

本honはha現在genzai誰dareのno手teにもnimo入るhairu。 Books are now within the reach of everybody.

いいii手teがga配られたkubarareta。 I was dealt a good hand.

パークPAAKU☆

noun:

  • park (public, amusement, etc.)
  • parking
  • perk (in video games); special ability
任せる☆【まかせるmakaseru】委せるold Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to
  • to passively leave to someone else's facilities ➜ 想像に任せる
  • to leave to take its natural course ➜ 成り行きに任せる
  • to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim)
  • to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done ➜ 力任せ

よかれあしかれyokareashikare、このkono問題mondaiはha彼kareにni委せるmakaseruほかhokaはhaないnai。 For better or worse, we can't do anything but leave this matter up to him.

娘musumeがga卒業sotsugyouしたshita後nochiはha自分jibunのno好きsukiにni任せるmakaseruことkotoにniきめたkimeta。 We have decided to leave our daughter to herself after she left school.

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