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- 振るう【ふるう】揮う・振うirr. Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
ヨットは猛威を振るう嵐の中に翻弄された。 The yacht was at the mercy of the dreadful storm.
- 自得【じとく】 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】
noun:
- inspiration; afflatus
- ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
忠告を与えることは出来るが、行動を起こさせる霊感を吹き込むことは出来ない。 We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
- 不器量【ふきりょう・ぶきりょう】不縹緻old Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- ugliness; homeliness
- lack of ability; incompetence
彼女を公平に評価すれば、彼女は不器量ではない。 To do her justice, she is not plain.
- 糸道【いとみち】
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】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
- 背伸び☆【せのび】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
- 変わり身☆【かわりみ】
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】腕扱き Inflection
~の noun / adjectival noun:
- able; capable; competent ➜ 腕利き【うできき】
noun:
- able person; person of ability ➜ 腕利き【うできき】
- 腕っこき【うでっこき】腕っ扱き Inflection
~の noun / adjectival noun:
- able; capable; competent ➜ 腕利き【うできき】
noun:
- able person; person of ability ➜ 腕利き【うできき】
- 腕利き【うできき】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】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・しゃっちょこだち】しゃっちょこ立ち【しゃっちょこだち】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- headstand ➜ 逆立ち【さかだち】
- doing one's best; doing something to the best of one's ability
- 持ち味★【もちあじ】持味
noun:
- inherent flavor; inherent flavour; natural taste
- distinctive characteristic (of a person, work, etc.); peculiar quality; special ability
当たって砕けよが俺の持ち味だからね。 My strong point is my philosophy - nothing ventured nothing gained.
- 裸足☆・跣☆【はだし】跣足【はだし・せんそく】
noun / ~の noun:
- barefoot
suffix noun:
- superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement) [はだし]
彼はびっくりして裸足で外に飛び出した。 He was so startled that he ran outside barefoot.
彼は専門家はだしの優れた技術をもっている。 He has excellent techniques which would outdo a specialist.
- 伸び★【のび】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
もう髪を切ってもらってもいい時ですよ。大分伸び過ぎていますよ。 It's high time you had your hair cut; it has grown too long.
- 手★【て】
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.)
こちらに来るように手で合図した。 I made motions at him to come here with my hand.
ここに手のないナベがある。 Here is a pan without handles.
いい手を思いついた。 I hit upon a good idea.
- 任せる☆【まかせる】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、この問題は彼に委せるほかはない。 For better or worse, we can't do anything but leave this matter up to him.
娘が卒業した後は自分の好きに任せることにきめた。 We have decided to leave our daughter to herself after she left school.
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