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- 緩む☆【ゆるむ】弛む Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope)
- to become less tense; to relax; to let one's guard down
- to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax
- to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression); (of ice) to partially melt
- to decrease (e.g. speed)
- (of a market price) to go down slightly
- そびれる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to miss a chance; to fail to do - usu. a suffix after the -masu stem of a verb
- 配属☆【はいぞく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
営業マンだって、リストラ予備軍に配属されないように必死な訳です。 After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.
- 色眼鏡で見る【いろめがねでみる】色めがねで見る Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to look at from a biased viewpoint; to look at with a prejudiced eye - idiom
- えらい目にあう【えらいめにあう】えらい目に遭う・偉い目にあう・偉い目に遭う・えらい目に会うirr.・偉い目に会うirr. Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to have a terrible time; to have a hard time ➜ 目にあう【めにあう】
- ちょっとよろしい《一寸宜しい》
interjection:
- (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?
- 縫う☆【ぬう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to sew; to stitch
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
彼女は自分自身の服を全部自分で縫う。 She makes all her own clothes.
船は島々の間を見えつ隠れつして縫うように進んで行った。 The steamer wound in and out among the islands.
- 見晴らす☆【みはらす】見晴す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to command a view; to look out over (onto, across, etc.); to overlook
タワーからは眼下に平野が見晴らせる。 From the tower you can look out across the plain spread beneath your eyes.
- 吹きすさぶ【ふきすさぶ】吹き荒ぶ・吹き遊ぶ Inflection
godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:
- to blow fiercely; to rage - esp. 吹き荒ぶ
- to play (a flute, etc.) for fun - esp. 吹き遊ぶ - archaism
- 筆を置く【ふでをおく】筆を擱く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
- 幕を引く【まくをひく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); "to come to an end" [figurative] ➜ 幕を閉じる
- 約束を破る【やくそくをやぶる】約束をやぶる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を守る
- 約束破る【やくそくやぶる】約束やぶる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を破る
- 仁王立ちになる【におうだちになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
- おっ広げる【おっぴろげる】押っ広げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- 垂れる☆【たれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down
- to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer
- to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop
- 近づける☆【ちかづける】近付ける☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to bring near; to bring close; to let go near
- to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
電流が流れる電線にコイルを近づけると、コイルにも電気が流れます。 When a coil is moved near to a wire with current flowing in it current flows in the coil as well.
- 煮え湯を飲まされる【にえゆをのまされる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be betrayed - idiom
- to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time - colloquialism - idiom
- 騎虎の勢い【きこのいきおい】
expression:
- having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through
- たらい回し【たらいまわし】盥回し Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
- handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
- handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
政権のたらい回しは反対だ。 I'm opposed to political power being monopolized within a clique.
- 問い質す【といただす】問いただす・問い正すirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question
- to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
- 王座を占める【おうざをしめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
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