Results, Anything+is+better+than+nothing

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そなえるsonaeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install
  • to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for
  • to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with
  • to be born with; to have since birth

私達watashitachiha火災kasaini備えるsonaeruべきbekida We should provide against fires.

kamihakazewo備えるsonaeruだがdagahitogahowoあげageなけれnakerebaならnaraないnai God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.

どもdomo

suffix:

  • first-person plural (or singular) - humble language
  • second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to) - derogatory term
アメリカンAMERIKAN

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • American
  • American coffee (weaker than regular Japanese coffee) - abbreviation
みわけるmiwakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
  • to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

kareto彼のkarenoaniwo見分けるmiwakerunoha簡単kantanda It is easy to tell him from his brother.

ケリーKERIIha良質なryoushitsuna英語eigowo見分けるmiwakerumegaあるaru Kelly has an eye for good English.

こっちゃkotcha

expression:

  • (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
  • (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect
ござgoza

noun:

  • headliner
  • latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) 初座
ka

prefix:

  • surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
  • per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
わけないwakenai Inflection

adjective:

  • easy; simple

expression:

  • (there is) no reason - contraction of 訳が無い
つけやきばtsukeyakiba

noun:

  • thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
  • re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning
オミットOMITTO Inflection

noun:

  • exception; exclusion

~する noun:

  • to omit; to disallow (e.g. in a sport after a rule is broken); to reject (e.g. faulty product); to eject; to expel; to throw out
もちこしmochikoshiirr. Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

  • hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

ドタキャンDOTAKYANくらったkurattano来週raishuuni持ち越しmochikoshidaってtte Got cancelled at the last minute. 'Deferred to next week'.

おてつきotetsuki

noun:

  • touching a wrong card
  • making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)
こえるkoeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to go beyond; to go past - esp. 越える
  • to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than) - esp. 超える

地球人chikyuujinno一人としてtoshitewatashiha文化bunkanokabewo越えるkoeru方法houhouwo知っていますshitteimasu As a citizen of the world, I know ways of overcoming cultural barriers.

65saiwo超えるkoeruアメリカ人AMERIKAjinhazen人口jinkouno12.5wo構成kouseiしているshiteiru Americans who are over sixty-five make up 12.5% of the total population.

はしからhashikara

expression:

  • every last one; one and all; from A to Z
  • as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone
いきiki

noun:

  • living; being alive Antonym: 死に
  • freshness; liveliness; vitality
  • situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
  • stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

  • damned
ko

noun / suffix noun:

noun:

noun / suffix noun:

  • bird egg - archaism

suffix noun:

  • -er (often of young women) - after a noun or -masu stem

そのsonokoha母親hahaoyani甘えたamaeta The child played the baby to his mother.

kujiraha哺乳動物honyuudoubutsuであるdearu言い換えればiikaerebakonichichiwo与えるataeru A whale is a mammal; in other words it feeds milk to its young.

ふふっfufu・・・そのsonoko人間ningenじゃないjanainoロボットROBOTTOnanoyoア・ン・ド・ロ・イ・ドA/N/DO/RO/I/DO Ha-ha ... She isn't human. She's a robot; A-n-d-r-o-i-d.

karehaきっすいのkissuinoロンドンRONDONkoですdesu He was born within the sound of the Bow bells.

すぎるsugiru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
  • to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
  • to have expired; to have ended; to be over
  • to exceed; to surpass; to be above
  • to be no more than ... - as 〜に過ぎない, etc.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / suffix:

  • to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... - often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs - usually written using kana alone

kareha彼女kanojoni気づくkizukuことなくkotonaku走りhashiriすぎたsugita He ran past without noticing her.

今日kyoumoまたmata寂しいsabishii一日ga過ぎるsugiru Another lonely day.

過ぎたsugitaことkotowo振り返ってfurikaettehaいけないikenai Don't look back on your past.

このkonoスープSUUPUhaしょっぱshoppaすぎてsugite飲めないnomenai This soup is too salty to eat.

kareha忙しisogashiすぎるsugirundayo He's too busy.

はだかhadaka

noun / ~の noun:

  • nakedness; nudity
  • bareness; nakedness; baldness; being uncovered
  • being penniless
  • concealing nothing; openness

そのsono少年shounenha上半身jouhanshinhadakaであったdeatta The boy was shirtless.

労働者roudoushaたちtachihakoshiまでmadehadakaだったdatta The workers were naked to the waist.

なおnao Inflection

adjectival noun:

けいかいkeikai Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy
  • light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody)

noun / ~する noun:

  • taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence

リズムRIZUMUha軽快keikaideテンポTENPOha速くhayakuそのsonokyokuha若者wakamononi好まれているkonomareteiru The rhythm is light, and the tempo fast - that song is liked by young people.

ぼうずbouzuold

noun:

  • Buddhist priest; bonze
  • close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
  • boy; sonny; lad - familiar language - derogatory term
  • not catching anything (in fishing) お凸【おでこ】

酔っyote来るkuruto随分zuibun面白いomoshiroi坊主bouzudeいろんなironnaことkotowoしゃべりshaberi出すdasu When he gets drunk, he's quite an interesting priest, and he talks about various things.

宗派shuuhaによってniyottehao坊さんbousanha坊主bouzunishiなくnakutemoいいiinだってdattene知らshiraなかっnakatayo I didn't know that depending on which sect they belong to, priests don't necessarily have to shave their head.

おでこodeko

noun:

  • brow; forehead 凸【でこ】
  • prominent forehead; beetle brow
  • not catching anything (in fishing) - colloquialism

前髪maegamigaおでこodekoniかからないkakaranaiようにyouni髪を上げるkamiwoageruことkotowoおすすめosusumeしますshimasu I recommend putting up your hair so your fringe doesn't get on your forehead.

おんぷonpu

noun:

  • musical note; note symbol
  • phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.)
  • part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning) 意符

karehaピアノPIANOwo音符onpuwo見ずmizuni弾いたhiita He played piano by ear.

つったつtsuttatsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight
  • to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet
  • to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around; to stand flat-footed
ほっかいhokkaiほうかいhoukai

noun:

  • universe - Buddhism term
  • realm of thought - Buddhism term
  • underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
  • being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ほうかい - abbreviation 法界悋気

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