Results, Anything+is+better+than+nothing
Showing results 1851-1875:
- となるために
expression:
- in order to be(come)... ➜ となる
- since it amounts to...
- since it is advantageous to...
- かすめる《掠める》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder
- to deceive; to trick; to cheat
- to graze (in passing); to skim; to brush against; to touch lightly
- to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.); to flit (through one's mind, across one's face)
- to do (something) while no one is looking - often as 目をかすめて
- to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate - archaism
トラックは狭い道を塀にかすめるように通った。 The truck scraped along the wall in the narrow road.
- 開帳【かいちょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- unveiling a Buddhist image
- gambling
- revealing something that is supposed to remain hidden
- 官【つかさ】司・寮・首・長
noun:
- office; official - usu. 官,司,寮 - archaism
- chief; head - usu. 首,長
- (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies [司]
- 字源【じげん】
noun:
- origin of a character
- composition of a Chinese character
- Chinese character from which a kana character is derived
- 一飲み【ひとのみ】一呑み
noun:
- swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
- sipping; sip
- thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
- 幻妖【げんよう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- confusing people
- magic
- ghost, monster, etc., the true identity of which is unknown
- しみgikun《紙魚・衣魚・蠧魚》とぎょ《蠧魚》
noun:
- true bristletail (any insect of order Thysanura, esp. of family Lepismatidae)
- Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa) ➜ 大和紙魚
- someone who is unable to apply what they have read - derogatory term
- 一白【いっぱく】
noun:
- first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
- white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
- surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white
- 事無し【ことなし】 Inflection
~く adjective (archaic):
- uneventful; peaceful; safe - archaism
- easy; simple - archaism
noun / adjectival noun:
- having nothing to do - archaism
- 小座敷【こざしき】
noun:
- small tatami room
- extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 放ち出
- room smaller than four and a half tatami (in tea ceremony)
- 正★【せい】
noun / ~の noun:
- (logical) true; regular
numeric:
- 10^40; ten thousand undecillion
noun / ~の noun:
- そっと☆・そうっと・そおっと・そーっと Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- softly; gently; quietly - onomatopoeia
- secretly; stealthily - onomatopoeia ➜ こっそり
~する noun:
- to leave alone; to leave as it is - onomatopoeia
- 治まる☆【おさまる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to cool off; to abate; to be settled; to be brought under control
- to be at peace; to be governed well
- to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated; to get better; to ease off
奮闘がおさまると、話し合いが再び始まった。 When the excitement died down, the discussion resumed.
- 縁起☆【えんぎ・いんえんobs.】
noun:
- omen; sign of luck
- origin; history; causation
- dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起
- 兄貴☆【あにき】アニキ
noun:
- elder brother - familiar language - honorific language
- one's senior
- older man; man older than oneself
「そっか。暇なら掃除しといて。」「なんだそれ。兄貴をアゴで使うなよ。」 "Oh? If you're free get the cleaning done." "What's up with that? Don't order your brother around!"
- どす・ドス
noun:
- dagger; dirk; knife
- threatening quality (in a voice, etc.)
prefix:
- muddy; turbid; murky; unclear
auxiliary:
- be; is [どす] - polite copula abbreviated from でおす - polite language - abbreviation - Kyōto dialect ➜ おす
- 丸呑み【まるのみ】丸飲み・丸のみ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
- taking something in without fully understanding it
- accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
- それまで《其れまで・それ迄・其れ迄・其迄irr.》
expression:
- until then; till then; up to that time
- to that extent
- the end of it; all there is to it
- まぐろ☆・しび《鮪》マグロ
noun:
- tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny
- Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
- dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse [まぐろ・マグロ] - slang - vulgar
サメの皮はマグロの皮よりはるかにざらざらしている。 The skin of a shark is much rougher than that of a tuna fish.
- つい☆
adverb:
- just (now)
- quite (near)
- unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)
- 何条【なんじょう】何じょう
adverb:
- what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo)
- what article? (in a law)
- how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way - the 条 in 何条 is an ateji - archaism
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