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- 屋上屋を架す【おくじょうおくをかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to do something useless; to paint the lily; to gild refined gold; to build a roof atop the roof [literal] ➜ 屋上架屋
- 舌が回る【したがまわる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to speak without hesitation or problems; to speak fluently or skillfully; to be talkative; to have a glib tongue
- 押し入る☆【おしいる】押入る・押しいる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
- 抱き込む☆【だきこむ】抱込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to hold in one's arms
- to bring over a person to one's side; to involve
- 多岐にわたる【たきにわたる】多岐に渡る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
- 名をはせる【なをはせる】名を馳せる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself ➜ 馳せる
- くわえ込む【くわえこむ】咥え込む・銜え込む・咥えこむ・銜えこむ Inflection
godan ~む verb:
- to hold fast deep in (one's mouth or other orifice, often used in a sexual context)
- to bring in a man for sex
- 二の句が継げない【にのくがつげない】二の句がつげない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- to be at a loss for words; to be speechless; to be dumbfounded; to be struck dumb
- マットに沈む【マットにしずむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to be knocked out; to be overwhelmed; to be flabbergasted; to be thrown for a loop
- ぶっ切れる【ぶっきれる】打っ切れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to suddenly break with a snap; to suddenly get cut off
- to snap; to become furious
- 気がとがめる【きがとがめる】気が咎める Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
- だぶつく Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- 措置を講じる【そちをこうじる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to take measures; to take steps; to take action; to make a move
- 食べる☆【たべる】喰べるirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to eat
- to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
- 蹴放す【けはなす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to kick free; to kick loose; to kick away - archaism
- to kick open (e.g. a sliding door) - archaism
- 虫封じ【むしふうじ】
noun:
- incantation to rid a child of insects traditionally believed to cause disease; charm to cure colic, tantrums, etc.
- 彩なす【あやなす】綾なす・操す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern [彩なす・綾なす]
- to manipulate skillfully
錦あやなす木々で山が染まっていた。 The mountainside was ablaze with the autumn colors of the trees.
- 門前雀羅を張る【もんぜんじゃくらをはる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be (practically) deserted; to have no visitors; to set a sparrow net in front of the gate [literal] - idiom ➜ 門前雀羅【もんぜんじゃくら】
- 百点満点【ひゃくてんまんてん】
noun:
- (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired - four character idiom
- ものか・もんか
particle:
- used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language
- 催す☆【もよおす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.)
- to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of
彼は勉強を始めるとどうして眠気を催すのだろうか。 Why does he become drowsy whenever he begins to study?
- もつれ込む【もつれこむ】縺れ込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
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