Results, a teeter-totter
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Showing results 1901-1925:
- 左褄を取る【ひだりづまをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to become a geisha; to work as a geisha - archaism
- 手に職を持つ【てにしょくをもつ】手に職をもつ Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to have a trade; to have a vocation ➜ 手に職をつける
- 決まり☆【きまり】決り・極まり・極り
noun / ~の noun:
私は誤りを指摘されて決まり悪い思いをした。 I was abashed when my mistakes were pointed out.
- 目の色を変える【めのいろをかえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
- 息を継ぐ【いきをつぐ】息をつぐ Inflection
expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
- to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
- to take a rest; to take a break
- 機嫌を取る【きげんをとる】機嫌をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
こびへつらうウェイターは最上のテーブルをあてがわれる。なぜなら、そうしたウェイターは、いつもマネージャーや上役のきげんをとるから。 The obsequious waiter is usually assigned the best table because he always curries favor with his manager and superiors.
- 見切り発車☆【みきりはっしゃ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board
- making a snap decision; starting an action without considering objections to it any longer
- 切り捨て☆【きりすて】切捨て・斬り捨て・斬捨て
noun:
- cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
- omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation ➜ 切り上げ
- 書き損なう【かきそこなう】書損なう Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to write incorrectly; to miswrite
- to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
- 止め椀【とめわん】止椀
noun:
- soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup) ➜ 会席料理
- タンポナーデ
noun:
- tamponade; blockage or closure of a wound or body cavity by (or as if by) a tampon (esp. to stop bleeding) - Medicine term ➜ 心タンポナーデ【しんタンポナーデ】
- 駅メロ【えきメロ】
noun:
- station melody; departure melody; melody sounded on a station platform just before the doors of a train are closed
- 書き損じる【かきそんじる】書損じる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to write incorrectly; to miswrite
- to spoil (e.g. a letter) due to writing mistakes; to ruin; to make a mess of
Kanji
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