Results, the sudden, gradual, esoteric, and indeterminate
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- 抜け出す☆【ぬけだす】抜けだす・脱け出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to slip out; to sneak away; to break free; to get through (a difficult situation)
- to break into the lead; to get ahead
- to begin to fall out (e.g. hair)
- to break out (of a loop) - IT term
あ、みんなには内緒だよ？寮を夜中に抜け出すのは厳罰だからね？ Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.
トムは誰にも見られずに寮を抜け出すことはできなかった。 Tom couldn't sneak out of the dorm without being seen.
- 絞り上げる【しぼりあげる】搾り上げる・しぼり上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to squeeze (to the utmost); to wring out
- to squeeze (money) out of someone; to wring (money) from
- to scold; to criticize severely; to lay into
- to train ruthlessly; to give punishing training
- to strain (one's voice)
- to gather up (a curtain)
- 若衆【わかしゅ・わかしゅう】
noun:
- young man (in the Edo period, esp. one with forelocks who has not yet had his coming-of-age ceremony)
- young male prostitute; young kabuki actor (who may also act as a homosexual prostitute)
- younger partner in a homosexual relationship ➜ 念者【ねんしゃ】
- 身が持たない【みがもたない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- not to be able to keep one's health; exceeding the limits of one's body; not to be able to maintain one's fortune
- 長居無用【ながいむよう】
expression:
- There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay - four character idiom
- 情けは人の為ならず【なさけはひとのためならず】情けは人のためならず
expression:
- the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; compassion is not for other people's benefit [literal] - proverb
- you can't save others (from themselves) - incorrect usage - proverb
- 壺☆【つぼ・つほobs.・つふobs.】壷☆・壼irr.
noun:
- jar; pot; vase
- dice cup
- depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
- target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
- (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
- key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
- acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
- nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone
- 人間到る処青山あり【にんげんいたるところせいざんあり・じんかんいたるところせいざんあり】人間到る処青山有り・人間至る処青山あり・人間至る所青山有り・人間いたるところ青山あり
expression:
- home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]
- 枕籍【ちんせき・ちんしゃ】枕藉 Inflection
noun:
- bedding; bed - archaism ➜ 枕席
noun / ~する noun:
- to sleep together in the same bed - archaism
- to sleep together using each other's bodies as pillow - archaism
- to sleep together using books as a pillow - archaism
- 立て直す☆【たてなおす】立直す・立てなおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to put back up; to stand back up
- to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to reorganize; to rearrange; to put right; to recover; to put back on its feet
- to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate; to revise
会社を立て直すために新しい指導者が必要だった。 We need a new leader to pull our company together.
- 竿☆【さお】棹☆
noun:
- rod; pole
- neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen - esp. 棹
- beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance)
- single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese)
- penis - slang
counter:
- counter for flags (on poles); counter for long, thin Japanese sweets (e.g. youkan)
- 持ち上がる☆【もちあがる】持上がる・持ち上る・持上る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be lifted; to be raised; to rise; to go up
- to happen suddenly; to occur; to come up; to turn up
- to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
- 改まる☆【あらたまる】革まる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be renewed; to change ［改まる］
- to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected ［改まる］
- to stand on ceremony; to be formal ［改まる］
- to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turn
- 当たり屋【あたりや】当り屋
noun:
- lucky person; someone who made a lot of money (e.g. gambling or on the stock market)
- skilled batter; batter on a hot streak - Baseball term
- accident faker; someone who jumps in front of cars on purpose to extort money
- barbershop
- くすぶる・ふすぶる《燻る・燻ぶる》いぶる《燻る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
- to be sooty; to be smoke-stained ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
- to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder ［くすぶる］
- to seclude oneself ［くすぶる・ふすぶる］
- to live in obscurity; to stay in the same level (of social position, circumstances, etc.) ［くすぶる］
- 持たせる【もたせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to have someone hold; to let someone have; to give
- to have someone carry; to send with someone
- to keep; to preserve
- to have someone pay (e.g. the bill); to burden someone with
- to raise someone's hopes
子供たちに何かあそぶ物を持たせることが必要だと思う。 I think it necessary for children to have something to play with.
- 本間【ほんま】
noun:
- official size of a tatami mat for measuring room size (esp. a Kyoto-size tatami mat) ➜ 京間
- basic rhythm (in traditional Japanese music) - Music term
- room (in a brothel) of a prostitute of the highest rank - archaism
- ツモ・ツーモー《自摸》
noun:
- drawing a tile from the wall - Mahjong term - From Chinese
- win with a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term
- winning off a self-drawn tile while completely concealed (yaku); winning off a self-drawn tile without having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 門前清自摸和
- ビビる・びびる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters
- to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked - colloquialism
- to be shy; to be bashful - archaism
- 負ける☆【まける】敗ける・敗北るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to lose; to be defeated
- to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield ［負ける］
- to be inferior to ［負ける］
- to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) ［負ける］ ➜ 気触れる【かぶれる】
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free ［負ける］
民主党はまだ候補者を決めていないが、どっちにしても負けるに決まっている。 The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.
魔王は言った。「俺が負けるわっきゃねーべ。審判は皆地獄にいるのだ」。 "How can I lose?" answered Satan. "All the umpires are down here in Hell."
- 下がる☆【さがる】下るirr. Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower Antonym: 上がる
- to hang; to dangle
- to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
- to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
- to get closer to the present day
- to go south - in Kyoto
あお向けに寝ると、舌やノドチンコがノドの奥に下がるため、上気道が塞がりやすくなります。 If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
眠ると体の機能がゆっくりになり、体温が下がる。 When we are asleep, bodily functions slow down and body temperature falls.
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