Results, to come down from heaven
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- 狐の子は頬白【きつねのこはつらじろ】
expression:
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term
- にらむ☆《睨む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at
- to stare intensely at; to examine carefully
- to estimate; to guess; to suspect; to judge
- to keep an eye on someone (e.g. a suspicious or untrustworthy person); to watch - often as 睨まれる ➜ 睨まれる
- to take account of; to take into consideration
審判の方をちらりと睨むが、審判は涼しい顔して鼻クソをほじっていやがった。「ちくしょう、八百長かよ・・・」 I glared briefly in the referee's direction but he was putting on a calm face while picking his nose. "Dammit, the fight's a fixup!?"
吸血鬼は睨むだけで人を金縛りにする。 A vampire can paralyze people just by looking at them.
- 繕う☆【つくろう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn
- to fix (hair, clothes, appearance etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
- to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over
- to treat (illness, injury, etc.) - archaism
世間体を繕う心配をするより他にやることがある。 We have other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances.
- 弱る☆【よわる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)
- to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited
- to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed
良さそうにみえる馬でも時には弱ることもある。 A good-looking horse may sometimes break down.
- 仕向ける☆【しむける】し向ける・仕向るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt
- to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to treat
- to send; to forward to
- 対する☆【たいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to face (each other); to be facing
- to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
- to receive (a client, etc.)
- to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
- to confront; to oppose; to compete with
幸不幸というものは、人生における出来事自体の性質によるのではなく、それらにどう対するかにずっと多くかかっていると、私はますます確信を強めている。 I am more and more convinced that our happiness or our unhappiness depends far more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
- 対す【たいす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to face (each other); to be facing ➜ 対する
- to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
- to receive (a client, etc.)
- to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
- to confront; to oppose; to compete with
- 昭和一桁【しょうわひとけた】
noun:
- (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Shōwa period (from 1926 to 1934) - four character idiom
- 取り上げる☆【とりあげる】取りあげる・取上げる☆・採り上げる・とり上げる・採りあげる・採上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to pick up
- to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take up (a topic, complaint, etc.); to listen to; to deal with; to feature
- to take away; to confiscate; to deprive (someone) of; to revoke
- to deliver (a baby)
- to collect (taxes)
彼の提案は話にとりあげるほどのこともない。 His proposal is not worth talking about.
電話が鳴る。スーザンは受話器を取り上げる。 The telephone rings. Susan picks it up.
- 使う★【つかう】遣う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
アジア諸国などから出稼ぎにきた外国人をメイドとして使うのが常識のようになっている。 It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
あぁいらいらする・・・今やパソコンを使うたびに頭痛がするよ。 So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!
- 挿す【さす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- 仕掛ける☆【しかける】仕かける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to start; to begin; to commence
- to challenge; to pick (a fight); to make (war)
- to set (traps); to plant (explosives); to lay (mines)
- to make a meld call - Mahjong term ➜ 鳴く【なく】
- 安定期【あんていき】
noun:
- stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)
- 海底撈月【かいていろうげつ】
noun:
- totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom
- テングハギ属【テングハギぞく】
noun:
- Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)
- 乃公出でずんば【だいこういでずんば】
expression:
- what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)
- 一増一減【いちぞういちげん】
noun:
- 16,800,000-year period over which a human lifespan increases from ten years to 84,000 years (by one year per century) and then decreases back to ten (by one year per century) - Buddhism term
- 退出☆【たいしゅつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
先生は生徒達に講義室を退出させなかった。 The teacher did not permit the students to leave the lecture hall.
- ぶち込む【ぶちこむ】打ち込む・打ちこむ Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to throw; to toss; to cast
- to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in
- to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
- to wear (sword, etc.); to carry
- 揺さぶる☆【ゆさぶる】揺さ振る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
- to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
- to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term
- 乱れる☆【みだれる】紊れる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be disarrayed; to be disheveled; to be dishevelled
- to be discomposed; to be upset; to get confused; to be disturbed
- to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
- 連なる☆【つらなる】列なる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to extend; to stretch out; to stand in a row
- to attend; to participate in
- to enrol; to enroll; to join
- to have a connection; to be related; to be linked
- 圧倒☆【あっとう】 Inflection
~する noun / noun:
- to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overwpower; to crush; to defeat completely
- to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to impress; to fill with emotion - usu. in the passive as 圧倒される
- to intimidate; to frighten; to threaten
彼は彼女の愛情の強さに圧倒された。 He was overwhelmed by the intensity of her love.
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