Results, quick-thinking

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あしがはやいashigahayai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • to be fast at walking and running
  • to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs) - idiom
はんすうhansuu Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud

noun / ~する noun:

  • turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering; musing; rumination (about a subject)

改めてaratamete反芻hansuuしてるshiterutodaka恥ずかしいhazukashiizo Now that I think over it, it's somewhat embarrassing.

かんたんkantanoldold Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • simple; easy; uncomplicated
  • brief; quick; light

このkonohonhawatashiにはniha簡単kantanni思えるomoeru This book seems easy to me.

するどいsurudoi Inflection

adjective:

  • sharp (blade); pointed
  • sharp (pain); stabbing; cutting (remark); stinging; pointed (question or look); screeching (noise)
  • perceptive; keen; quick (mind); astute; shrewd; discerning
  • nimble; agile; quick

私のwatashinoナイフNAIFUnohahaとてもtotemo鋭いsurudoi My knife has such a fine edge.

少女shoujono鋭いsurudoi感性kanseini触れているfureteiru I am touched by the girl's acute sensitivity.

たんらくtanraku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • electric short-circuit
  • drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly
のりかえるnorikaeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train)
  • to change one's mind; to move on to (e.g. a new love interest); to change methods; to change one's way of thinking

新宿shinjukude電車denshawo乗り換えるnorikaerundayo You have to change trains at Shinjuku.

きどうkidou

noun:

  • maneuver (usu. of military force); manoeuvre

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • mobile; nimble; agile; quick to respond 機動隊
はしっこいhashikkoiはしこいhashikoi Inflection

adjective:

  • smart; clever
  • agile; nimble; quick
わいしょうwaishou Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; stunted; undersized
  • narrow (e.g. thinking); small
ガチガチGACHIGACHIがちがちgachigachi Inflection

~と adverb:

  • chattering (teeth) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

  • (frozen, worried) stiff - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; overly serious - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~の noun:

  • voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause - onomatopoeia
きれるkireru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
  • to be injured
  • to wear out; to be worn out
  • to break; to burst; to collapse
  • to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
  • to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
  • to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
  • to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
  • to cut well; to be sharp
  • to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
  • to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
  • to dry off
  • to curve; to veer
  • to shuffle (cards)
  • to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip - colloquialism キレる

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

  • to be able to do completely - after the -masu stem of a verb - usually written using kana alone

二人no子供kodomohatsunaga切れるkireruまでmade引っ張りhippariあったatta The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.

100メートルMEETORU、10byou切れるkireru Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?

karehaatamaga切れるkireruでもなくdemonaku機知kichini富むtomuわけwakeでもないdemonai He is not witty or bright.

としてtoshite

expression:

  • as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
  • apart from... (used to change the topic)
  • even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
  • thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form とする
ひとのみhitonomi

noun:

  • swallowing in one gulp; downing; mouthful; bite
  • sipping; sip
  • thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
てのはやいtenohayai Inflection

adjective:

  • fast working - idiom 手が早い
  • fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
  • quick to resort to violence - idiom
ぱたぱたpatapataパタパタPATAPATA Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; whack-whack (e.g. beating dust out of a rug); whap-whap - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • pitter-patter (of footsteps) - onomatopoeia
  • quickly (making progress); in quick succession - onomatopoeia
やわらかいyawarakaiirr. Inflection

adjective:

  • soft; tender; pliant; supple; limber; limp
  • gentle; mild; mellow
  • informal; light; flexible (e.g. thinking)

watashiha柔らかいyawarakaiベッドBEDDOde眠るnemurunoga好きsukiですdesu I like to sleep on a soft bed.

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