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- 網呑舟の魚を漏らす【あみどんしゅうのうおをもらす】網吞舟の魚を漏らす
expression:
- the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb
- 尻馬に乗る【しりうまにのる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly
- to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
- 捉える☆【とらえる】捕らえる☆・捕える☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to catch; to capture; to seize; to arrest; to grab; to catch hold of
- to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to capture (e.g. features)
- to captivate; to move (one's heart)
家のこちら側は朝日をとらえる。 This side of the house catches the morning sun.
なんであれ物事の本体を捕らえる事が肝心だ。 No matter what the problem is, it's essential to get at the heart of the matter.
- つかむ☆《掴む・摑む・攫む・把む・捉む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on
- to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture
- to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。 First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author's work, transcribe and copy in full.
- 大文字☆【おおもじ・だいもんじ】
noun:
- uppercase letter; capital letter ［おおもじ］ ➜ 小文字
- large character; large writing
- the (kanji) character "dai" meaning "big" ［だいもんじ］
- huge character "dai" formed by fires lit on the side of a mountain in Kyoto on 16 Aug each year ［だいもんじ］
アルファベットを大文字で書きなさい。 Write the alphabet in capitals.
文頭には大文字が使われる。 A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.
- 音符☆【おんぷ】
noun:
- musical note; note symbol
- phonetic symbol (incl. the kanji and kana-doubling symbols, vowel-lengthening symbol, etc.)
- part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the pronunciation (as opposed to the meaning) ➜ 意符
- 言付ける☆【ことづける】言づける・託ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to have someone send (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (via someone else); to leave (a message) with someone
- to use as an excuse; to make a pretext of - archaism
- 手★【て】
noun:
- hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
- forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
- means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
- hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
- one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
- ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
- hand (of cards)
- direction ➜ 山の手
noun / suffix noun / counter:
- move (in go, shogi, etc.)
こちらに来るように手で合図した。 I made motions at him to come here with my hand.
ここに手のないナベがある。 Here is a pan without handles.
いい手を思いついた。 I hit upon a good idea.
- 丁【ちょう】
counter:
- counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
- counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
- counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. ➜ 挺
noun:
私が見つけたのは１丁のハサミだけだった。 I found nothing but a pair of scissors.
合衆国では２億１６００万丁もの鉄砲類が、民間の手にあるという。 In the U.S., as many as 216 million firearms are said to be in private hands.
- 倒れ掛かる【たおれかかる】倒れ掛る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
- to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall
- 用足し【ようたし】用達【ようたし・ようたつ】用足irr.・用たし・用達しirr.【ようたし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- running errands; going on errands
- (transaction of) business; going about one's business
- doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
- purveying; purveyor - esp. 用達 ➜ 御用達
- 目の上のたんこぶ【めのうえのたんこぶ】目の上のたん瘤
expression:
- a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ
- 三礼【さんらい・さんれい・みれい】
noun:
- adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly ➜ 三拝
- 孫子【そんし】
noun:
- Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE) - honorific language
- The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC) ➜ 孫子の兵法
- Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
世界的に過大に評価された中国書といえば、『孫子』ですかね。 When it comes to Chinese books that are overvalued worldwide I suppose it's Sun Tzu, isn't it?
- 物は試し【ものはためし】
expression:
- the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb
- ずらす☆《滑らすold》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way)
- to put off; to delay; to postpone; to stagger (e.g. working hours)
ちょっといすをずらしてくれない？ Could you move the chair a bit?
ローマのホテルの予約を、３日ずらさなければならなくなった。 I had to put back the hotel reservations for Rome by three days.
- サイドキック・サイド・キック
noun:
- side-foot (e.g. in soccer); kick with the side of the foot - From English "sidekick"
- side kick (e.g. in martial arts)
- sidekick; companion
- ナンヨウハギ・ドリー・パレット・サージャン・パレット・サージョン・パレットサージョン・パレットサージャンフィッシュ・パレットサージョンフィッシュ・ブルー・タン・ブルータン
noun:
- palette surgeonfish (Paracanthurus hepatus, species of Indo-Pacific tang); palette surgeon; blue surgeonfish; blue tang
- 押し寄せる☆【おしよせる】押寄せる・押しよせる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside
最大１０メートルの津波が押し寄せるとみられます。 It is expected that the tsunami surge will be ten meters or less.
- 路頭に迷う【ろとうにまよう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom
- ブラウンスポッティドスパインフィッシュ・ブラウン・スポッティド・スパインフィッシュ・ブラウンスポッティドスパインフット・ブラウン・スポッティド・スパイン・フット
noun:
- brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish ➜ イエローテールスターリーラビットフィッシュ
- 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】
noun:
- one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term
- 辺張【ペンチャン】
noun:
- one-sided wait for the end tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand (i.e. for a 3 while holding 1-2, or for a 7 while holding 8-9) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 辺張待ち【ペンチャンまち】
- とかく☆《兎角・左右》 Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- (doing) various things; (doing) this and that
adverb:
- being apt to; being prone to; tending to
- at any rate; anyhow; anyway
~の noun:
- all sorts of (negative things); various
noun:
- things that do not exist; rabbit horns [literal] ［兎角］ - idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 亀毛兎角
とかくするうちに年が明けた。 A new year began meanwhile.
運動が健康の鍵であるのを私たちはとかく忘れがちだ。 We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.
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