Results, meaning of life
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- たらい回し【たらいまわし】盥回し Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
- handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
- handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
政権のたらい回しは反対だ。 I'm opposed to political power being monopolized within a clique.
- 三拝【さんぱい】
noun:
- adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly
- 潰す☆【つぶす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to smash; to crush; to flatten
- to shut down; to put out of business; to force (a company) to close up shop
- to wreck; to break; to block; to thwart
- to butcher; to slaughter; to kill (livestock, for food)
- to kill (time); to while away (the time)
- to waste (e.g. talents)
- 引っ掛ける☆【ひっかける】引っかける・引っ懸ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes)
- to hook; to catch; to trap; to ensnare
- to cheat; to evade payment; to jump a bill
- to drink (alcohol)
- to splash someone (with) ➜ ぶっ掛ける
- to hit the ball off the end of the bat - Baseball term
- 痒がる【かゆがる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch
- 天下★【てんか・てんが・てんげ】
noun:
- the whole world
- the whole country
- society; the public
- supremacy over a nation; government of a country; the ruling power
- having one's own way; doing as one pleases
~の noun:
- peerless; incomparable; superlative; world-famous
noun:
- shogun (Edo period) - archaism
- 寒苦鳥【かんくちょう・かんくどり・かんくとり】
noun:
- cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
- (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term
- 箱★【はこ】函・匣・筥・筐・凾
noun:
- box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
- car (of a train, etc.)
- shamisen case; shamisen
- public building; community building - often written as ハコ - colloquialism ➜ 箱物
- man who carries a geisha's shamisen - archaism ➜ 箱屋
- receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) - archaism
suffix / counter:
- counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。 Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
人生は一箱のマッチに似ている。重大に扱うのはばかばかしい。重大に扱わねば危険である。 Life is as a box of matches. Treating it cautiously is foolish, not treating it cautiously is dangerous.
- 実況☆【じっきょう】 Inflection
noun:
- actual state (of things); real state; actual condition; real condition; actual scene
~の noun:
- live; on-the-scene
noun / ~する noun:
- reporting live; live coverage; live broadcasting - abbreviation ➜ 実況放送
- 持てる☆【もてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be able to possess (hold, get, etc.) ➜ 持つ
- to be well liked; to be popular; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed ➜ モテる
- to endure (the tests of time, the elements, etc.); to last
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- possessed; held
- rich; wealthy; affluent
その箱は子供が持てるほど軽い。 The box is light enough for a child to carry.
- 詠歌【えいか・えいが】
noun:
- poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
- pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
- singing a poem or song in a loud voice
- 上がり★【あがり】揚がり
suffix noun / noun:
- rise; increase; ascent Antonym: 下がり
noun:
- income; proceeds; return; profit; crop yield
- freshly-drawn green tea (esp. in sushi shops) - abbreviation ➜ 上がり花
- completion; stop; finish
- end result (e.g. of crafts like painting, pottery, etc.); how something comes out
suffix / ~の noun:
- after (rain, illness, etc.)
- ex- (e.g. ex-bureaucrat)
~の noun:
- northbound
道はなだらかな上がりになっていた。 The road climbed gradually.
色の上がりがよい。 The color has come out well.
お風呂上がりにジュースを飲みました。 After taking a bath, I drank some soft drink.
- 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)
- 眺める☆【ながめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to look at; to gaze at; to watch; to stare at
- to look out over; to get a view of; to admire (e.g. the scenery)
- to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch; to observe
彼は鳥が頭上を飛んでいくのを眺めるのが好きです。 He likes to watch the birds fly above his head.
- 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
- ダブる・だぶる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- 付け☆【つけ】附け
noun:
- bill; bill of sale; payment invoice
- tab (for later payment); credit
- contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone - usually written using kana alone
- sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki - usually written using kana alone
- letter - archaism
- reason; motive; pretext - archaism
- one's fortune; one's luck - archaism
- 仕立て上げる【したてあげる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
- 上り詰める☆【のぼりつめる】登り詰める・のぼり詰める・登りつめる・上りつめる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain)
- to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
- 禍福は糾える縄のごとし【かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし】禍福は糾える縄の如し・禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし・禍福はあざなえる縄の如し
expression:
- fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours
Kanji
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