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- いくらなんでも《いくら何でも・幾ら何でも》
expression:
- no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
- 耳にする【みみにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
- 帰す【きす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):
- to come to (in the end); to end in ➜ 帰する
- to attribute; to blame
ようするに私たちの努力はすべて無に帰した。 In short, all our efforts resulted in nothing.
日本の高い家計貯蓄率にはいくつかの理由があるが、中でも家を買うために貯金しようとする人々の欲求に帰せられる。 A high household savings rate in Japan is attributed, among other things, to people's desire to save money to buy a home.
- 釘付け【くぎづけ】釘づけ・くぎ付け Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
- being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing - idiom
- (price) pegging
今夜はとてもおもしろい番組があるから、テレビの前にくぎづけだろう。 I'll be glued to the TV tonight watching a really exciting program.
- なんぼ《何ぼ》
adverb / interjection:
- how; how much; how many; how long; how far - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら
- under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】
noun:
- being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect
- なんぼう《何ぼう》
adverb / interjection:
- how; how much; how many; how long; how far - old form of 何ぼ - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら・何ぼ【なんぼ】
- under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】・何ぼ【なんぼ】
noun:
- being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect ➜ 何ぼ【なんぼ】
- 覆水盆に返らず【ふくすいぼんにかえらず】覆水盆に帰らずirr.
expression:
- what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb
- 欲しい☆【ほしい】 Inflection
adjective:
- wanted; wished for; in need of; desired ➜ 欲しがる
auxiliary adjective:
- I want (you) to - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
私は鉛筆をけずるナイフがほしい。 I want a knife to sharpen my pencil with.
この書類をそれぞれ2部ずつコピーしてほしいんだが。 I'd like two copies of each of these documents.
- 島★【しま】嶋
noun:
- island
- territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf - usually written using kana alone
- 故障★【こしょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order
- damage; hurt
- objection; protest
- 州★【しゅう】洲
noun / suffix noun:
- state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China)
- continent
suffix:
- dear - after someone's name - archaism
南部の州へ冬期に旅行すると、今旅行するよりも料金が高くなります。 Traveling to the southern states during the winter will be costlier than it is now.
- 交換★【こうかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)
- 大半★【たいはん】
noun / ~の noun:
- majority; more than half; most (of)
adverbial noun:
- mostly; largely; mainly; predominately; nearly
ここの学生は大半が真面目である。 The students are for the most part diligent.
- 不幸★【ふこう】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; disaster; accident
noun:
- death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
- お前☆【おまえ・おまい・おめー・おめえ】御前☆
pronoun:
- you - formerly honorific, now oft. derog. term referring to an equal or inferior - familiar language - male language
- presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.) [おまえ]
- 桁☆【けた】
noun:
- column; beam; girder; crossbeam; spar; yard
- digit; decade; order of magnitude
この2桁は省くべきだ。 You should leave out these two lines.
医者なら6桁の収入は珍しくない。 A six-figure income is not uncommon for physicians.
- カラー☆ Inflection
noun:
- collar
- color; colour
noun / ~する noun:
- hair colouring (coloring)
noun:
- calla (variety of arum lily)
- 推進★【すいしん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- propulsion; drive
- promotion (e.g. of a government policy); furtherance; implementation
法案通過を推進しているロビイストは、運動資金に賄賂の金をまぎれこませました。 Lobbyists for the bill funneled bribes into a campaign fund.
Kanji
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