Results, strain
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- 無理が利く【むりがきく】無理がきく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be able to handle strain (overexertion, inconvenience, etc.)
- 目を凝らす【めをこらす】目をこらす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
- 角を矯めて牛を殺す【つのをためてうしをころす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to throw the baby out with the bath water; to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; to obsess over insignificant details and miss the larger point; to straighten the horns and kill the cow [literal] - idiom
- 力を入れる【ちからをいれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort ➜ 力が入る
- こじつける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to distort; to strain (interpretation); to force (meaning)
- 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】耳をすます Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to listen carefully; to strain one's ears ➜ 澄ます【すます】
- 力が入る【ちからがはいる・りきがはいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be under strain; to be under pressure ➜ 力を入れる
- to be enthusiastic about
- to be tired (ironic) - Sumo term
- 凝らす☆【こらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
- 引き締める☆【ひきしめる】引きしめる・引締める☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
- 張る☆【はる】貼る☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to stick; to paste; to affix - esp. 貼る
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent)
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to form (e.g. ice on a pond)
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to fill; to swell
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to stick out; to put; to slap
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be expensive
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to keep a watch on; to be on the lookout
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to span; to generate - Mathematics term
あなたの願書に最近の写真を貼りなさい。 Attach a recent photograph to your application form.
クモがクモの巣を張るところを見たことがありますか。 Have you ever seen a spider spinning its web?
- 絞る★【しぼる】搾る☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
- to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
- to extort; to exploit
- to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
- to drill into; to train
- to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow); to draw
- to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term
ああ、牛の乳はそんなふうに搾るのですか。 Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?
私は5ポンド絞る必要がある。 I need to lose five pounds.
何世紀にも、読み書きに焦点を絞る語学教育である。 For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.
- 詰める☆【つめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up
ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to shorten; to move closer together
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to reduce (spending); to conserve
ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to work out (details)
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be on duty; to be stationed
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
- to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める
suffix / ichidan verb:
- to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
- to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
- to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
私がスーツケースに荷物を詰めるのを手伝ってくれませんか。 Will you help me pack my suitcase?
彼女は私が荷物をスーツケースに詰めるのを手伝ってくれた。 She helped me pack my suitcase.
息を詰めることにより自殺ができない。 You cannot kill yourself by holding your breath.
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