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- 滞る☆【とどこおる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone
- to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
支払いを滞る原因となるような問題があるのですが。 I have run into a problem that is causing the delay of my payment.
- 足が付く【あしがつく】足がつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
- to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom
- 賜る【たまわる】賜わる・給わる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with - humble language
- to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour - honorific language
- 思案に余る【しあんにあまる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be at wit's end; to be at a loss for what to do
- 尽きる☆【つきる】竭きるold Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
- 弾む☆【はずむ】勢む Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to spring; to bound; to bounce
- to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to treat oneself to; to splurge on
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath ➜ 息が弾む【いきがはずむ】
私の胸は期待にはずむ。 My heart bounds with expectation.
ゴムのボールは弾力性があるから弾む。 A rubber ball bounces because it is elastic.
- 軍配が上がる【ぐんばいがあがる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
- to be declared the winner - idiom
- 叶う☆【かなう】適う・敵う Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to be fulfilled - esp. 叶う
- to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to conform to (standards, rules, etc.); to be consistent with - esp. 適う ➜ 道理に適う
- to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. the heat) - esp. 敵う, usu. with neg. verb
もし病気の人が千羽の鶴を折ると、その人の願いが叶うの。 If a sick person folds one thousand paper cranes, her wish will come true.
彼は我々の心にかなう人物だ。 He is a man after our own hearts.
バレエ音楽の指揮者として彼にかなうものはいない。 He stands alone as a conductor of ballet music.
- 尻に火がつく【しりにひがつく】尻に火が付く・尻にひがつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
- 冥加に余る【みょうがにあまる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to receive too many blessings; to be excessively favoured; to be too good for
- 食べ慣れる【たべなれる】食べなれる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
- 主立つ【おもだつ】重立つ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent ➜ 主立った
- 四角張る【しかくばる】四角ばる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be square; to be angular
- to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
- 口がかかる【くちがかかる】口が掛かる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer)
- to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) - usu. as 〜の口が掛かる
- 瀕する【ひんする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
- 成り下がる【なりさがる】なり下がる・成り下る・成下がる・成下る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
- 極まる☆【きわまる】窮まる・谷まる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; to terminate; to come to an end
auxiliary verb / noun or verb acting prenominally / godan ~る verb:
- extremely - after adjectival noun. e.g. 退屈極まる話
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be at a loss - esp. 窮まる. occ. 谷まる
- to be decided; to be settled
下品極まる盛り場に通いつける。 He haunts the lowest resorts.
家庭での生活は、今、考えると、みじめ極まるものであった。 When I think about it now, our family lived a very miserable life.
- ピントが外れる【ピントがはずれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / expression:
- to be out of focus
- to be off the point; to not have got the point
- 崩れる★【くずれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to collapse; to crumble
- to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
- to break down; to be thrown into disarray
- to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
- to break money into small change
- to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate
来週天気がくずれることはないでしょう。 I do not believe the weather will change for the worse next week.
- 万が一☆【まんがいち・まんがいつ】
expression / adverb:
- if by any chance; just in case; in the worst case; in the unlikely event that; 10000 to 1 [literal]
- 時代に呼応する【じだいにこおうする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to be up-to-date; to be relevant; to respond to the times ➜ 呼応
- 引かれる☆【ひかれる】惹かれる☆・魅かれるirr. Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to
山田さんがその心ひかれるおとぎ話をやさしい日本語に翻訳した。 Ms. Yamada translated the fascinating fairy tale into plain Japanese.
- 底が割れる【そこがわれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed
- と☆
particle / conjunction:
- if; when
- and
- with
- particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.) ➜ って
noun:
- promoted pawn - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ と金
particle:
- ? - at sentence end; indicates question - Kyūshū dialect
- 脚光を浴びる【きゃっこうをあびる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be performed (on the stage)
- to be in the limelight
Kanji
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