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- 矯角殺牛【きょうかくさつぎゅう】
expression:
- trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom
- 整える☆【ととのえる】調える・斉える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put in order; to arrange; to tidy up; to straighten; to adjust; to fix - esp. 整える
- to get ready; to prepare; to arrange; to supply; to assemble; to buy - esp. 調える
- to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage); to settle - esp. 調える
私は文を書く前に頭の中で整えることにしている。 I make a point of arranging sentences in my mind before writing them down.
- 痛める☆【いためる】傷める☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hurt; to injure; to cause pain - usu. 痛める
- to harm; to damage; to spoil - usu. 傷める
- to worry; to bother; to be grieved over; to afflict - usu. 痛める
- to cause financial loss; to hurt one's pocket - usu. 痛める
転んで手首を痛めました。 I fell down and hurt my wrist.
美代子はずい分長い間片想いを続けていた。さぞかし胸をいためていたことだろう。 Miyoko carried a torch so long, I think it gave her heartburn.
- 裏口入学【うらぐちにゅうがく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- backdoor admission to a school; backdoor entry to a school; buying one's way into school; bribing one's way into a school - four character idiom
- 復活当選【ふっかつとうせん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- failing to win an electoral seat in a single-member constituency, but winning a seat in a proportionally represented constituency
- 納経【のうきょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- presenting a hand-copied sutra to a temple (or money, etc. in its place) ➜ 写経
- 一坪運動【ひとつぼうんどう】
noun:
- campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land - four character idiom
- 順接【じゅんせつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- resultative (refers to a conjunction where what follows is a result of the preceding)
Kanji
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