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to make a decision; to draw a conclusion
to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to pass a sentence; to give an order
to let go down; to lower
to do oneself; to do by oneself ➜ 手を下す
to beat; to defeat
to have loose bowels; to have diarrhea
to pass (in stool); to discharge from the body

auxiliary verb / godan ~す verb:

to do in one go; to do to the end without stopping

問題mondai はha 誰dare がga 決定kettei をwo下すkudasuかkaとtoいうiu ことkoto だda。 The question is who will make the decision.

これらのkorerano 議論giron でde 問題mondai になっているninatteiru 評決hyouketsu はha、１９９４年nen のnoランダーRANDAA裁判saiban でde下されたkudasaretaものであるmonodearu。 The verdict at issue in these discussions is the one brought in the Lander's trial in 1994.

次にni あげるageru「ブラック・ユーモアburakkuyuumoa」のno 例rei をwo 見れmire ばba、自分jibun でde 判断handan をwo下すkudasuことkoto がga できるdekiru だろdaro うu。 The following example of sick humor will enable you to judge for yourself.

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お田植え祭【おたうえまつりotauematsuri】お田植え祭り・御田植え祭り・御田植え祭

noun:

shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

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刺す^☆【さすsasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to pierce; to stab; to prick; to stick; to thrust
to sting; to bite ➜ 螫す
to sew; to stitch; to embroider
to pole (a boat) ➜ 差す
to catch (with a limed pole)
to put (a runner) out; to pick off - Baseball term

人hito をwo ナイフNAIFU でde刺すsasuのno はha やめましょうyamemashou。 Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.

身mi をwoさすsasuようなyouna 寒samu さsa だda。 It is freezing cold.

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押さえる^★【おさえるosaeru】押える Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
to grasp (a point); to comprehend
to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】

野茂nomo がga 打者dasha をwoおさえるosaeruとto 観客kankyaku がga わきあがりますwakiagarimasu。 It causes quite a sensation when Nomo pitches a no-hitter.

低tei 血糖kettou 症shou のno 人hito はha、感情kanjou をwo押さえるosaeru力chikara がga ないnai のでnode、すぐsugu にni 怖がっkowaga たりtari 怒っoko たりtari するsuru。 People suffering from low level of blood sugar disorder, because they lack the power to suppress their emotions, get easily frightened and angry.

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大の虫を生かして小の虫を殺せ【だいのむしをいかしてしょうのむしをころせdainomushiwoikashiteshounomushiwokorose】

expression:

sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

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馬追い【うまおいumaoi】

noun:

loading a horse with passengers or baggage
driving a horse into a pen
Hexacentrus japonicus (species of katydid); Hexacentrus unicolor (species of katydid) - abbreviation ➜ 馬追虫

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風流三昧【ふうりゅうざんまいfuuryuuzanmai】

noun:

taking delight in elegant pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

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練り染め【ねりぞめnerizome】練染め・練り染・練染

noun:

dyeing of degummed silk; dyeing of raw silk at the same time as degumming

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手を差し伸べる【てをさしのべるtewosashinoberu】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand

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ピンをはねるPINwohaneru《ピンを撥ねる》 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

to get a rakeoff; to get a kickback; to take a kickback

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置く^☆【おくoku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to put; to place
to leave (behind)
to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
to separate spatially or temporally

godan ~く verb / auxiliary verb:

to do something in advance - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

薬kusuri はha 子供kodomo のno 手の届かないところtenotodokanaitokoro にni置くokuべきbeki だda。 Medicine should be out of the way of children.

机tsukue のno 上ue にni 寝かせてnekasete置くokuとto 転がってkorogatte 落ちるochiru ことがあるkotogaaru のでnode、試験管立てshikenkandate にni 立ててtatete おくoku。 If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.

彼女kanojo はha いつもitsumo 自分jibun のno 部屋heya をwo きれいkirei してshiteおくoku。 She always keeps her room clean.

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極め付き^☆【きわめつきkiwametsuki】極めつき

~の noun:

guaranteed (to be genuine, valuable, etc.); certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.) ➜ 極め付きの品

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