Results, the nail which sticks out gets hammered down
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- 掘り尽くす【ほりつくす】掘りつくす・堀りつくすirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)
- 向き不向き【むきふむき】
expression / noun:
- different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
- 愛敬毛【あいきょうげ】
noun:
- straggling hair; hair too short to be tied or arranged with the rest of the hair (typically around the sideburns); lovelock ➜ 後れ毛
- 手控える☆【てびかえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hang (hold) back; to hold off; to refrain; to reduce or cut back on
- to jot down a note
- 身を固める【みをかためる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
- to attire oneself; to outfit oneself
- 亭主関白【ていしゅかんぱく】
noun:
- husband who rules the roost; domineering husband - four character idiom
- the hectoring of the husband
- 寝【ぬ】
lower nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:
- 茶にする【ちゃにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
- to take a tea break; to rest
- 折れる☆【おれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
- to be folded
- to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
- to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる
- 眠る☆【ねむる・ねぶるobs.】睡る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to sleep (not necessarily lying down) ➜ 寝る
- to die
- to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to be dormant; to be unused [ねむる]
- to close one's eyes - archaism
もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。 In case you sleep, set the alarm.
騒音のせいで私は眠ることができなかった。 I could not sleep because of the noise.
- あうんの呼吸【あうんのこきゅう】阿吽の呼吸
expression / noun:
- the harmonizing, mentally and physically, of two parties engaged in an activity; singing from the same hymn-sheet; dancing to the same beat - idiom
- 思い立ったが吉日【おもいたったがきちじつ・おもいたったがきちにち】
expression:
- no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb
- 門跡【もんぜき】
noun:
- (head priest of) temple formerly led by founder of sect; temple in which resided a member of nobility or imperial family; (head priest of) Honganji (temple in Kyoto)
- じろじろ見る【じろじろみる】ジロジロ見る【ジロジロみる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
- ちび☆《禿び》チビ
noun:
- small child; pipsqueak; small fry; small, cute versions of manga, anime, etc. characters, typically with oversized heads - sensitive
- short person; midget; dwarf - sensitive
- small animal; runt
prefix:
- worn down (pencil, etc.)
- 運動★【うんどう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- exercise; physical training; work-out
- appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying
- motion; movement Antonym: 静止
その運動をして若返った。 The exercise took years off me.
堅実な草の根レベルの運動を築きあげることに集中しなければならない。 We must focus on building a solid grass-roots movement.
物理学は物質、運動、エネルギーの科学であると定義することができる。 Physics can be defined as the science of matter, motion, and energy.
- 満員★【まんいん】
noun / ~の noun:
- full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
- 発散☆【はっさん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
そのバラはよい香りを発散した。 The roses gave off a nice smell.
鴨にされる人というのはやはり鴨のオーラを発散しているということでしょう。 I suppose that means that, after all, people taken for a sucker give off a 'sucker aura'.
- こせこせ Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- fussy; making a big deal out of nothing; fidgety; restless - onomatopoeia
- being cramped; being claustrophobic - onomatopoeia
- 共訳【きょうやく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- team-translation (e.g. carried out by more than one person); joint translation
- 十中八九【じっちゅうはっく・じゅうちゅうはっく・じゅっちゅうはっく】
adverbial noun / noun:
- in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability - four character idiom
- 大きなお世話【おおきなおせわ】大きな御世話
expression / noun:
- none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it! - お世話 is ironic
- 読み出す【よみだす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to read out (e.g. data from a computer or process); to retrieve - IT term
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