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- とどめを刺す【とどめをさす】止めを刺す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to deliver the coup de grace
- to put an end to; to deliver the final blow
- to be the best for A - as AはBに止めを刺す
- 繰り越す【くりこす】繰越す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to carry forward (i.e. on a balance sheet); to transfer
- 上書き【うわがき】上書 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address
- overwriting (data, file, etc.) - IT term ➜ オーバーライト
- 衝【しょう】
noun:
- important point (e.g. on a route)
- important role (responsibility, etc.)
- opposition - Astronomy term ➜ 合【ごう】
- 守りきる【まもりきる】守り切る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
- 可動役物【かどうやくもの】
noun:
- moving gadget on a pachinko machine designed to add excitement to play - obscure term
- 丘★【おか】岡・壟old・陸符
noun:
- hill; height; knoll; rising ground [丘・岡・壟]
- bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game [丘・陸符] - usually written using kana alone - Mahjong term
遠くから見れば、その丘は象のようだ。 Seen from a distance, the hill looks like an elephant.
- 取捨分別【しゅしゃふんべつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- make a choice among many; select the good (desirable, necessary, relevant) and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject - four character idiom
- 四方反鉋【しほうそりかんな】四方反り鉋・四方反りかんな・四方反かんな
noun:
- wooden plane with a convex base curved both along the direction of cutting and across the blade ➜ 反台鉋
- 追い出し【おいだし】追出し
noun:
- expulsion; dismissal; ejection; eviction
- drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
- 代弁☆【だいべん】代辨・代辯 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of) [代弁・代辯]
- payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of) [代弁・代辨]
- acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf) [代弁・代辨]
- 千里同風【せんりどうふう】
noun:
- a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom
- 葦の髄から天井を覗く【よしのずいからてんじょうをのぞく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]
- 葦の髄から天井のぞく【よしのずいからてんじょうのぞく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to have a narrow view of things; to look at the ceiling through a reed [literal]
- 暖簾を分ける【のれんをわける】のれんを分ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to help a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
- 詠む☆【よむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
- to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
- リベンジ・リヴェンジ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- revenge
- making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time ➜ リターンマッチ
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