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ひゃくにんひゃくようhyakuninhyakuyou

expression:

  • so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom
たががはずれるtagagahazureruタガがはずれるTAGAgahazureruたががはずれるtagagahazureru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered; to lose one's self-control
はっしんりょくhasshinryoku

noun:

  • communicativity; ability to convey one's opinion, message, etc.; power to make oneself understood
いっしょうがいisshougai

temporal noun:

  • lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
はいふhaifu

noun:

  • lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point
みんながみんなminnagaminnaみながみなminagamina

expression / noun:

  • each and all; every single one; everybody
いっぽてまえippotemae

expression:

  • just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかずhyakubunhaikkennishikazu

expression:

  • seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb
げんこうそごgenkousogo

noun:

  • inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom
かりができたkarigadekita

expression:

  • I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor
きがんじょkiganjo

noun:

  • temple; shrine, especially one at which worshipers pray for favors; prayer hall
姿まいすがたmaisugata

noun:

  • dancing figure; one's appearance when dancing; dancing posture
しょうきづくshoukizuku Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
ななころびやおきnanakorobiyaokiななころびやおきnanakorobiyaokiしちてんはっきshichitenhakkiしちてんはっきshichitenhakki Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom

noun:

  • the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom
しししんちゅうshishishinchuu

noun:

  • treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider - four character idiom
いきをつぐikiwotsugu Inflection

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
  • to take a rest; to take a break
じかんのゆるすかぎりjikannoyurusukagiri

expression:

  • as long as time allows; whenever one has the time; as time permits
そうけだつsoukedatsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
いっしょうisshou

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

  • whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

~の noun:

  • (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

あなたanataha一生isshou勉強しbenkyoushiなければならないnakerebanaranai You must study your whole life.

マイホームMAIHOOMUha一生isshouno買い物kaimonoだからdakaraneそんなsonna即断即決sokudansokketsuhaできないdekinaiyo A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.

ぐっとgutto

adverb:

  • suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
  • considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
  • firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
  • completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
  • deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia
のびのびnobinobi Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; calmly; without worries
  • (growing) quickly

子どもkodomohaのびのびnobinobi育つsodatsuべきbekida Children should grow up carefree.

てもちtemochi

~の noun / noun:

  • in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store

noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • handheld

watashiha手持ちtemochinoお金okanega少しsukoshiありますarimasu I have a little money with me.

ふくませるfukumaseru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to soak; to saturate; to suckle; to make one hold something in the mouth; to include; to instruct; to make one understand 含む
とびたつtobitatsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

彼らのkarerano飛行機hikoukihaまもなくmamonaku飛び立つtobitatsu Their plane will soon take off.

おしとおすoshitoosu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

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