Results, Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen

Partial results:

Showing results 3351-3375:

ゆばはじめyubahajime

noun:

  • ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
  • first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))
くいちがうkuichigau Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry

このkonotende私たちwatashitachino意見ikenga食い違うkuichigaunoha確かtashikada It is on this point that our opinions differ.

うちあけるuchiakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

watashihakareni心配事shinpaigotowo打ち明けたuchiaketa I confided my troubles to him.

うけあうukeau Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to undertake; to take on (task)
  • to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise

watashiha彼のkareno正直shoujikiwo請け合うukeauことができないkotogadekinai I can't answer for his honesty.

おちぶれるochibureru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
かくまうkakumau Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
すえるsueru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to place (in position); to fix; to set (e.g. table); to lay (foundation)
  • to install; to seat (someone) 上座に据える
  • to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
  • to apply (moxa)

karewo議長gichouni据えるsueruことkotonidaremo異議igiwo唱えtonaeなかっnakata Nobody argued against choosing him as chairman.

としよりtoshiyori

noun / ~の noun:

  • old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

  • trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
  • senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
  • important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

目が見えないmegamienai看護婦kangofuha年寄りtoshiyorino世話をするsewawosuruことkotoni一身isshinwo捧げたsasageta The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.

o年寄りtoshiyoriにはniha生きがいikigaiga必要hitsuyouda Old people need something to live for.

ちかづくchikazukuちかづくchikazukuちかずくchikazukuirr. Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to approach; to draw near; to get close
  • to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

バカがうつるBAKAgautsuru近づくchikazukuna Stay away from me, I'll catch the stupid.

しおれるshioreru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to wither; to wilt; to droop; to fade - esp. 萎れる, 凋れる
  • to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed; to be crestfallen - esp. 萎れる, 悄れる

美しいutsukushiiバラBARAmoいつかはitsukaha萎れるshioreru The fairest rose is at last withered.

なぜなぜぶんせきnazenazebunseki

expression / noun:

  • why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem
スリーベースヒットSURIIBEESUHITTOスリーベース・ヒットSURIIBEESU/HITTOスリー・ベース・ヒットSURII/BEESU/HITTO

noun:

さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたしsanchuunozokuwoyaburuhayasukushinchuunozokuwoyaburuhakatashi

expression:

  • it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb
ふんすいこうかfunsuikouka

noun:

  • fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)
ひまつりhimatsuri

noun:

  • fire festival (often celebrating the absence of fires)
  • New Year's ritual at Izumo Shrine
  • festival involving fire dedicated to the gods
もじよみmojiyomi

noun:

  • reading classical Chinese aloud without trying to understand the meaning
  • reading a kanji compound using the Japanese pronunciation of each of its characters
じつげつせいしんjitsugetsuseishinにちげつせいしんnichigetsuseishin

noun:

  • the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom
ふるえるfurueru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

彼女kanojohahizaga震えるfuruerunowo感じたkanjita She felt her knees tremble.

たらすtarasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to dribble; to spill
  • to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle
つむtsumu Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

  • to pick; to pluck
  • to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim 摘む

キャッシーKYASSHIIhahanawoつむtsumunowoやめたyameta Cathy stopped picking flowers.

そそるsosoru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
ぎしきばるgishikibaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to formalize; to formalise; to stick to formality; to be ceremonious; to punctilious
きらめくkirameku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
はいするhaisuruold Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

  • to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue
  • to dethrone; to depose
とりあうtoriau Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to take each other's hands; to clasp (hands)
  • to compete; to scramble for
  • to pay attention (to someone); to respond

私のwatashino望みnozomiha世界中sekaijuuno人々hitobitogaいつitsunohikatewo取り合うtoriauことkotoda My wish is that one day all the people in world will go hand in hand.

Kanji

No Kanji in this term

© Based on JMdict, KANJIDIC2, and JMnedict, property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used in conformance with the Group's licence. Example sentences from the Tatoeba project (CC BY 2.0). Kanji stroke order data from the KanjiVG project by Ulrich Apel (CC BY-SA 3.0). See comprehensive list of data sources for more info.

Search other dictionaries for Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen:
Yahoo!辞書 / goo辞書 / alc.co.jp / Weblio / Wiktionary