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ほっぽり出す【ほっぽりだすhopporidasu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect ➜ 放り出す
思いを巡らす【おもいをめぐらすomoiwomegurasu】思いをめぐらす Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
縮める^☆【ちぢめるchijimeru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)
賜る【たまわるtamawaru】賜わる・給わる Inflection: godan ~る verb / transitive:
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to be honoured with - humble language
to give; to bestow; to confer; to honor; to honour - honorific language
始まる^☆【はじまるhajimaru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to begin; to start; to commence
to happen (again); to begin (anew)
to date (from); to originate (in); 授業jugyou はha八時ji三十分fun からkara始まるhajimaruからkara。 Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.
死ぬ^☆【しぬshinu】 Inflection: godan ~ぬ verb / ~ぬ verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:
to die; to pass away - sensitive
to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
to cease; to stop; すべてのsubeteno 人hito はha死ぬshinu運命unmei にni あるaru。しかしshikashi、いつitsu 死ぬshinu かka どのようにdonoyouni 死ぬshinu かka はha 決められないkimerarenai。 All are fated to die. However, you can't decide how and when you die.
はびこるhabikoru^☆《蔓延る》 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to become overgrown; to grow thick
to spread; to run rampant; to thrive; to prevail; to become powerful
戯る【たわむるtawamuru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke - archaism ➜ 戯れる
どち狂う【どちぐるうdochiguruu】 Inflection: godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic; to joke ➜ とち狂う
どくdoku^☆・のくnoku^☆《退く》 Inflection: godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to resign; to retire; to quit; to secede ［のく］; そこsoko にni いるiru とto 邪魔jama なんだnanda よyo ねne。どいてdoiteよyo。 Move! You're in my way.
冷やかす^☆【ひやかすhiyakasu】冷かす^irr.・素見す Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at
to cool; to refrigerate
to window-shop; to look at without buying; 人前hitomae でde 彼kare をwo冷やかすhiyakasuなんてnante 君kimi はha 意地悪ijiwaru だda。 It is mean of you to ridicule him in public.
抜きん出る【ぬきんでるnukinderu】抽んでる・擢んでる Inflection: ichidan verb:
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be preeminent
to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
綱引き^☆【つなひきtsunahiki】綱曳き: noun:
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable)
forward puller (of a rickshaw); 国会kokkai のno 動きugoki はha このkono 問題mondai をwo めぐるmeguru 与野党yoyatou 間kan のno 政治的seijiteki綱引きtsunahikiとなったtonatta。 Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.
奮起一番【ふんきいちばんfunkiichiban】: noun:
bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom
霞を食う【かすみをくうkasumiwokuu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to live on air
to derive nourishment from an elemental portion of mist or fog (the goal of a mountain ascetic) ➜ 仙人
洛陽の紙価を高める【らくようのしかをたかめるrakuyounoshikawotakameru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism
虚舟【うつろぶねutsurobune】: noun:
unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)
食い違う^☆【くいちがうkuichigau】食違う^☆・くい違う・食いちがう Inflection: godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
to cross each other; to run counter to; to differ; to clash; to go awry; このkono 点ten でde 私たちwatashitachi のno 意見iken がga食い違うkuichigauのno はha 確かtashika だda。 It is on this point that our opinions differ.
打ち明ける^☆【うちあけるuchiakeru】打明ける Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart); 私watashi はha 彼kare にni 心配事shinpaigoto をwo打ち明けたuchiaketa。 I confided my troubles to him.
極める^☆【きわめるkiwameru】究める・窮める Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something - esp. 極める, 窮める
to investigate thoroughly; to master - esp. 究める; 多くooku のno 運動選手undousenshu はha 青年時代seinenjidai にni 盛りmori をwo極めるkiwameru。 Most athletes are at their best during their early manhood.
請け合う^☆【うけあうukeau】受け合う・請合う・受合う Inflection: godan ~う verb / transitive:
to undertake; to take on (task)
to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for); to promise; 私watashi はha 彼のkareno 正直shoujiki をwo請け合うukeauことができないkotogadekinai。 I can't answer for his honesty.
落ちぶれる^☆【おちぶれるochibureru】零落れる・落魄れる Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
据える^☆【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); 彼kare をwo 議長gichou にni据えるsueruことkoto にni 誰dare もmo 異議igi をwo 唱えtonae なかっnaka たta。 Nobody argued against choosing him as chairman.
近づく^☆【ちかづくchikazuku】近付く^☆【ちかづくchikazuku・ちかずくchikazuku^irr.】 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chikazukuなna。 Stay away from me, I'll catch the stupid.
しおれるshioreru^☆《萎れる・凋れる・悄れる》 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BARA もmo いつかはitsukaha萎れるshioreru。 The fairest rose is at last withered.

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