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- 押し寄せる☆【おしよせる】押寄せる・押しよせる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside
最大１０メートルの津波が押し寄せるとみられます。 It is expected that the tsunami surge will be ten meters or less.
- 追い打ち☆【おいうち】追い撃ち・追い討ち・追打ち・追撃ち・追討ち
noun:
- attacking a fleeing enemy
- additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
- 空写し【からうつし】
noun:
- clicking the shutter of a camera without taking a picture (because no film is loaded, or in order to advance the film)
- 人の金玉を握る【ひとのきんたまをにぎる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior
- 震える☆【ふるえる】顫える Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
- 垂らす☆【たらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to dribble; to spill
- to suspend; to hang down; to slouch; to dangle
- 摘む☆【つむ】抓む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to pick; to pluck
- to snip; to cut; to nip; to trim ［摘む］
- そそる《唆る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
- 儀式張る【ぎしきばる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to formalize; to formalise; to stick to formality; to be ceremonious; to punctilious
- きらめく《煌く・煌めく》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam
- 廃する【はいする】廢するold Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue
- to dethrone; to depose
- 取り合う☆【とりあう】取りあう・取合う・とり会う 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
私の望みは、世界中の人々がいつの日か手を取り合うことだ。 My wish is that one day all the people in world will go hand in hand.
- 捻り出す【ひねりだす】ひねり出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to work out; to think up; to devise; to come up with
- to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
- 見出す☆【みいだす・みだす】見いだす・見出だす・見い出すirr.【みいだす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to find out; to discover; to notice; to detect
- to select; to pick out
- to look out (from the inside)
- to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
奴隷たちは宗教に活力を見いだす。 Slaves find power in religion.
彼はコンサートに行くことで楽しみを見出す。 He derives pleasure from attending concerts.
- 尋ねる☆【たずねる】訊ねる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to ask; to enquire; to inquire
- to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate
友人が、私は元気かとたずねる手紙をくれた。 My friend sent me a letter asking how I was.
- 尋ぬ【たずぬ・たんぬ】
lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:
- 身を引く【みをひく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away; to lean back; to back away; to pull back
- 食い下がる☆【くいさがる】食い下る・食下がる・食下る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
- to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
- to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term
- 意符【いふ】
noun:
- part of a kanji for which the role is primarily to represent the meaning (as opposed to the pronunciation) ➜ 音符
- つかえる☆・つっかえる《閊える・支える》 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog
- to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full
- to be piled up (e.g. of work)
- to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer
- to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 痞える【つかえる】
- 過ごす☆【すごす】過す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to pass (time); to spend
- to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
- to take care of; to support - archaism
godan ~す verb / auxiliary verb:
- to overdo; to do too much
- to ... without acting on it
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。 This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
名古屋の夏を涼しく過ごすには扇風機が必須だ。 In Nagoya summers a fan is essential to help stay cool.
- 迫る★【せまる・せるobs.】逼る【せまる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to approach; to draw near; to be imminent
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
顕微鏡を使って、さらに一層、物質の核心近くまで迫ることはあるだろうが、微生物学でさえ、客観的なものであり、対象と観察者との間にスペースを置くことによって知識を拡大していくのである。 There may be microscopes involved, bringing us ever closer to the heart of the matter; but even microbiology is objective, adding to knowledge by putting space between an object and its observer.
- 追い越す☆【おいこす】追越す・追いこす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to pass (e.g. car); to overtake ➜ 追い抜く【おいぬく】
- to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of; to outdistance ➜ 追い抜く【おいぬく】
- こぼす☆《零す・溢す・翻す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to spill; to drop; to shed (tears)
- to grumble; to complain
- to let one's feelings show
ときどきタンカーがこぼす石油も水質汚染を増大させる。 Oil often spilled by tankers also adds to water pollution.
世間には暇がなくて読書できないとこぼす人が多い。 There are many people in the world who complain that they are too busy to read.
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