Results, 'possum up a gum tree
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- 立て直す☆【たてなおす】立直す・立てなおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to put back up; to stand back up
- to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to reorganize; to rearrange; to put right; to recover; to put back on its feet
- to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate; to revise
会社を立て直すために新しい指導者が必要だった。 We need a new leader to pull our company together.
- 裂く☆【さく】割く☆ Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to tear; to rip up ［裂く］
- to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
- to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers) ［裂く］
- to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something ［割く］
- to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye - archaism ➜ 黥く
私はとても忙しいのでさくべき時間がない。 I am so busy that I have no time to spare.
- 機嫌を取る【きげんをとる】機嫌をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
こびへつらうウェイターは最上のテーブルをあてがわれる。なぜなら、そうしたウェイターは、いつもマネージャーや上役のきげんをとるから。 The obsequious waiter is usually assigned the best table because he always curries favor with his manager and superiors.
- 根締め【ねじめ】
noun:
- pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
- adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana
- 汲み上げる【くみあげる】くみ上げる・汲上げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to dip up
- to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
- 加える☆【くわえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to add; to add up; to sum up; to append; to annex
- to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to pick up
- to include; to count in; to let join
- to inflict (damage); to deal; to give
ビーバーは人に危害を加えることはめったにない。 Beavers rarely inflict damage on people.
母はサラダに塩を加えるのを忘れた。 My mother forgot to add salt to the salad.
- 見逃す☆【みのがす】見のがす・見遁す・見逃がすirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to miss; to overlook; to fail to notice
- to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to turn a blind eye to
- to pass up (e.g. an opportunity)
- to let (a good ball) go by - Baseball term
見逃すことはありませんよ。 You can't miss it.
まっすぐ行けばわかります。見逃すことはありませんよ。 Go straight ahead and you will find it. You can't miss it.
- たばかる《謀る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; to take in; to dupe; to deceive
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to think up a plan; to think over a plan
- to discuss; to consult
- はねる☆《撥ねる・刎ねる》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into
- to reject; to deny; to refuse
- to eliminate; to exclude; to leave out
- to flip; to splash; to splatter
- to decapitate; to behead - esp. 刎ねる
- to jump up
- to point or curl up (e.g. ends of hair)
彼は停止信号を見なかったので、もう少しで道路を渡ろうとしていた子供をはねるところだった。 He didn't see the stop sign and almost hit the child crossing the street.
- 片付ける☆【かたづける】片づける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away
- to settle (problem); to clear (dispute)
- to finish; to bring something to an end
- to marry off (e.g. a daughter) - sometimes 嫁ける
- to do away with someone; to bump someone off
昨日の仕事を片づけるつもりです。 I will clean up yesterday's work.
その仕事は私なら２時間で片付けるほどやさしい。 The work is easy enough for me to finish in a couple of hours.
- 開く☆【ひらく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
- to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
- to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
- to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
- to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- to open (an account)
- to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop ➜ 拓く
- to open (a file, etc.) - IT term
- to extract (root); to reduce (equation) - Mathematics term
- to cut open (fish) - as 魚を開く - Food term
- to change (kanji into hiragana)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to flare (e.g. skirt)
- to slacken (into a poor posture) - as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc. - Sports term
先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。 We gave a ball last week.
庭のバラの木のつぼみが少しずつ開き始める。 Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.
私達はその店が開くまでしばらく待つより仕方がなかった。 We had no choice but to wait for a while until the store opened.
- こんがらがる・こんがらかる・こんぐらかる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
- 善戦苦闘【ぜんせんくとう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- putting up a good fight against some odds - four character idiom
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