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- 巷☆【ちまた】岐・衢
noun:
- the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
- street; district; quarters
- location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
- divide (e.g. between life and death)
- fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning
ちまたではインターネットなるものがはやっています。 People are talking about this Internet phenomenon.
- 蓄える☆【たくわえる】貯える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to store; to save up; to stock up on; to lay in stock; to set aside
- to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to develop (e.g. one's skills)
- to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
- 考える★【かんがえる】勘える・稽える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to think about; to take into consideration
- to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something)
- to intend; to decide (to do); to plan
- to come up with; to devise; to scheme
- to predict; to anticipate; to expect
- to suspect; to doubt
- to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
あなたは家族の事を考えるべきです。 You must think of your family.
最近考えることが多過ぎる。 I have too many things on my mind these days.
批判する者の中には、欧州中央銀行に課せられた目標が不適切であると考える者がいます。 Among the critics are those who think that the objective set for the European Central Bank is not appropriate.
- 乗り切る☆【のりきる】乗りきる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to sail across
- to get through (adversity); to weather; to get over; to tide over; to overcome; to survive
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
良かれ悪しかれ、困難を乗り切るにはこうするより他ない。 For good or ill, there is no way but this to tide over the difficulty.
- ワン切り【ワンぎり】ワンギリ
noun:
- one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)
- 御薪【みかまぎ】
noun:
- kindling burned in shrines and temples - archaism
- special kindling used in samurai families during the Edo period for the 15th of the first month and painted with 12 brush strokes (13 on a lucky year) - archaism
- kindling offered by officials to the imperial court during the ritsuryo period - archaism
- どうしても☆《如何しても》
expression / adverb:
- by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
- whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
- on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
- in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually
彼女はどうしても自分の思い通りにしようとする。 She will have her own way.
残念ですが、あなたの名前をどうしても覚えられない。 I'm sorry to say I don't remember your name.
その計画を成功させるためには君の援助がどうしても必要だ。 Your help is indispensable for the success of the scheme.
- 上手【うわて・かみて】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- upper part
noun:
- upper stream; upper course of a river [かみて]
- right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV) [かみて]
adjectival noun / noun:
- skillful (only in comparisons); dexterity (only in comparisons) [うわて]
noun:
- over-arm grip on opponent's belt [うわて] - Sumo term
- 出してくれる【だしてくれる】出して呉れる
expression / ichidan ~くれる verb (spec.):
- to take out (e.g. garbage); to put out (e.g. dishes on table); to serve (e.g. meal); to get out (e.g. food from cupboard); to submit (e.g. ideas, opinions); to provide for; to pay for; to foot the bill
- 見立てる☆【みたてる】見たてる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to select; to choose
- to diagnose (an illness); to judge
- to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror)
- to see someone off
- to look after; to be (someone's) guardian
- to underrate; to look down on; to underestimate (someone)
- 抱く☆【いだく・だく・うだくobs.】懐く【いだく・うだくobs.】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to embrace; to hold in the arms (e.g. a baby); to hug
- to harbour (e.g. grudge); to harbor; to bear; to have (e.g. ambition); to entertain (e.g. hope, suspicion) [いだく]
godan ~く verb:
- to have sex with; to make love to; to sleep with [だく]
- to sit on eggs [だく]
その経験で彼女は民主党に対して好感を抱くようになった。 The experience prejudiced her in favor of the Democratic Party.
野心は抱くに値するが、容易に達成され得ない。 Although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be achieved easily.
- 白州☆【しらす】白洲
noun:
- white sandbar; white sandbank
- area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
- gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
- court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州
- 臨む☆【のぞむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to look out on; to overlook; to front onto
- to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to be confronted by
- to deal with (an issue)
- to attend (e.g. a function); to appear (e.g. in court); to be present at; to take part in
- 立て【だて】
suffix:
- particularly; especially
- indicates the number of horses or oxen drawing a carriage; indicates the number of oars on a boat
- indicates the number of movies, plays, etc. comprising a single program; indicates the number of items or methods used
- 食わす☆【くわす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- 食わせる【くわせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
あのレストランはひどいものを食わせる。 They serve terrible food at that restaurant.
- 手を出す【てをだす】手をだす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand
- to get involved in; to make a move on
- to start a fight; to make a move in violence
- 灌頂【かんじょう・かんちょう】
noun:
- baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
- baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
- pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
- teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)
- 腰を据える【こしをすえる】腰をすえる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something)
- to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to settle in
- to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
- 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
- 移す☆【うつす】遷す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
風邪を人に移すと治るって本当? Is it true that you recover from colds when you give them to someone else?
知っていることと行動に移すことは別だ。 To know is one thing, and to do is another.
- なら☆・ならば☆
auxiliary:
- if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
- as for; on the topic of [なら]
conjunction:
- if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
- if possible; if circumstances allow [ならば]
- 成り立つ☆【なりたつ】成立つ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
- to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
- to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going
- ところ☆《所・処・處old》とこ《所》
noun / suffix:
- place; spot; scene; site - also pronounced どころ when a suffix
- address
- district; area; locality
- one's house
- point; aspect; side; facet ➜ いいとこ
- passage (in text); part
- space; room
- thing; matter
noun:
- whereupon; as a result - after the plain past form of a verb
- about to; on the verge of - after present form of a verb
- was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing - after past form of a verb
さあ、今汲みなさい。そして宴会の世話役の所に持っていきなさい。 Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.
「そのうちに、あなたのところにお邪魔してもいいですか」「どうぞ、どうぞ」 "Do you mind if I call on you sometime?" "No, not at all."
驚かない所をみると知ってたのね。 Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.
おじを見送りに駅に行ってきたところだ。 I have been to the station to see my uncle off.
- 上る☆【のぼる】登る☆・昇る☆・陞るold Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to ascend; to go up; to climb
- to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the sun); to rise - usu. 昇る
- to go to (the capital)
- to be promoted
- to add up to
- to advance (in price)
- to swim up (a river); to sail up
- to come up (on the agenda)
彼は簡単に木にのぼる。 He has no trouble climbing trees.
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