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二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ【ふたりははんりょさんにんはなかまわれfutarihahanryosanninhanakamaware】二人は伴侶三人は仲間割れ

expression:

two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb

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備える^★【そなえるsonaeru】具える^☆ Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to furnish with; to equip with; to provide; to install
to prepare for; to make preparations for; to make provision for
to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be equipped with
to be born with; to have since birth

私達watashitachi はha 火災kasai にni備えるsonaeruべきbeki だda。 We should provide against fires.

神kami はha 風kaze をwo備えるsonaeru、だがdaga 人hito がga 帆ho をwo あげage なけれnakere ばba ならnara ないnai。 God provides the wind, but man must raise the sails.

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滑る^☆【すべるsuberu】辷る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to slip
to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke)
to drop; to go down; to come down; to fall (e.g. in status)

私watashi はhaすべってsubette足首ashikubi をwo ねんざnenza したshita。 I slipped and twisted my ankle.

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抜く^☆【ぬくnuku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to pull out; to draw out; to extract; to unplug; to weed
to omit; to leave out; to go without; to skip

auxiliary verb / godan ~く verb:

to do to the end; to carry through

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to let out (e.g. air from a tyre); to drain (e.g. water from a bath); to empty
to pick out; to choose; to select; to extract
to pilfer; to steal
to remove; to get rid of; to take out
to pass; to overtake; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to pierce; to break through; to go through - also written 貫く
to cut out (a shape); to create (a pattern) by dying the surrounding area
to seize; to capture; to reduce
to scoop (a story)
to take out (an opponent's stones; in go)

godan ~く verb:

to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating) - slang - vulgar
to take (a photo); to record (video) - slang

庭niwa のno 雑草zassou をwo抜くnukuのno はha 彼のkareno 仕事shigoto だda。 It's his job to pull the weeds in the garden.

トムTOMU はha よくyoku 食事shokuji をwo抜くnuku。 Tom often skips meals.

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干す^☆【ほすhosu】乾す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to air; to dry; to desiccate
to drain (off)
to drink up
to deprive of a role, job, etc. - usu. in the passive

梅雨tsuyu のno 晴れ間harema にni 洗濯物sentakubutsu をwo干すhosuとto 気分kibun はha もうmou 夏natsu でしたdeshita。 Drying the washing on a fine day in the rainy season; I felt like it was already summer.

踏ん張る^☆【ふんばるfunbaru】踏んばる Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist

作り出す^☆【つくりだすtsukuridasu】創り出す^☆・つくり出す・創りだす・作りだす・造り出す・造りだす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops)
to invent; to dream up; to create

我々wareware はha、無mu からkara 有yuu をwo作り出すtsukuridasuことができるkotogadekiru だろうかdarouka。 Can we create something out of nothing?

もしもmoshimo 神kami がga 存在sonzai しないshinai のno ならばnaraba、神kami をwo造り出すtsukuridasu必要hitsuyou がga あろうarou。 If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.

瞬く^☆【またたくmatataku・まばたくmabataku・まだたくmadataku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat - またたく is sometimes used transitively
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

漁火gyoka がga 島影shimakage にni瞬くmabataku。 Fires for luring fish at night flicker on the silhouette of an island.

弄する【ろうするrousuru】 Inflection

~する verb (spec.):

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)
to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

おどけるodokeru・たわけるtawakeru《戯ける・戲ける^old》 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

浴びせかける【あびせかけるabisekakeru】浴びせ掛ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to throw (liquid) at; to dash
to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse); to level (insults)

足を運ぶ【あしをはこぶashiwohakobu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to

たくましゅうするtakumashuusuru《逞しゅうする》 Inflection

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

to give rein to (imagination); to lend wings to (fancy) ➜ 逞しくする
to rage with all one's force; to be rampant

こつこつ働く【こつこつはたらくkotsukotsuhataraku】コツコツ働く【コツコツはたらくKOTSUKOTSUhataraku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away

大切にする【たいせつにするtaisetsunisuru】 Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to set a high value on
to take good care of; to look after

宿る^☆【やどるyadoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to dwell; to live; to remain
to stay at; to take shelter at; to stop at; to lodge at
to be pregnant
to be part of a constellation
to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)

正直者shoujikisha にni 神kami宿るyadoru。 Honesty is the best policy.

正直shoujiki のno 頭atama にni 神kami宿るyadoru。 An honest man is the noblest work of God.

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鳴る^☆【なるnaru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

動き出すugokidasu ときtoki、ベルBERU がga「ちんちんchinchin」とto鳴るnaru。だからdakara、ちんちんchinchin 電車densha。 When it sets off the bell rings, "ding-ding". Thus 'ding-ding-train'.

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ほどくhodoku^☆《解く》 Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen

これらのkorerano 包みtsutsumi をwoほどくhodokuのno をwo 手伝ってtetsudatte 下さいkudasai。 Lend a hand with these parcels, please.

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告げる^☆【つげるtsugeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

to tell; to inform; to announce
to indicate; to signal; to mark

問題mondai はha だれdare がga 彼kare にni 真実shinjitsu をwo告げるtsugeruかka だda。 The problem is who is going to tell him the truth.

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浸す^☆【ひたすhitasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to soak; to dip; to steep; to immerse
to moisten; to wet

リトマス紙RITOMASUshi でde 溶液youeki のno 液性ekisei（酸性sansei、中性chuusei、塩基性enkisei）をwo 調べるshiraberu ときtoki はha、リトマス紙RITOMASUshi をwo すべてsubete 溶液youeki にni浸すhitasuのno ではなくdehanaku、紙kami のno 先端sentan のno 部分bubun だけdake をwo 浸しますhitashimasu。 When investigating the pH (acidic, neutral, alkaline) of a liquid, don't soak the litmus paper completely in the liquid but just put the end of the paper in it.

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ねだるnedaru^☆《強請る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

彼らkarera はha 金kin をwo くれkure とto しつこくshitsukoku 親oya にniねだるnedaru。 They importune their parents for money.

ほのめかすhonomekasu^☆《仄めかす》 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

マイクMAIKU はhaほのめかすhonomekasuつもりtsumori でde２、３のno 言葉kotoba をwo 述べたnobeta。 Mike said a few words as a suggestion.

迷わす^☆【まよわすmayowasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate

廃す【はいすhaisu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue ➜ 廃する
to dethrone; to depose

騒がせる【さわがせるsawagaseru】 Inflection

ichidan verb:

to disturb; to alarm; to agitate; to cause anxiety (to); to trouble

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