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たずねるtazuneru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

明日ashitakarewo訪ねるtazuneruつもりtsumorida I'll call on him tomorrow.

じこさくjikosaku

noun:

  • landed and tenant farming; landed farming with some tenant farming on the side
ゆうりになるyuurininaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to give an advantage; to enjoy an advantage; to turn the tables (on)
おおぎりoogiriirr.

noun:

  • large cut (e.g. of meat) 大切り・大切
  • last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
ターンオーバーTAAN'OOBAAターン・オーバーTAAN/OOBAA

noun:

  • turnover (of possession) - Sports term
  • (metabolic) turnover
  • egg cooked on both sides; eggs over easy - From English
  • number of strokes in a set time or distance (swimming) - Sports term
でんげんしゃdengensha

noun:

  • vehicle-mounted electricity generator (e.g. for filming, emergencies, etc.)
  • power-generating railway car (e.g. for air-conditioning on a non-electric train)
しょうりょうえshouryoue

noun:

  • Bon Festival - esp. 精霊会 盂蘭盆
  • Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Shotoku Taishi (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar) - esp. 聖霊会
おいたてるoitateru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away
  • to press a tenant to leave; to evict
はけるhakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

ichidan verb:

  • to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage - usually written using kana alone

mizuhaすぐにsuguniはけるhakeruだろうdarou The water will soon drain away.

つきそうtsukisou Inflection

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

  • to attend on; to wait upon; to accompany; to escort and wait on; to chaperone

彼女kanojoni付き添うtsukisouhitogaいないinai She has no one to wait on her.

おぼっちゃんobotchan

noun:

  • son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
  • green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
おぼっちゃまobotchama

noun:

てりつけるteritsukeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
にえたぎるnietagiru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
いいそこなうiisokonau Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to say incorrectly; to use the wrong words; to make a slip of the tongue
  • to forget to say; to miss one's chance to say
ひびきhibikiirr.

noun:

  • echo; reverberation
  • sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise
  • quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound; emotion or feeling inspired by something heard or read

彼のkarenokoeni多少tashou怒りikarino響きhibikigaあったatta There was a suggestion of anger in his voice.

つちtsuchiつちtsuchiつしtsushi

noun:

  • earth; soil; dirt; clay; mud
  • the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; the land
  • low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud) 鳥の子紙
  • (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō) - also written as 犯土, 椎, 槌 陰陽道

農家noukano人達hitotachihasukidedowo耕すtagayasu Farmers turn up the soil with plows.

amega降ってfuttedoni湿り気shimerikegaあるarutokusaha取りtoriやすくyasukuなるnaru After it rains and the ground is damp, it's easier to pull weeds.

しごとかんshigotokan

noun:

  • (one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
しちようせいshichiyousei

noun:

  • the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term 北斗七星
  • the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term 七曜
もうじんがもうじんをみちびくmoujingamoujinwomichibiku

expression:

  • the blind leading the blind; if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - proverb
かいなをかえすkainawokaesu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to place one's arms under those of the opponent and lift them up, in order to prevent an overhand grip on one's mawashi - Sumo term
たちもちtachimochi

noun:

  • sword-bearer (subordinate whose job it is to hold their master's sword)
  • rikishi carrying a sword who follows the yokozuna to the ring during his ring-entering ceremony - Sumo term
ごうgou

noun:

  • ; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres
  • ; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square
  • one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain
  • conjunction - Astronomy term

counter:

  • counter for covered containers
  • counter for matches, battles, etc.

もちろんmochiron実際にjissainiはやhayaぶさbusaga太陽taiyouni近づいているchikazuiteiruわけではなくwakedehanakuzunoようyouni地球chikyuuからkara見てmite太陽taiyouno反対側hantaigawani位置ichiするsuruだけdakeですdesugaこのようなkonoyouna現象genshouwogouto呼びますyobimasu Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.

gouha当時toujiたびたびtabitabiロンドンRONDONni行ったitta Yuri often went to London in those days.

watashiha巴里pari滞在taizaichuu、二三no画家gaka諸君shokuntorigouhiniなりnariちよいchiyoiちよいchiyoiアトリエATORIEwo訪ねるtazuneruやうyaunaことkotomoあつatsutagaいつitsuでもdemoそのsono仕事shigoto振りfuri生活seikatsu振りfurini多大tadaino興味kyoumiwo惹かhikareta When I was in Paris, I became acquainted with two or three painters, and I went to visit their atelier from time to time. I was always fascinated by their method of work and their way of life.

たどりつくtadoritsuku辿辿 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

しかしshikashishironiたどりつくtadoritsukuなりnari近衛兵konoeheiwo率いたhikiitahitoによってniyotteわたしwatashihaこのkono牢獄rougokuni勾引kouinされてsareteしまったshimatta However, when I finally reached the castle I was thrown into this prison by the commander of the imperial guard.

よいづきyoizuki

noun:

  • evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) 夕月

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