Results, keeping a useless person on the payroll
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- 映る☆【うつる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
日本人の中には自分達の国が外国人の眼にどう映るのか気にする者がいる。 Some Japanese are concerned about how their country looks in the eyes of foreigners.
- 肩肘張る【かたひじはる】肩肘はる・肩ひじ張る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding
- to act formally; to act stiffly
- 元に戻す【もとにもどす】もとに戻す・元にもどす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
- ピントがずれる・ピントがズれる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be out of focus ➜ ずれる
- to be off the point (e.g. of a plan); to have not got the point
- 覚ます☆【さます】醒ます Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to awaken; to arouse from sleep
- to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)
- to sober up
- to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil ［醒ます］ ➜ 冷ます【さます】
- 役者子供【やくしゃこども】
noun:
- skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
- child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism
- 浮かばれる【うかばれる】浮ばれる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to rest in peace; to attain eternal rest - usu. neg. ➜ 浮かばれない【うかばれない】
- to gain recognition; to get on in the world
- ムーンフェース・ムーンフェイス・ムーン・フェース・ムーン・フェイス
noun:
- swollen face; puffy face - From English "moon face"
- moon display on a watch indicating am or pm (usually analogue)
- 固肥える【かたごえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight; to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle); to become overweight as opposed to obese
- 実況放送【じっきょうほうそう】
noun:
- on-the-spot or live broadcast; running commentary; blow-by-blow report; play-by-play report
- 裏を返す【うらをかえす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
- to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
- to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
- ソフト化【ソフトか】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy - Economics term
- softening
- release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
- 芳紀【ほうき】
noun:
- age of a young lady who is at the peak of her (sexual) attractiveness; marriable age (of a young lady); sweet sixteen
- 口がかかる【くちがかかる】口が掛かる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be summoned (i.e. of a geisha, by a customer)
- to be offered (the job of ...); to be invited (to do ...) - usu. as 〜の口が掛かる
- 一泡吹かせる【ひとあわふかせる】ひと泡吹かせる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a surprise; to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
- 照準を合わせる【しょうじゅんをあわせる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on
- 深爪【ふかづめ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close
noun:
- deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail
- 立ち直る☆【たちなおる】立ちなおる☆・立直る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet
- to recover; (of the market) to improve
彼女が父親の死の悲しみから立ち直るには長い時間がかかるだろう。 It'll be a long time before she gets over her father's death.
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