Results, #expr
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- 大事を取る【だいじをとる】大事をとる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe
- 取ってつけたよう【とってつけたよう】取って付けたよう・取って付けた様 Inflection
expression / adjectival noun:
- unnatural; out of place; forced or faked (e.g. expression)
- ぎゃふんと言う【ぎゃふんという】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be beaten hollow; to be argued into silence
- 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.
- 耳を傾ける【みみをかたむける】耳をかたむける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
- 馬子にも衣装【まごにもいしょう】馬子にも衣裳
expression:
- anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb
- あと一歩【あといっぽ】後一歩
expression / adverb:
- one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
- not quite; not very good ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
- 今一歩【いまいっぽ】いま一歩
expression / adverb:
- one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
- not quite ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
- close run; just falling short of success
- 何としても【なんとしても】
expression:
- no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
- ガタがくる・がたがくる Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- to show one's age (e.g. to start creaking at the joints); to wear out (e.g. machinery) ➜ ガタガタ
- もう一つ【もうひとつ】もう1つ
expression:
- another; one more
expression / adverb:
- not quite; not very good; lacking ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
もうひとつ必要なものは辞書である。 Another thing that is required is a dictionary.
- テクシーで行く【テクシーでいく】 Inflection
expression / godan -いく/-ゆく verb (spec.):
- to foot it; to hoof it; to go on foot - slang ➜ テクシー
- 眉を開く【まゆをひらく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind - idiom
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