Results, Will's+plight
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- 梯子を外される【はしごをはずされる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]
- 怖気づく・怖じ気づく【おじけづく】怖気付く・怖じ気付く【おじけづく・おじけつくirr.】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out; to have the wind up
- 自由放題【じゆうほうだい】
noun:
- as freely as one pleases; at will; to one's heart's content - four character idiom
- 不本意ながら【ふほんいながら】
adverb:
- involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
- お約束【おやくそく】御約束 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date - honorific language - humble language ➜ 約束
noun / ~の noun:
- something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
- そうはイカの金玉【そうはイカのきんたま】そうは烏賊の金玉・然うは烏賊の金玉【そうはいかのきんたま】
expression:
- you wish!; that's not going to happen; not a chance - pun on そうは行かぬ - humorous term
- 人の金玉を握る【ひとのきんたまをにぎる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior
- 暇乞い【いとまごい】暇乞irr. Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- leave-taking; offering one's resignation; farewell visit
- ツケが回ってくる【ツケがまわってくる】付けが回ってくる【つけがまわってくる】ツケが回って来る【ツケがまわってくる】付けが回って来る【つけがまわってくる】 Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
- 涓滴岩を穿つ【けんてきいわをうがつ】
expression:
- slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb
- 伊達メガネ【だてメガネ】伊達眼鏡・伊達めがね【だてめがね】
noun:
- glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake; glasses with no lenses or 'window glass' lenses
「めがねなくても大丈夫なの?」「あ、これ伊達めがねだから、頭よくなるかなと思って」 "You're OK without your glasses?" "Ah, these are fake you see, I thought it might make me brainier..."
- 神武以来【じんむいらい・じんむこのかた】
~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom
- 正直一遍【しょうじきいっぺん】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest - four character idiom
- 小の虫を殺して大の虫を助ける【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをたすける】
expression:
- to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb
- ツケがまわる《ツケが回る》つけがまわる《付けが回る》 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping - idiom ➜ ツケが回って来る【ツケがまわってくる】
- 死力を尽くして【しりょくをつくして】
expression:
- desperately; to the full extent of one's power; with all of one's ability
- 年の功【としのこう】
expression / noun:
- wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
亀の甲より年の功。 Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
- 若作り【わかづくり】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- dressing oneself up to look young; altering one's appearance to look young; dressing younger than one's age
- 約束を破る【やくそくをやぶる】約束をやぶる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege ➜ 約束を守る
- 耳が痛い【みみがいたい】耳がいたい Inflection
expression / adjective:
- being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) - idiom
- having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
Kanji
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