Results, 'possum up a gum tree
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- 泥のように寝る【どろのようにねる】泥の様に寝る Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - colloquialism ➜ 泥のように眠る
- 大願成就【たいがんじょうじゅ・だいがんじょうじゅ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- realization of a great ambition; realisation of a great ambition - four character idiom
- 田を打つ【たをうつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to till a rice paddy; to plough a rice paddy (plow)
- 小腹が空く【こばらがすく】小腹がすく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be a bit hungry; to be a bit peckish ➜ 小腹【こばら】・腹が空く【はらがすく】
- 泥のように眠る【どろのようにねむる】泥の様に眠る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - idiom
- 固める★【かためる】堅める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to harden; to freeze; to strengthen; to solidify; to make (a fist); to tramp down (snow, dirt) ➜ 土を固める【つちをかためる】
- to put together; to collect; to gather; to consolidate
- to make secure; to stabilize; to settle down; to strengthen (belief, resolution, etc.); to establish (evidence) ➜ 身を固める【みをかためる】
- to fortify; to reinforce; to support ➜ 国境を固める【こっきょうをかためる】・嘘で固める【うそでかためる】
- to wear for a specific purpose (armor, coat, etc.) - in the form に身をかためる
- to swear; to resolutely vow; to sincerely promise
- to tie tightly; to fasten
- to hold a bow fully drawn
砂利をセメントで固める必要がある。 We need to bind gravel with cement.
気宇壮大な計画もいいけれど、まずは自分の足元を固めることから始めてほしいよ。 It's fine to make grandiose plans, but I'd like you to start with what you have on your plate.
基礎を固めることは大切です。 It is important to strengthen the foundation.
- 大漁貧乏【たいりょうびんぼう】
noun:
- impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom
- 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子【ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし】
expression:
- family members should fall into line with the head of the family even if his taste is a little odd, like wearing a red eboshi, which is ordinarily black - proverb ➜ 烏帽子
- 覗き眼鏡【のぞきめがね】覗眼鏡irr.
noun:
- peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
- water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】
- 道を空ける【みちをあける】道を開ける・道をあける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way - esp. 道を空ける
- to pave the way for; to open up opportunity - esp. 道を開ける
- ことがない☆《事がない・ことが無い・事が無い》 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- (something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened - after the past tense form of a verb
- never happens; there is never a time when
- 獣【しし】猪・鹿
noun:
- beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
- hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り
人間は、考え、話すことができるという点で、獣と違う。 Men differ from brutes in that they can think and speak.
- 粋が身を食う【すいがみをくう】
expression:
- too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb
- 年男☆【としおとこ】
noun:
- Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
- 年女【としおんな】
noun:
- Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year
- 付け焼刃【つけやきば】付け焼き刃・付焼き刃・付焼刃
noun:
- thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap
- re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable) - orig. meaning
- こぐ☆《漕ぐ》 Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to row; to scull; to paddle ➜ 舟を漕ぐ
- to pedal (e.g. bicycle)
- to swing (on a swing)
- to operate a hand pump
- to push through (deep snow, the jungle, etc.)
私たちは川の強い流れにさからってボートをこぐことができなかった。 We couldn't row against the strong current.
- 主人★【しゅじん】主☆
noun / ~の noun:
- head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady ➜ ご主人
- one's husband
- (one's) employer; (one's) master
- host; hostess
主人は料理がとても上手です。 My husband is a very good cook.
来る日も来る日もその犬は主人を迎えに駅へ行った。 Day in, day out the dog went to the station to wait for its master.
- 四畳半☆【よじょうはん】
noun:
- four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
- small room esp. for assignations
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