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- 言い立てる【いいたてる】言いたてる・言立てる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to assert; to declare; to claim; to state; to insist; to maintain
- to list (one by one); to enumerate; to count off
- to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
- to use as an excuse - archaism
- 王朝時代【おうちょうじだい】
noun:
- Dynastic period (the Nara period and esp. the Heian period, characterized by the rule of the emperor as opposed to shogunate) ➜ 武家時代
- ドクターストップ・ドクター・ストップ
noun:
- breaking up a match on doctor's orders (in boxing, etc.) - From English "doctor stop"
- being ordered by one's doctor to give up such habits as drinking, smoking, overeating, etc.
- 藍摺り【あいずり】藍摺irr.
noun:
- ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow)
- staining a pattern on fabric or paper by rubbing it with indigo leaves
- 覗く☆【のぞく】覘く・窺く・臨く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.)
- to look down into (a ravine, etc.)
- to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.)
- to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at
- to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.); to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.)
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to examine (an expression); to study (a face)
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to face - esp. 臨く - archaism ➜ 臨む
被写体に気づかれないようにそぉっとカメラを取り出し、ファインダーを覗く。 I quietly take out my camera, so as not to be noticed by my photographic subject, and peek through the finder.
- 働きかける☆【はたらきかける】働き掛ける☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to work on someone; to influence; to exert influence on; to seek action from; to appeal to
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to begin to work
- 開催★【かいさい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
- 直視☆【ちょくし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something
- 逆撫で【さかなで・ぎゃくなでirr.】逆なで☆ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rubbing the wrong way (e.g. a cat); irritating
彼の言うことすべてが、私の神経を逆なでするのです。 Everything he says rubs me the wrong way.
- 破戒☆【はかい】
noun:
- breaking a commandment (usually religious); offense against the Buddhist commandments (offence)
- 達観☆【たっかん】たっ観 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- taking a philosophic view
- looking at the long term; farsightedness
彼は降格されたことを達観している。 He's quite philosophical about his demotion.
- ハンディムック・ハンディームック
noun:
- small, cheap book in the style of a magazine - From English "handy mook" ➜ ムック
- 鞘当て【さやあて】
noun:
- rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
- quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch
- プレスコ
noun:
- prescoring (recording the music or sound effects before filming a scene) - abbreviation
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