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乗り出す☆【のりだすnoridasu・のりいだすnoriidasu】乗出す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to set out; to set sail
  • to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something)
  • to begin to ride
  • to lean forward

人類jinruiはha宇宙uchuuにni乗り出すnoridasuことkotoにni成功seikouしたshita。 Human beings succeeded in flying into space.

役員yakuin達tachiはhaそんなsonna危険なkikenna事業jigyouにni乗り出すnoridasuのnoをwoしぶったshibutta。 The directors were reluctant to undertake so risky a venture.

釘付け【くぎづけkugizuke】釘づけ・くぎ付け Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
  • being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing - idiom
  • (price) pegging

今夜kon'yaはhaとてもtotemoおもしろいomoshiroi番組bangumiがgaあるaruからkara、テレビTEREBIのno前maeにniくぎづけkugizukeだろうdarou。 I'll be glued to the TV tonight watching a really exciting program.

手折る【たおるtaoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to break by hand (e.g. a flower); to break off (a twig); to pluck (a flower, a bud)
  • to make a young woman one's own thing
屋台☆【やたいyatai】屋体・家台irr.

noun:

  • cart (esp. a food cart); stall; stand ➜ 屋台店
  • festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; dancing platform ➜ 踊り屋台
  • stage prop fashioned after a large building
  • framework (of a house, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 屋台骨
  • house (esp. a small and miserable house) - archaism
天を仰ぎて唾す【てんをあおぎてつばきすtenwoaogitetsubakisu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to harm oneself in an attempt to harm someone else; to spit at the heavens and have one's spit land back on one's face [literal] - proverb ➜ 天に唾する
天下第一【てんかだいいちtenkadaiichi】

noun / ~の noun:

  • the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom
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思い込む☆【おもいこむomoikomu】思いこむ Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be under impression that; to be convinced that; to imagine that; to set one's heart on; to be bent on
百舌勘定【もずかんじょうmozukanjou】

noun:

  • splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom
税制調査会【ぜいせいちょうさかいzeiseichousakai】

noun:

  • tax system research commission; tax system research council; select committee on the taxation system; tax commission
遊泳術【ゆうえいじゅつyuueijutsu】

expression / noun:

税調【ぜいちょうzeichou】

noun:

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じかにjikani☆《直に》

adverb:

  • directly; in person; firsthand

あなたanataとtoじかにjikani会ってatteじっくりjikkuri話しhanashiたいtaiことがあるkotogaaruのですnodesu。 I have something to talk over with you, face to face.

要員★【よういんyouin】

noun:

  • (necessary) personnel; required person
金持ち★【かねもちkanemochi】金持・銀持

noun:

  • rich person

おo金持ちkanemochiはha必ずしもkanarazushimo幸福koufukuとはtohaかぎらないkagiranai。 The rich are not always happy.

第一人者★【だいいちにんしゃdaiichininsha】

noun:

  • leading person; foremost figure

彼女kanojoはha有能yuunouだったdattaのでnode第一人者daiichininshaとなったtonatta。 Her ability took her to the top.

偉人☆【いじんijin】

noun:

  • great person; eminent figure

偉人ijinがga必ずしもkanarazushimo賢いkashikoiとは限らないtohakagiranai。 Great men are not always wise.

死人☆【しにんshinin・しびとshibito】

noun:

  • corpse; dead person

久夫hisaoはha死人shininのようにnoyouni青ざめたaozameta顔色kaoiroをwoしていたshiteita。 Hisao's face was as pale as that of a corpse.

病人☆【びょうにんbyounin】

noun:

  • sick person; patient; invalid

そのsono看護婦kangofuはha病人byouninのno世話をしたsewawoshita。 The nurse attended the patient.

人気者☆【にんきものninkimono】

noun:

  • popular person; favorite; favourite

ディズニーランドDEIZUNIIRANDOでdeはha一時ichijiになるとninarutoいろいろなiroirona物語monogatariのno中nakaのno人気者ninkimono達tachiがga行列gyouretsuをwoなしてnashite行進koushinしますshimasu。 In Disneyland, popular characters in various stories march in procession at one o'clock.

アメリカ人☆【アメリカじんAMERIKAjin】

noun:

  • American person

アメリカ人AMERIKAjinはha速くhayaku走るhashiru車kurumaのno好きなsukina人hitoがga多いooi。 Many Americans like fast cars.

遺影☆【いえいiei】

noun:

  • portrait of deceased person
未成年者☆【みせいねんしゃmiseinensha】

noun:

  • minor; person under age

未成年者miseinenshaのno喫煙kitsuenはha法律houritsuでde禁じられているkinjirareteiru。 Minors are prohibited from smoking by law.

ゲイGEI☆

noun:

  • gay person (esp. male)
サウスポーSAUSUPOO☆

noun:

  • southpaw; left-handed person
楽天家☆【らくてんかrakutenka】

noun:

  • optimist; easy-going person

ヘレンHERENはha生来seirai楽天家rakutenkaだda。 Helen is by nature an optimist.

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