Results, one-upmanship

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かみしめるkamishimeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip)
  • to reflect upon; to digest
ふくめいfukumei Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reporting; returning (one's findings to a person)
せんだんおうこうsendan'oukou

noun:

  • prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom
のどからてがでるnodokarategaderu Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
こだいこうこくkodaikoukoku

noun:

  • deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
てんすうきっぷtensuukippu

noun:

  • ration-point coupon; traffic violation ticket (for which penalty points are applied to one's licence)
じゅんじょだてるjunjodateru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
いりかわるirikawaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to change places; to relieve (one another)
アメションAMESHONアメしょんAMEshon

noun:

  • someone who made a short trip to America; going to America just long enough for a pee (ref. to short USA trip after WWII to boost one's credentials) - obsolete term - derogatory term 小便【しょんべん】
ナウキャストNAUKYASUTO

noun:

  • nowcast; prediction of the very near future (esp. one hour weather forecast)
かばんごkabango

noun:

  • portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) 混成語
つうじょうぎょうむtsuujougyoumu

noun:

  • normal duties; (one's) regular work
つかみどりtsukamidori Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand

先日senjitsuパソコンショップPASOKONSHOPPUdeSIMMno掴み取りtsukamidoriwoやっていたyatteitaいくらなんでもikuranandemoマニアックMANIAKKUすぎるsugiru I grabbed as much SIMM as possible in the computer shop the other day. Say what you like, it was more than just enthusiasm.

しんきょうshinkyou

noun:

  • divine mirror; sacred mirror (one of the three sacred treasures)
はげあがるhageagaru禿禿禿irr.禿 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
ねやneya

noun:

  • sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple)
  • inner room; inner sanctum
こうえんかいkouenkai

noun:

  • lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)

彼のkareno講演会kouenkaiにはnihaたくさんtakusanno聴衆choushuuga集まっていたatsumatteita His lecture had a large audience.

こんをつめるkonwotsumeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue) 根【こん】
いをくむiwokumuirr. Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
しんりじょうたいshinrijoutai

noun:

  • state of mind; (one's) mental state
かもるkamoruカモるKAMOru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive - colloquialism
  • to bilk; to swindle; to dupe - colloquialism
ふくしょうfukushou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

私のwatashinonochiについてnitsuitekakubunwo復唱fukushoushiなさいnasai Repeat each sentence after me.

すりあしsuriashi

noun:

  • sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet)
  • moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise) - Sumo term
使ゆみずのようにつかうyumizunoyounitsukau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
おとすotosu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
  • to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
  • to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
  • to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
  • to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
  • to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
  • to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
  • to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
  • to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)

kurumano速度sokudowo落とすotosu装置souchiハンプHANPUya狭さくkyousakuについてnitsuite意見ikengaあったらattara書いてkaiteくださいkudasai If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.

しみshimiwoこすりkosuri落とすotosuことができなかったkotogadekinakatta I couldn't scrub the stain out.

日本語nihongonoソフトSOFUTOwo落とすotosuコツKOTSUいいiiサイトSAITOありませんarimasenka Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?

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