Results, one-upmanship
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- 噛み締める【かみしめる】噛しめる・かみ締める・噛締める・噛みしめる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip)
- to reflect upon; to digest
- 専断横行【せんだんおうこう】
noun:
- prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority) - four character idiom
- 喉から手が出る【のどからてがでる】のどから手が出る・咽から手が出る Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
- 誇大広告【こだいこうこく】
noun:
- deceptive advertising; misleading advertisement (presenting one's product as being better or cheaper than it really is)
- 点数切符【てんすうきっぷ】
noun:
- ration-point coupon; traffic violation ticket (for which penalty points are applied to one's licence)
- 順序だてる【じゅんじょだてる】順序立てる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
- 入り替わる【いりかわる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to change places; to relieve (one another)
- アメション・アメしょん
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】
- かばん語【かばんご】鞄語
noun:
- portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語
- 掴み取り【つかみどり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- grabbing; taking (as much as one can hold) by the hand
先日、パソコンショップでSIMMの掴み取りをやっていた。いくらなんでもマニアックすぎる。 I grabbed as much SIMM as possible in the computer shop the other day. Say what you like, it was more than just enthusiasm.
- はげ上がる【はげあがる】禿げ上がる・禿げあがる・禿上がるirr.・禿げ上る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)
- 閨【ねや】寝屋
noun:
- sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple)
- inner room; inner sanctum
- 講演会【こうえんかい】
noun:
- lecture (esp. special engagement by noted speaker); lecture meeting (event with one or more lectures)
- 根を詰める【こんをつめる】根をつめる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue) ➜ 根【こん】
- 意を酌む【いをくむ】意をくむ・意を汲むirr. Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
- かもる《鴨る》カモる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive - colloquialism ➜ 鴨
- to bilk; to swindle; to dupe - colloquialism
- 復唱【ふくしょう】復誦 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
- 摺足【すりあし】摺り足・すり足
noun:
- sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet)
- moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise) - Sumo term
- 湯水のように使う【ゆみずのようにつかう】 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
- 落とす☆【おとす】落す 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)
車の速度を落とす装置(ハンプや狭さく)について、意見があったら書いてください。 If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.
しみをこすり落とすことができなかった。 I couldn't scrub the stain out.
日本語のソフトを落とすコツ・いいサイトありませんか? Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?
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