Results, inferior

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性の悪い【しょうのわるいshounowarui】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • of poor quality; poor-quality; inferior quality
三角部【さんかくぶsankakubu】

noun:

  • pars triangularis; triangular area; triangular part of inferior frontal gyrus ➜ 下前頭回
下面【かめんkamen】

noun:

  • underside; undersurface; inferior surface ➜ 上面
下作【げさくgesaku・したさくshitasaku】 Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • poor manufacture; poor quality; inferior goods
亜流☆【ありゅうaryuu】

noun:

  • (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
  • follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)
品性下劣【ひんせいげれつhinseigeretsu】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • of low (mean, inferior) character - four character idiom
その方【そのほうsonohou】其の方

pronoun:

  • you (referring to one's inferior) - archaism
天下り★【あまくだりamakudari】天降り Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation
  • command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; imposition
  • descent from heaven - orig. meaning

日本nipponのno官僚kanryou達tachiはha国家kokkaがga破綻hatanするsuruまでmade天下りamakudariをwo続けtsuzukeてte税金zeikinをwoむさぼるmusaboru国賊kokuzokuにni過ぎsugiないnai！ Japanese bureaucrats are nothing but traitors to the country who covet our tax money and will continue the practice of amakudari until the country is bankrupt.

JLPTN4
負ける☆【まけるmakeru】敗ける・敗北るirr. Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to lose; to be defeated
  • to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield ［負ける］
  • to be inferior to ［負ける］
  • to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.) ［負ける］ ➜ 気触れる【かぶれる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to reduce the price; to give a discount; to throw in (something extra) for free ［負ける］

民主党minshutouはhaまだmada候補者kouhoshaをwo決めていないkimeteinaiがga、どっちdotchiにしてもnishitemo負けるmakeruにni決まっているkimatteiru。 The Democrats haven't decided on their candidates yet, but in any case they're sure to lose.

魔王maouはha言ったitta。「俺oreがga負けるmakeruわっきゃねーwakkyaneeべbe。審判shinpanはha皆mina地獄jigokuにniいるiruのだnoda」。 "How can I lose?" answered Satan. "All the umpires are down here in Hell."

JLPTN2
下る☆【くだるkudaru】降る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to descend; to go down; to come down
  • to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
  • to pass (of time)
  • to surrender; to capitulate
  • to be less than; to be inferior to - often in neg. form
  • to have the runs; to have diarrhea - also written as 瀉る ➜ 腹が下る
  • to pass (in stool); to be discharged from the body
  • to depreciate oneself; to be humble - archaism

山yamaをwo下ったkudattaところtokoroにni学校gakkouがgaあるaru。 There is a school down the mountain.

彼kareはha懲役choueki十年nenでde、女房nyoubouにはniha三年のno刑keiがga下ったkudatta。 He was given ten years and his wife three.

米beiのno収穫shuukakuがga下ったらkudattara大変なtaihennaことになるkotoninaruぞzo。 A poor rice harvest will get us into real trouble.

見分ける☆【みわけるmiwakeru】見わける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
  • to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

彼kareとto彼のkareno兄aniをwo見分けるmiwakeruのnoはha簡単kantanだda。 It is easy to tell him from his brother.

ケリーKERIIはha良質なryoushitsuna英語eigoをwo見分けるmiwakeru目meがgaあるaru。 Kelly has an eye for good English.

寸足らず【すんたらずsuntarazu】 Inflection

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

  • a little too short
  • slightly worse; a bit inferior
JLPTN3
小【しょうshou】

noun / prefix noun:

  • smallness; small item
  • short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days) ➜ 小の月
  • elementary school - abbreviation ➜ 小学校
  • younger or inferior (of two items or people with the same name)
  • unit of field area (approx. 400 sq m) - archaism

大daiかka、小shouかka。 Large or small?

福島fukushima県kenでde取っtoたta小shou女子joshiからkara、基準kijun値chiをwo超えるkoeru量ryouのno放射housha性seiセシウムSESHIUMUがga検出kenshutsuさsaれreましmashiたta。 Radioactive cesium in amounts exceeding limits has been measured on young lancefish caught in Fukushima prefecture.

JLPTN5
下☆【したshita】

noun:

  • below; down; under; younger (e.g. daughter)
  • bottom
  • beneath; underneath
  • just after; right after - as 下から, 下より, etc.

noun / ~の noun:

  • inferiority; one's inferior (i.e. one's junior)

noun:

prefix noun:

「ところでtokorodeよyo、そのsonoおめーome-のnoおとうさんotousanはhaどこdokoにniいんinのnoさsa？」「横転outenしたshitaトラックTORAKKUのno下shimoなnaんnよyo。」 "By the way, where's your old man?" "Under that over-turned truck."

下shitaにni署名shomeiしてshiteくださいkudasai。 Sign at the bottom, please.

雨ameがga私のwatashinoレインコートREINKOOTOのno下shitaまでmadeしみとおったshimitootta。 The rain penetrated my raincoat.

一番ichiban下kaのno妹imoutoがga出世shusseしたshitaときtoki私watashiはha我を忘れてwagawowasurete嫉妬shittoしたshita。 I was beside myself with jealousy when my youngest sister rose in the world.

我が身☆【わがみwagami】わが身・我身irr.

noun:

  • myself; oneself

pronoun:

  • I; me - archaism
  • you (referring to one's inferior) - archaism - familiar language

彼女kanojoはhaわが身wagamiのno不遇fuguuにniじっとjitto耐えねばならなかったtaenebanaranakatta。 She had to smile at her misfortune.

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