Results, one-upmanship
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- 奥★【おく】奧old
noun:
- inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart); recesses; heart
この公園の西側に近いところは、道路の騒音も大きいが、奥にはいるともう聞こえない。 Near the west side of the park there's a lot of noise from the road, but when you go into the park you can't hear it any more.
- 落ちる★【おちる】堕ちる・墜ちる・落るirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money)
- to be omitted; to be missing
- to decrease; to sink
- to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.)
- to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind
- to become indecent (of a conversation)
- to be ruined; to go under
- to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) ➜ 狐が落ちる【きつねがおちる】
- to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession
- to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick)
- to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee
- to fall; to be defeated; to surrender
- to come to (in the end); to end in
- to fall (in love, asleep, etc.) ➜ 恋に落ちる【こいにおちる】・眠りに落ちる【ねむりにおちる】
- to swoon (judo)
- to consent; to understand ➜ 腑に落ちない【ふにおちない】
- to crash; to freeze - IT term
- to die - of animals
- to move to the depths - of fish when it gets cold
彼は試験に落ちると思っていました。 He expected to fail the exam.
ゴムをすると確かに性感が落ちるので、出来れば生でしたいです。 The sensitivity certainly drops if I use a condom, so if possible I'd like to do it bareback.
机の上に寝かせて置くと転がって落ちることがあるので、試験管立てに立てておく。 If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.
- 発表★【はっぴょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known; breaking (news story); expressing (one's opinion); releasing; unveiling
- 外出★【がいしゅつ・そとでobs.】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
- 辞める☆【やめる】罷める・退めるirr. Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
- 挟む☆【はさむ】挿む・挾むold Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to hold between; to grip with (from both sides); to nip; to catch (e.g. one's finger in a door)
- to put between; to sandwich between; to insert; to interpose; to interject
- to be on either side of (a road, table, etc.); to be across (a street, river, etc.); to have between each other
ドアに指をはさみました。 I caught my finger in the door.
彼は耳に鉛筆を挟んだ。 He stuck his pencil behind his ear.
彼らはテーブルをはさんで向かい合った。 They confronted each other across the table.
- とどまる☆《止まる・留まる・停まる・駐まる》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place)
- to be limited to; to be confined to
- 弱る☆【よわる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to weaken; to grow weak; to wane; to decline (of one's health)
- to be downcast; to be dejected; to be dispirited
- to be troubled; to be at a loss; to be perplexed; to be annoyed
良さそうにみえる馬でも時には弱ることもある。 A good-looking horse may sometimes break down.
- 投げ出す☆【なげだす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to throw down; to throw out; to stretch out (one's legs)
- to abandon; to resign
- to give freely; to give generously; to sacrifice (e.g. one's life)
- to start to throw
- 敵【かたき】仇
suffix noun / noun:
- rival; opponent; adversary; competitor; enemy (esp. one with which there is longstanding enmity); foe - usu. pronounced がたき when used as a suffix ➜ 仇【あだ】・敵【てき】
noun:
- revenge
- spouse - archaism
- 他山の石☆【たざんのいし】
noun:
- lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems) [literal] - idiom ➜ 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
- 縁遠い☆【えんどおい】 Inflection
adjective:
- unconnected; weakly related; far beyond (one's means, ability)
- having little prospect of marriage
私の読んだ冒険談は実生活とは縁遠い。 The adventures I read about are absent from my life.
- 思い寄る【おもいよる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to recall; to hit upon...; to occur to (one)
- to feel the call of ...
- 報道被害【ほうどうひがい】
noun:
- victimization by media; trial by media; damage caused by exaggerated or false reporting (e.g. that one has committed a crime)
- 抱き抱える【だきかかえる】抱きかかえる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
- ケツをまくる《ケツを捲る》しりをまくる・けつをまくる《尻をまくる・尻を捲る》 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
- to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye
- くじる《抉る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
- 思し召し【おぼしめし】思召
noun:
- thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion - honorific language
- however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.)
- fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking
- 気が転倒する【きがてんとうする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to be upset; to be flurried; to be frightened (out of one's wits)
- 口にチャック【くちにチャック】
expression:
- zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips - colloquialism ➜ チャック
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