Results, one-upmanship
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- 添う☆【そう】副う Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; to live up to ➜ 沿う
- to accompany; to go with; to stay by one's side
- to associate with (someone); to mix with
- to marry; to wed - esp. 添う
- to be added - esp. 添う
- 傾ける☆【かたむける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to incline; to lean; to tip; to tilt; to slant; to bend; to list
- to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to pour one's energy into
- to ruin; to squander; to empty
- to drink (alcohol)
- 所作☆【しょさ・そさobs.】
noun:
- conduct; behaviour
- movements; gesture; one's carriage
- performance (on stage, etc.); dance; acting
- dance (in kabuki); dance play - abbreviation ➜ 所作事
- 専【せん】
noun / prefix noun:
- having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... - abbreviation - slang ➜ 専門
noun:
- first; foremost; number one priority - archaism
- doing as one pleases; acting selfishly - archaism
- fired brick - archaism
- 色★【いろ】
noun:
- colour; color; hue; tint; tinge; shade
- complexion; skin colour; skin color
- look (on one's face); expression
- appearance; air; feeling
- personality; character
- tone (of one's voice, etc.); tune; sound; ring
- love; lust; sensuality; love affair ➜ 色仕掛け
- lover; paramour
- beauty; sexiness; physical appeal
- kind; type; variety - also written 種
その色は彼女の髪の毛とよく合った。 The color went beautifully with her hair.
- 以上★【いじょう】已上
adverbial noun / temporal noun:
- not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
- beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
- above-mentioned; foregoing
- since ...; seeing that ...
- this is all; that is the end; the end
６歳以上の子供は学校に通わなければならない。 Children of six and above should attend school.
これ以上の値引きは、私どもを赤字に追いやるでしょう。 A further reduction would make us go into the red.
以上のように、実にシンプルな誰でも出来るノウハウで十分な利益と顧客は確保できるのです！ As shown above, it is possible to obtain ample profit and customers with truly simple know-how that anyone can do!
公僕も人間であること、また、人間である以上過ちを犯す可能性があることを、彼は認識している。 He realizes that public officials are human, and that as human beings they are capable of misjudgement.
- 払う☆【はらう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to pay (e.g. money, bill)
- to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
- to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
- to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
- to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
- to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
- to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
- to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
- to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
- to reset (an abacus)
両親が喜んで経済的に援助してくれるのに、なぜ君は自分で学費を払うことに固執するのか。 Why do you insist on paying for your school expenses yourself, when your parents are willing to give you financial support?
- 過ごす☆【すごす】過す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to pass (time); to spend
- to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
- to take care of; to support - archaism
godan ~す verb / auxiliary verb:
- to overdo; to do too much
- to ... without acting on it
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。 This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
名古屋の夏を涼しく過ごすには扇風機が必須だ。 In Nagoya summers a fan is essential to help stay cool.
- 譲る☆【ゆずる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to hand over; to transfer; to turn over; to assign; to convey; to bequeath
- to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way
- to yield; to concede; to give ground; to surrender
- to sell
- to postpone; to put off; to defer
彼は息子に仕事を譲ることに決めました。 He has decided to turn over his business to his son.
混雑している列車の中では、私は自分の席をお年寄りにゆずるようにしている。 In a crowded train, I make it a rule to give my seat to old people.
- どうしても☆《如何しても》
expression / adverb:
- by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
- whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
- on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
- in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually
彼女はどうしても自分の思い通りにしようとする。 She will have her own way.
残念ですが、あなたの名前をどうしても覚えられない。 I'm sorry to say I don't remember your name.
その計画を成功させるためには君の援助がどうしても必要だ。 Your help is indispensable for the success of the scheme.
- 番☆【ばん】
noun:
- number (in a series)
- (one's) turn
- watch; guard; lookout
- bout; match - Sumo term
私の自宅の電話番号は市外局番が２０１で１２３ー４５６７番です。 My home phone number is, area code two-oh-one, one-two-three, four-five-six-seven.
６時からずっと待っているのだが、僕の番がまだ来ない。 I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.
- 押さえる★【おさえる】押える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to pin down; to hold down; to press down - also written as 圧さえる
- to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to press (a body part)
- to get a hold of; to obtain; to seize; to catch; to arrest
- to grasp (a point); to comprehend
- to quell; to subdue; to suppress; to repress; to hold back; to check; to curb; to contain ➜ 抑える【おさえる】
野茂が打者をおさえると観客がわきあがります。 It causes quite a sensation when Nomo pitches a no-hitter.
低血糖症の人は、感情を押さえる力がないので、すぐに怖がったり怒ったりする。 People suffering from low level of blood sugar disorder, because they lack the power to suppress their emotions, get easily frightened and angry.
- 絞る★【しぼる】搾る☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze - esp. 絞る
- to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to extract; to milk; to express milk - esp. 搾る
- to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice)
- to extort; to exploit
- to chew out; to reprimand severely; to rake over the coals; to give a sound scolding; to tell someone off; to scold; to rebuke - often passive voice ➜ 油を絞る
- to drill into; to train
- to narrow down (one's focus); to whittle down
- to gather up (curtain, etc.); to tighten (drawstring)
- to stop down (lens)
- to turn down (e.g. radio)
- to bend (bow); to draw
- to hold down; to constrict; to immobilize - Sumo term
ああ、牛の乳はそんなふうに搾るのですか。 Oh, is that the way you milk a cow?
私は５ポンド絞る必要がある。 I need to lose five pounds.
何世紀にも、読み書きに焦点を絞る語学教育である。 For centuries, foreign language teaching focused on reading and writing.
- つつく☆《突く・突付くirr.・突つくirr.》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge
- to peck at (one's food); to pick at
- to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
- to egg on; to put up to
藪をつついてヘビを出す。 It's not good to wake a sleeping snake.
きつつきは、長く尖ったくちばしで、木の幹をつついて、中にいる虫を食べます。 Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there.
- 伸び★【のび】延び
noun:
- growth; development
- stretching (one's body, e.g. when waking up)
- (ability to) spread (of paint, cream, etc.)
- elongation; extension; carry (e.g. of sound); sustain
もう髪を切ってもらってもいい時ですよ。大分伸び過ぎていますよ。 It's high time you had your hair cut; it has grown too long.
- 振り回す☆【ふりまわす】振りまわす・振回す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to wield; to brandish; to flourish; to wave (about); to swing
- to display (one's knowledge); to show off
- to abuse (one's power)
- to manipulate someone
そのように刃物を振り回すことは危険だ。 It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way.
- 巡らす【めぐらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
- to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
- to think over; to work out
- to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism
- つっつく《突っ突く・突っつく》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge ➜ 突く【つつく】
- to peck at (one's food); to pick at
- to peck at (someone's faults, etc.)
- to egg on; to put up to
ハゲタカが突っつく死んだ鹿とか、他の動物の食べ残しとか、 そういう腐った肉を死肉と書きました。 A dead deer being pecked by vultures, remains partly eaten by other animals, that sort of rotten meat is called 'carrion'.
- 果【か】
noun:
- phala (attained state, result) - Buddhism term ➜ 因
- enlightenment (as the fruits of one's Buddhist practice) - Buddhism term ➜ 悟り
- fruit ➜ 果物
counter:
- counter for pieces of fruit
- 言い立てる【いいたてる】言いたてる・言立てる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to assert; to declare; to claim; to state; to insist; to maintain
- to list (one by one); to enumerate; to count off
- to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
- to use as an excuse - archaism
- 根【こん】
noun:
- stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; persistence
- radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily) ➜ 基【き】
- root - Mathematics term
- indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs) - Buddhism term
- 訴える☆【うったえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
同性をセクハラで訴えることできないのかしら。 I wonder if you can sue someone of the same sex for sexual harassment?
政府は通常インフレがある水準に達した場合は、物価の抑制の措置に訴える。 Governments usually resort to price control when inflation has reached a certain level.
彼女は頭痛を訴える、それもしょっちゅうだ。 She complains of headaches, and that very often.
- 収まる☆【おさまる】納まる☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to fall within (e.g. a budget)
- to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to be returned (to one's original position)
- to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to occupy (a role) - esp. 納まる
- to be delivered; to be paid (e.g. taxes) ［納まる］
- to be settled (dispute, conflict, etc.); to be sorted; to subside (e.g. wind); to calm down; to abate ［収まる］ ➜ 治まる
- to be satisfied (e.g. with an answer); to consent; to agree
- 緩める☆【ゆるめる】弛める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to loosen; to slacken Antonym: 締める
- to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
- to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
- to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
- to make more gradual (of a slope)
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