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きょうkyou

suffix noun:

  • a little over; a little more than
  • powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful
めをさますmewosamasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to wake up
  • to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
おにもつonimotsu

noun:

  • baggage; luggage - polite language 荷物
  • burden; albatross around one's neck; excess baggage
おくるokuru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
  • to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
  • to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
  • to spend (time); to live one's life
  • to pass (down the line)
  • to affix okurigana 送り仮名

わたしwatashiha手紙tegamide願書ganshowo送るokuruようyou決めたkimeta I wrote off for an application form.

空港kuukouまでmade送るokuruyo I'll drive you to the airport.

いかにもikanimo敬虔keikenなるnaruクリスチャンKURISUCHANga送るokuru礼節reisetsu重きomoki言葉kotobaですdesu So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.

かないkanaiやうちyauchiobs.

noun:

  • (my) wife かない - humble language
  • inside the home; one's family

家内kanaiha海外旅行kaigairyokouchuudeよくyoku電話をかけてdenwawokaketeくるkuru My wife often telephones me when I'm traveling in another country.

ふうふfuufuめおとmeotoみょうとmyouto

noun:

  • married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair

prefix noun:

  • his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman) めおと 夫婦茶碗

go夫婦fuufudeおこしokoshiくださいkudasai Please come over with your wife.

おいつくoitsuku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach
  • to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

トムTOMUni追いつくoitsukuためにtameni走らhashiraなければならなかったnakerebanaranakatta I had to run to catch up with Tom.

いずれizureいづれizureirr.

adverb / pronoun:

  • where; which; who
  • anyway; anyhow; at any rate

adverb:

  • sooner or later; eventually; one of these days; at some future date or time

pronoun:

  • both; either; any; all; whichever

いずれizureどこかdokokani落ち着いてochitsuite身を固めるmiwokatameruつもりtsumoridagaまだまだmadamadada Eventually I'd like to settle down and have a family, but not yet.

誤解gokaiされsare得るeruものmonohaいずれizureすべてsubete誤解gokaiされるsareruであろうdearou Anything that can be misunderstood will be.

そこなうsokonauirr. Inflection

godan ~う verb / transitive:

  • to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar

auxiliary verb / godan ~う verb:

  • to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...

夜更かしyorufukashiしているshiteiruto健康kenkouwo損なうsokonauyo You must not stay up late, or you will hurt your health.

たるむtarumuたゆむtayumu Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to droop (e.g. loose or flabby skin); to sag (ceiling)
  • to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
よろしくyoroshikuateji

expression / adverb:

  • well; properly; suitably
  • best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
  • just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
  • by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

go家族kazokuno皆さんminasanniよろしくyoroshiku Give my love to your family.

そろいsoroi

noun / ~の noun:

  • set; suit; uniform collection; matching items

suffix noun:

  • entirely; all; every one; nothing but - Often as ぞろい

みなさまminasamagao揃いsoroiになったninattaのでnode送別会soubetsukaiwo始められますhajimeraremasu Now that we are all here, we can start the farewell party.

ありしひarishihi

noun / ~の noun:

  • past days; bygone days; days of yore; the olden days

~の noun / noun:

  • while still alive; during one's lifetime
こつずいkotsuzui

noun / ~の noun:

  • bone marrow; medulla
  • true spirit; one's mind
まちmachi

noun / suffix noun:

  • waiting; waiting time
  • wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand - Mahjong term

あのanoツアーTSUAAキャンセルKYANSERU待ちmachino状態joutaidaってtte That tour already has a waiting list.

しょうたいshoutai

noun:

  • true character; true form; true colors (colours); identity; truth (of a mystery, phenomenon, etc.); origin
  • consciousness; one's senses

ついにtsuini正体shoutaiwo暴露bakuroしたshitana Now you've given yourself away.

いとめるitomeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
  • to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

kareにはniha彼女のkanojonoハートHAATOwo射止めるitomeru見込みmikomihaないnaiだろうdarou He will have no chance of winning her heart.

にもnimo

expression:

  • also; too; not ... either; as well; even
  • (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise - after the volitional or dictionary form of verb
くうてんkuuten Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • racing (an engine); idling (an engine) 空回り
  • going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels
ぎょくさいgyokusai Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; honorable death; death without surrender
  • trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love 玉砕 - colloquialism
まるはだかmaruhadaka

noun / ~の noun:

  • being stark-naked
  • having no possessions; losing all one's belongings

男女danjo数十ninno研究kenkyuuseigaモデルMODERUdaini立つtatsutaninnootokowo――丸裸maruhadakanootokowo写生shaseishitewita Dozens of male and female students were drawing a lone, completely nude male model standing on a platform.

だいがわりdaigawariirr.

noun:

  • taking over (e.g. store or family's headship)
  • subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
ふりかざすfurikazasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish
  • to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
すべりどめsuberidome

noun:

  • tyre chains; anti-skid device
  • backup measure; taking entrance examination to a university in case one fails at other universities
こくしむそうkokushimusou

noun:

  • distinguished person - four character idiom
  • thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them - Mahjong term

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