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- 傷★【きず】疵・瑕・創
noun:
海水が傷にしみて痛い。 The seawater stings my cut.
彼の額の傷は目立つ。 The scar on his forehead is conspicuous.
ここに傷があるので安くしてください。 There's a scratch here. Could you give me a discount?
クリスはとてもむなしく思い、立ち直れないほどに、心に大きな傷を受けました。 Chris' heart felt so empty and damaged that it couldn't be repaired.
- 詰める☆【つめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up
ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to shorten; to move closer together
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to reduce (spending); to conserve
ichidan verb / transitive / intransitive verb:
- to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do - usu. as 根を詰める ➜ 根を詰める
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to work out (details)
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be on duty; to be stationed
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
- to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.) - the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai ➜ 指を詰める
suffix / ichidan verb:
- to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break
- to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly
- to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
私がスーツケースに荷物を詰めるのを手伝ってくれませんか。 Will you help me pack my suitcase?
彼女は私が荷物をスーツケースに詰めるのを手伝ってくれた。 She helped me pack my suitcase.
息を詰めることにより自殺ができない。 You cannot kill yourself by holding your breath.
- はめる☆《嵌める・填めるold・篏めるold・塡めるold》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
- to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
- to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
- to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
- to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)
- 下がり☆【さがり】
noun:
- fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward) Antonym: 上がり
- string apron; ornamental cords hanging from the front of a sumo wrestler's belt - Sumo term
- food offering to the gods; leftovers; hand-me-downs - usu. as お下がり ➜ お下がり
- leaving (one's master's place for home)
suffix noun / noun:
- a little after ...
- つかえる☆・つっかえる《閊える・支える》 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog
- to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full
- to be piled up (e.g. of work)
- to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer
- to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain ➜ 痞える【つかえる】
- ば☆
particle:
- if ... then; when
- and - often ...も...ば...も...
- why don't you...?
- the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
- because; since - archaism
- 召す☆【めす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to call; to invite; to send for; to summon - honorific language
- to eat; to drink
- to put on; to wear
- to ride
- to catch (a cold); to take (a bath); to tickle (one's fancy); to put on (years); to commit (seppuku)
- to do ➜ 召される
- used to show respect - used after the -masu stem of a verb - honorific language - archaism
- 曲げる☆【まげる】枉げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl [曲げる]
- to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant [曲げる]
- to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
- to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
- to pawn
- ほろほろ
adverb / ~と adverb:
- by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
- tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia ➜ はらはら・ぼろぼろ
- gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
- falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia
noun:
- dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term
- 年★【とし】歳
noun:
- year
- age; years
- past one's prime; old age
- 好き☆【すき】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
- in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)
noun / adjectival noun:
- faddism; eccentricity
- the way one likes; (as) it suits one
「ケーキはお好きですか」「はい、好きです」 "Do you like cake?" "Yes, I do."
実を言うと、私は彼が好きでないのです。 To tell you the truth, I don't love him.
- 世界★【せかい】
noun:
- the world; society; the universe
- sphere; circle; world
~の noun:
- renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan
noun:
- realm governed by one Buddha; space - original meaning - Buddhism term
- 最後★【さいご】
noun:
- end; conclusion
~の noun:
- last; final; latest; most recent
expression:
- no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"
noun:
- one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期
大丈夫、誠実でいれば最後には報われるよ。 I can assure you that honesty pays in the long run.
伝説の最後の部分は後世付け加えられたものだ。 The last part of the legend was added later.
- 騒ぐ☆【さわぐ】騷ぐold Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:
- to make noise; to make racket; to be noisy
- to rustle; to swoosh
- to make merry
- to clamor; to clamour; to make a fuss; to kick up a fuss
- to lose one's cool; to panic; to act flustered
- to feel tense; to be uneasy; to be excited
部屋の中でそんなにさわぐな。 Don't make so much noise in the room.
騒ぐなと先生はその少年に言った。 The teacher told the boy not to make noise.
- 眠る☆【ねむる・ねぶるobs.】睡る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to sleep (not necessarily lying down) ➜ 寝る
- to die
- to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to be dormant; to be unused [ねむる]
- to close one's eyes - archaism
もし眠るといけないので目覚し時計をセットしなさい。 In case you sleep, set the alarm.
騒音のせいで私は眠ることができなかった。 I could not sleep because of the noise.
- 噛む☆【かむ】咬む☆・嚙む・嚼む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to bite; to chew; to gnaw
- to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
- to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together
- to be involved in ➜ 一枚噛む
- to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words
- to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly - archaism
彼のほえるのはかむのよりひどい。 His bark is worse than his bite.
彼はいま歯が痛むのでよくかむことができない。 He can't chew well, because he has a toothache now.
- 分ける★【わける】別ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out
- to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out
- to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between)
- to break up (a fight); to mediate
- to call a draw; to tie
- to push one's way through (a crowd)
- to sell - also written as 頒ける
霧が深かったので、歩いている人たちの姿を似分けるのは困難だった。 It was foggy, so it was hard to make out the figures of people walking.
彼らは、寒い季節の到来を感じ分けることが出来る。 They can sense the approach of cold weather.
赤道は地球を二つの半球に分ける。 The equator divides the globe into two hemispheres.
- 飯★【めし】
noun:
- cooked rice
- meal; food
- one's livelihood
とにかくメシ・・・といきたいところだが、その前に用を足すことにした。 Anyhow, lunch ... is where I wanted to go but I decided to go to the toilet first.
- 小屋★【こや・しょうおく】
noun:
- hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
- small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth [こや]
- one's own house - esp. しょうおく - humble language - colloquialism
- 覚める☆【さめる】醒める Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to wake; to wake up
- to become sober; to sober up; to regain consciousness (e.g. after anaesthesia)
- to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
- トンネル☆ Inflection
noun:
- tunnel
~する noun:
- to tunnel (through a potential barrier) - Physics term
noun / ~する noun:
- letting a grounder go through one's legs - Baseball term
- 一流★【いちりゅう】
~の noun / noun:
- first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading
- characteristic; peculiar; unique
noun:
- school (e.g. of a performance art)
- one flag; one banner; one streamer - also written as 一旒
こんな一流選手が相手では勝ち目がない。 We have no chance against those top players.
彼女はなかなかやるようだが、一流じゃないね。 She's pretty good at it, but she lacks class.
- 消化★【しょうか】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- digestion (of food)
- digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
- consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
- losing one's form and turning into something else - orig. meaning - archaism
食物は胃の中で消化される。 Food is digested in the stomach.
食べているもので嫌いなものはよく消化しません。 Foods you eat which you don't like will not digest well.
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