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こぼすkobosu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to spill; to drop; to shed (tears)
  • to grumble; to complain
  • to let one's feelings show

ときどきtokidokiタンカーTANKAAgaこぼすkobosu石油sekiyumo水質汚染suishitsuosenwo増大zoudaiさせるsaseru Oil often spilled by tankers also adds to water pollution.

世間sekenにはnihahimagaなくてnakute読書dokushoできないdekinaitoこぼすkobosuhitoga多いooi There are many people in the world who complain that they are too busy to read.

フリーFURII Inflection

adjectival noun:

えいぞうeizou

noun / ~の noun:

  • reflection; image; picture (e.g. on a television); shot
  • video; film; footage; clip; video recording
  • image in one's mind; mental picture

aito哀しみkanashimino果てhateha俗受けzokuukeしたshitaけどkedo何といってもnanitoittemo映像eizounoきれいなkireina映画eigaだったdatta Although it was a popular movie, Out of Africa was more of a coffee-table movie than anything else.

かわすkawasuirr. Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.)
  • to intersect; to cross; to interlace

suffix / godan ~す verb:

  • ... with one another; ... to each other - after the -masu stem of a verb

watashihakareとはtoha解釈kaishakuwo交わすkawasu程度teidono間柄aidagaraであるdearu I have a nodding acquaintance with him.

めざめるmezameru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to wake up; to awake
  • to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
  • to come to one's senses

目覚めるmezameruto見慣れないminarenai部屋heyaniいたita I awoke to find myself in a strange room.

すれるsureru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to rub; to chafe
  • to wear out; to become worn
  • to lose one's innocence; to become sly

シンとSHINto静まったshizumatta部室bushitsu響くhibikunohaクロッキー帳KUROKKIIchouni擦れるsureru鉛筆enpitsunootoだけdake The club room returned to quiet. All that could be heard was the sound of pencil on sketchpad.

いちるいichirui

noun:

  • first base - Baseball term
  • first baseman - abbreviation - Baseball term 一塁手
  • one fort

kareha一塁ichiruihe投げたnageta He threw the ball to first base.

ひかえhikae

noun:

  • reserve; spare; backup
  • note; memorandum

noun / suffix noun:

  • duplicate; copy; stub (of a ticket, etc.)

noun:

  • waiting one's turn
どくそうdokusou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • running alone; running solo
  • having a large lead (over the others); being far ahead (of everyone else)
  • having one's own way; ignoring others' opinions and acting as one wishes; arbitrary action

ヤンキースYANKIISUha優勝yuushouhe独走dokusou態勢taiseiwo整えているtotonoeteiru The Yankees are running away with the pennant race.

おしだしoshidashi

noun:

  • pushing something out; extrusion
  • presence; appearance
  • run walked in - Baseball term
  • pushing one's opponent out by pressing one's hands up against them - Sumo term
くいさがるkuisagaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to
  • to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose
  • to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips - Sumo term
あみだamidaold

noun:

てっぺんteppenてへんtehenobs.てっぺいteppeiobs.

noun:

  • top; summit; apex; peak
  • twelve o'clock (usu. midnight) てっぺん - often in てっぺんを回る or てっぺん回る - slang
  • top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown - esp. 頂辺 when in kanji - obscure term

私たちwatashitachiha大阪oosakaタワーTAWAAnoてっぺんteppenni上がったagatta We got to the top of Osaka Tower.

ひらめくhiramekuひろめくhiromekuobs. Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to glitter; to sparkle; to gleam
  • to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to undulate
  • to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
とぼけるtobokeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play innocent; to have a blank facial expression
  • to play the fool
  • to be in one's dotage
どうおんdouon

noun / ~の noun:

  • homophony; same pronunciation; same sound - Linguistics term
  • unison; same pitch - Music term
  • (in) one voice; (speaking in) unison
いんin

noun:

  • cause; factor
  • hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term 縁【えん】
  • the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) 因明
くるkuru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
  • to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
  • to count (e.g. the days)
  • to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
はこいりhakoiri

~の noun / noun:

  • cased; boxed
  • precious; cherished

noun:

  • girl who has been sheltered from the world - abbreviation 箱入り娘
  • one's special talent おはこ
しゅつじshutsuji

noun:

  • birthplace
  • descent; blood-lines; origins
  • one's outward self
ふぎfugi

noun / ~の noun:

  • immorality; injustice; misconduct; impropriety; perfidy
  • adultery; infidelity; cuckoldry
  • murdering one's teacher or a government official - archaism 八虐
でんがくdengaku

noun:

  • ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
  • rice dance; rice festival
  • tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term 田楽焼き
  • turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation 田楽返し
ほっかいhokkaiほうかいhoukai

noun:

  • universe - Buddhism term
  • realm of thought - Buddhism term
  • underlying principle of reality; manifestation of true thusness - Buddhism term
  • being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other ほうかい - abbreviation 法界悋気
ものまえmonomae

noun:

  • just before a war - archaism
  • day before a holiday - archaism
  • day before the one on which prostitutes were forced to accept customers - archaism 紋日
じんjin

noun:

  • defilement; impurity; affliction - Buddhism term
  • object (perceived with the mind or the senses)

numeric:

  • one billionth

Kanji

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