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ねんきnenki

noun:

  • period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
  • apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture - abbreviation 年季奉公
  • one-year period 年期
かってながらkattenagara

expression / prefix:

  • to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

  • it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
  • on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision 勝手に
パクるPAKUruぱくるpakuru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off
  • to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize
  • to arrest; to nab; to round up
  • to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food
ひねくりまわすhinekurimawasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to twist; to twirl
  • to fiddle around with; to play with; to rewrite
  • to rack one's brains
げどうgedou

noun:

  • tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
  • heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
  • demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
  • type of fish one did not intend to catch
ふところにはいるfutokoronihairu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet
  • to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to make up to; to gain someone's trust
  • to get in close to one's opponent - Martial Arts, Sumo term
すさぶsusabu Inflection

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate 荒む
  • to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

  • to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around 遊ぶ - archaism
きがまわるkigamawaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be attentive to small details
  • to be attentive to others (or others' concerns)
  • to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
ひをふくhiwofuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to burst into flames
  • to fire (of a gun)
  • to fan a fire with one's breath
いちごうichigou

noun:

かたわkatawa Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • crippled; deformed - sensitive
  • imperfect; incomplete
  • one wheel 片輪

karehaitano片端katawawo持ち上げたmochiageta He upped one end of the plank.

あしつきashitsuki

noun:

  • something (equipped) with legs
  • sole of foot
  • one's manner of walking
じゅんこうjunkouじゅんぎょうjungyouobs. Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • going in order; proceeding in order; moving forward in order Antonym: 逆行
  • direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term
  • carrying out something without disobeying one's orders - archaism
てをうつtewoutsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to take measures (in face of events being anticipated)
  • to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain
  • to clap one's hands together
ごかgoka

noun:

  • five fruits (peach, Japanese plum, apricot, jujube, Japanese chestnut)
  • five types of effect in cause-and-effect relationships 五果 - Buddhism term
  • five effects of ignorance and formations on one's current life 五果 - Buddhism term
ゲラGERAげらgera

noun:

  • galley; tray used for printing ゲラ
  • galley proof ゲラ - abbreviation ゲラ刷り
  • one who laughs easily - Kansai dialect ゲラゲラ
いけるikeruイケるIKEru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be good (at); to go well - from 行ける
  • to look (taste, etc.) good
  • to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
きをひくkiwohiku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to attract someone's affection
  • to sound out somebody
  • to get one's hooks into
とっておきtotteoki

~の noun / noun:

  • reserve; spare
  • treasured; valued
  • (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
しんずいshinzui

noun:

  • marrow; pith
  • centre; center; nucleus; hub
  • bottom of one's heart
あかめakame

noun:

  • red eyes; bloodshot eyes
  • red-eye 赤目現象
  • red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) - usually written using kana alone 赤目魚
  • facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
ずしzushiold

noun:

  • miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
  • cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) 厨子棚
  • (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors 厨子甕
しんしょうshinshou

noun:

  • fortune; property
  • life circumstances; finances; housekeeping
  • one's worth; one's merit; asset; strong point
ji

suffix:

  • route; road
  • distance travelled in a day
  • one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s) 七十路
ぞっこんzokkonそっこんsokkonobs. Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • madly in love; completely charmed (by); head over heels (for)

adverb:

  • from the heart; entirely; completely

noun:

  • bottom of one's heart - archaism

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