Results, on the qui vive
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- 美食☆【びしょく】 Inflection
noun:
- gourmet food; delicious food
noun / ~する noun:
- dining on gourmet food; following a lavish diet; living as an epicure
- 履き違える【はきちがえる】はき違える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put on another's shoes
- to be mistaken; to mistake one thing for another
- さらし首【さらしくび】晒し首・曝し首・晒首・曝首
noun:
- criminal's head on public display; displaying a beheaded head; beheaded head
- 虎の尾を踏む【とらのおをふむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to play with fire; to take a great risk; to step on a tiger's tail [literal] - idiom
- 油断も隙もない【ゆだんもすきもない】油断も隙も無い
expression:
- one must constantly be on one's guard with ...; one cannot be too careful of ...
- 袖下【そでした】
noun:
- bottom of the sleeve - archaism
- height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
- secret; secret bribe ➜ 袖の下
- 盈虚【えいきょ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon - Astronomy term ➜ 盈虧
- rising and falling (of fortune)
- お後がよろしいようで【おあとがよろしいようで】
expression:
- (from rakugo) that's all from me, and now the next speaker ...; expression used to hand over to the next speaker
- 知る人ぞ知る【しるひとぞしる】
expression:
- well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
- 缶詰☆【かんづめ】缶詰め☆・罐詰めold・罐詰old
noun / ~の noun:
- canned food; tinned food
noun:
- confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work) - usu. 缶詰にする
- being stuck in a confined space - usu. 缶詰になる
- 石打【いしうち】石打ち
noun:
- rock fight; stone-throwing fight ➜ 石合戦
- custom by which neighbours or friends threw rocks inside a couple's house on their wedding night
- 操る☆【あやつる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer
- to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
- to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
- to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind
あの通訳は5か国語を自由に操る。 That interpreter is a master of five languages.
光速の異名を持ち重力を自在に操る高貴なる女性騎士が登場するゲームをしたい。 I want to play a game where a noble female knight with the nickname "Light-Speed" freely manipulates gravity.
- でもある☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb (irregular):
- to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
- to be ... or something
- 文武兼備【ぶんぶけんび】
noun:
- well up in both literary and military (martial) arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen - four character idiom
- 声点【しょうてん】
noun:
- tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese
- 声符【しょうふ】
noun:
- tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese ➜ 声点
- 知恵袋☆【ちえぶくろ】
noun:
- fount of knowledge; the smart one (of a group of people); brains - idiom
- bag full of wisdom; bag containing all the world's wisdom
- 丁種【ていしゅ】
noun:
- being unfit for duty in the former Japanese military (due to failing the conscription physical); person who is unfit for military duty
- 形式張る【けいしきばる】形式ばる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
- 脱着【だっちゃく】
noun:
- attaching and detaching; putting on and removing; installing and removing ➜ 着脱
- desorption Antonym: 吸着【きゅうちゃく】
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