Results, one-upmanship
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- 案ずる【あんずる】按ずる Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:
いつまでも思い悩まないで、とりあえず動いてみたら。案ずるより産むが易しだよ。 I'd stop worrying about it and take some action. The anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face.
- 大学★【だいがく】大學old
noun:
あなたは理科系の大学に進んだほうがいいよ。 You should go on to a technical college.
合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。 The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.
- 山★【やま】
noun / counter:
- mountain; hill
- mine (e.g. coal mine)
- heap; pile
noun:
- crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object
- climax; peak; critical point
- guess; speculation
- criminal case; crime - used by policemen, crime reporters, etc.
- mountain climbing; mountaineering
- festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd) ➜ 山鉾
- wall; wall tile - Mahjong term
- temple; temple grounds - archaism
prefix noun:
- wild
「わたしは森の中に入って、山に駆け上がったことを後悔していない。」と弟は答えた。 "I do not regret having gone into the forest and up the mountain," replied the younger brother.
それはお金の山をかき集めるために用いられた。 It was used for raking together heaps of money.
- 留守★【るす】留主 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- absence; being away from home
noun / ~する noun:
- house-sitting; house-sitter
noun:
- being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting - usu. as お留守になる
彼女に留守を頼んで外出しました。 I went on the trip, leaving the house in her care.
- 通る☆【とおる】徹る・透る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
- to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
- to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
- to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
- to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
- to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
- to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
- to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
- to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
- to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
- to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
- to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
- to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism
suffix / godan ~る verb:
- to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb
容易に試験に通ると思う。 I expect her to pass the examination easily.
法案は間違いなく通るよ。 This bill is safe to pass.
富んでいるものが神の国に入るよりは、らくだが針の穴を通る方がもっと易しい。 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
- 足す☆【たす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to add (numbers)
- to add (something); to top up (with something)
- to take care of (e.g. one's business) ➜ 用を足す
- 別れる☆【わかれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to part (usu. of people); to part from; to part with; to be apart from
- to separate (of a couple); to break up; to divorce
- to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
- お宅☆【おたく】御宅
noun:
- your house; your home; your family - honorific language
- your husband - honorific language
- your organization - honorific language
pronoun:
- you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) - honorific language
- 利益★【りえき・りやく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- profit; gains
- benefit; advantage; interest (of the public, etc.)
- grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing; miracle [りやく]
- 支配★【しはい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- domination; rule; control
- direction; management; guidance
- control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate); governing; influence; holding sway over
- 牛★【うし・ぎゅう】ウシ
noun:
父は牧場を持っていて牛や馬を飼育している。 My father has a ranch and breeds cattle and horses.
日本の牛は広範囲に霜降りがある。 In Japan beef has a high degree of marbled fat.
- 皮★【かわ】
noun:
- skin; hide; pelt; fur ➜ 革
- rind; peel; husk; bark
- shell; sheath; wrapping
- mask (hiding one's true nature); seeming ➜ 化けの皮【ばけのかわ】・欲の皮が突っ張る【よくのかわがつっぱる】
あのサッカーボールは本物の皮でできている。 That football is made of genuine leather.
私は林檎の皮をむくことができる。 I can peel an apple.
ぎょうざの具のあまりは?餃子を家で作りましたが、皮が少なかったせいか、具が少し余ってしまいました。 Gyoza stuffing? I made some gyoza at home but, possibly because I didn't have enough dough, I had some of the filling left over.
- 鬼★【おに・き】
noun:
- oni; ogre; demon
- spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
- ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) [おに]
- it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) [おに] ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
- Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) [き] - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】
prefix:
- very; extremely; super- [おに] - slang ➜ 超
来年のことを言えば鬼が笑う。 Speak of the next year, and the devil will laugh.
同じ頃、事務員・有村夏恵は、今月を限りに退職する旨を五鬼上に申し入れた。 At the same time, the clerk Natsue Arimura told Gokijo of his intent to resign after this month.
- 稼ぐ☆【かせぐ】 Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to earn (income); to make (money)
- to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to play (for time)
godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:
- to work hard (at one's job); to labor; to labour; to toil
競馬で稼ぐ!ありえないほど儲かる競馬ノウハウ集! Earn money on the races! Know-how collection on horse racing will have you raking it in!
- 中☆【ちゅう】
noun / prefix / suffix:
- medium; average; middle
noun:
- moderation
- middle school - abbreviation ➜ 中一・中学校
- China - abbreviation ➜ 中国
- volume two (of three) - abbreviation ➜ 中巻
suffix noun:
いとこたちは2、3日中にくるでしょう。 My cousins are coming in a few days.
うわさの正体をつきとめるために、会社中を調べ回っているんだ。 I've been nosing around the office trying to find out the news.
その学校は、中・高一貫校だということを頭の片隅にでも入れておいて下さい。 Bear in mind that that school is an integrated junior high and high school.
これらの数字が示すのは、大学1年生の5人中3人が政治に無関心だということだ。 These figures indicate three in five college first-year students are indifferent to politics.
10人中3人はビデオを持っている。 Three out of ten persons have a video.
そのピアニストの演奏中、彼らは一心に耳を傾けた。 They were all ears while the pianist was playing.
- 隙間☆【すきま】すき間・透き間・透間・隙き間irr.
noun:
- crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
- spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
- chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness
- 縮める☆【ちぢめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
- to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
- to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)
- 角☆【かく】
noun / suffix noun:
私は角にある劇場に行くところです。 I'm going to the theater on the corner.
- 室☆【しつ】
noun / suffix noun:
先生は生徒達に講義室を退出させなかった。 The teacher did not permit the students to leave the lecture hall.
来週、商品開発の打ち合わせをしたいから、どこか会議室押さえといてくれる? I want to schedule next week's product development meeting. Could you pin down a meeting room for me?
- とがめる☆《咎める》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to blame; to reproach; to censure; to rebuke; to reprove; to find fault; to take to task; to criticize; to criticise
- to question (a suspect); to challenge
ichidan verb:
- to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated; to get inflamed
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to prick (one's conscience) ➜ 気が咎める
- 揺さぶる☆【ゆさぶる】揺さ振る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
- to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
- to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term
- 澄ます☆【すます】清ます Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to clear; to make clear
- to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to feign indifference
- to look demure; to look prim; to put on airs
- to strain (one's ears); to listen carefully ➜ 耳を澄ます【みみをすます】
- 束ねる☆【たばねる・つかねる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe
- to govern; to manage; to control; to administer
- to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands) [つかねる]
Kanji
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