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- 小の虫を殺して大の虫を生かす【しょうのむしをころしてだいのむしをいかす】
expression:
- to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and save a large one [literal] - proverb
- 覚ます☆【さます】醒ます Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to awaken; to arouse from sleep
- to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of)
- to sober up
- to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil ［醒ます］ ➜ 冷ます【さます】
- 外題学問【げだいがくもん】
noun:
- putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book (play, etc.); pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name - four character idiom
- こける《転ける・倒けるold》 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to collapse
- to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
- 詰まる☆【つまる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.)
- to be blocked (road, pipe, etc.); to be clogged; to be plugged up ➜ 鼻が詰まる
- to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to narrow
- to be at a loss; to be hard pressed - often in the form …につまる ➜ 言葉に詰まる・気の詰まる【きのつまる】
- to end up; to be settled ➜ 詰まる所【つまるところ】
- to become a geminate consonant ➜ 促音【そくおん】
- to hit the ball near the handle of the bat - Baseball term
- 采配を振るう【さいはいをふるう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to wield a baton; to swing a baton
- to lead; to direct; to command - colloquialism ➜ 采配を振る
- こなす☆《熟す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to digest
- to break down; to break to pieces; to crush
- to be able to use; to be good at; to have a good command of
- to finish; to complete; to manage; to perform
- to sell
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to do ... well; to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb
他にその仕事をこなせる人はいないよ。 No one else can fill that job.
本当にその俳優は他のどの俳優よりも上手にカウボーイの役をこなした。 The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.
彼女は若いけれどもその仕事をこなした。 Young as she was, she was equal to the work.
- コミケット
noun:
- コミケ
noun:
- 呼ぶ★【よぶ】喚ぶ・招ぶirr. Inflection
godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:
- to call out (to); to call; to invoke
- to summon (a doctor, etc.)
- to invite
- to designate; to name; to brand
- to garner (support, etc.); to gather
- to take as one's wife - archaism ➜ 娶る
あなたをケパと呼ぶことにします。 You will be called Cephas.
結婚式ではあまりにたくさんのごちそうが出されたので、新郎新婦はもっと多くの人を呼ぶべきだったかなと思い始めた。 Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.
ひんぱんに吐血する場合は、救急車を呼ぶか、近くの内科医に往診してもらう。 If you frequently spit-up blood you should call an ambulance or have a nearby physician make a house call.
- 跳ねる☆【はねる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to jump; to leap; to prance; to spring up; to bound; to hop
- to break up; to close; to come to an end
- to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone) - instead of 撥ねる
- 退く☆【しりぞく・しぞくobs.】斥く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to step back; to move back; to retreat
- to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
- to resign; to retire; to quit
- to concede
おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。 Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!
おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。 My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.
- よす☆《止す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up ➜ 止める【やめる】
- はじく☆《弾く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to flip; to snap; to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus); to calculate
- to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
- 付する☆【ふする】附する Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to affix; to append; to attach
- to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
- to follow (the leader)
- to submit (a document, etc.)
- すり潰す【すりつぶす】磨り潰す・擂り潰す・擂りつぶす・磨りつぶす・擂潰すirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to pulverise; to deface
- to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
- 付す【ふす】附す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to affix; to append; to attach ➜ 付する
- to entrust; to refer; to handle (as such)
- to follow (the leader)
- to submit (a document, etc.)
- はらむ☆《孕む・妊む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb:
- to conceive; to become pregnant
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with
- to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.); to involve (e.g. risk)
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to be swollen and ripe (of a plant ear, head, sprout, etc.)
- 子供を抱く【こどもをだく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
- to provide for a child (children)
- 歯が立たない【はがたたない】歯がたたない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)
- hard to chew
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