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- 名乗る☆【なのる】名のる・名告る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as)
- to claim to be; to call oneself; to wear the title of
- to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to adopt as one's name; to take (a name)
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to call out the goods one is selling - archaism
- 主【あるじ】主人
noun:
- head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) - abbreviation
- entertaining someone as one's guest - also written as 饗 - archaism ➜ 饗設け
- 風穴を開ける【かざあなをあける】風穴をあける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)
- to breathe new life into; to provide a potential solution
- 山元☆【やまもと】山下・山本
noun:
- foot of a mountain; base of a mountain ➜ 山下【さんか】
- mine; colliery - esp. 山元
- owner of a mountain; operator of a mine - esp. 山元
- 満を持する【まんをじする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (spec.):
- to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す
- 神幸【しんこう・じんこう】
noun:
- transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony - Shintō term ➜ 神体
- 使いこなす☆【つかいこなす】使い熟す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
- 大路☆【おおじ・たいろ】
noun:
- main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
- most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) [たいろ] - archaism
- 横車☆【よこぐるま】
expression / noun:
- perverseness; obstinacy; something unreasonable (like pushing a cart from the side (instead of from behind)) ➜ 横車を押す
noun:
- side wheel throw (judo)
- アクが強い【アクがつよい】あくが強い・灰汁が強い【あくがつよい】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- having a strong alkaline taste; harsh to the taste ➜ あくの強い
- excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic ➜ あくの強い【あくのつよい】
- 眼鏡にかなう【めがねにかなう】眼鏡に適う・眼鏡に叶う Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to win the favour of (favor); to be acknowledged (e.g. by a superior); to measure up to
- 一事が万事【いちじがばんじ】
expression:
- a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens
- 上代語【じょうだいご】
noun:
- ancient language; ancient word
- ancient Japanese language; Japanese as spoken from the end of the 6th century to the end of the Nara period - Linguistics term
- 茶番☆【ちゃばん】
noun / ~の noun:
- farce; charade
noun:
- person who serves tea
- short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
だが、レーガン政権と最高裁判所に潰される前でさえ、OSHAは茶番であった。 Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.
- オンリーワン・オンリー・ワン
noun / ~の noun:
- only one (person, thing); sole; unique
~の noun:
- highest; best; most outstanding
- custom-made
- マイラー
noun:
- miler; competitor in one-mile races
- person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"
- 出来損ない【できそこない】出来そこない・でき損ない・出来損い・でき損い
noun / ~の noun:
- failure; defective article; dead loss; botch
noun:
- good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
- 荷が勝つ【にがかつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
- 総務会長【そうむかいちょう】
noun:
- chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
- 一瞬にして【いっしゅんにして】
expression / adverb:
- in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
- トップに立つ【トップにたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position - idiom
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