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ちかよせるchikayoseru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to bring close; to bring near
  • to associate with (someone); to keep company with; to let come close
つかすtsukasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to use completely; to use up; to exhaust
  • to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone) 愛想を尽かす
つりあがるtsuriagaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be lifted up; to be hung up
  • to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
たちすくむtachisukumu Inflection

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
かたたがえkatatagae

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり方違へ所
かたたがいkatatagai

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり
かこうありといえどもくらわずんばそのうまきをしらずkakouaritoiedomokurawazunbasonoumakiwoshirazu

expression:

  • one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb
めをたのしませるmewotanoshimaseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on 目を悦ばす
だくするdakusuru Inflection

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

  • to consent to; to assent to
にっちもさっちもいかないnitchimosatchimoikanai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
つぼあらいtsuboarai

noun:

  • individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ソープランド
せんsenold

noun:

  • hundredth of a yen
  • coin made of non-precious materials 銭【ぜに】
  • one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency) - obsolete term
  • one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass) - archaism

senrinwo大切にtaisetsuniすればsureba大金taikinhaおのずとonozutoたまるtamaru Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

彼のkarenoビジネスプランBIJINESUPURANha立派rippadaけどkedo勘定kanjouあってattesen足らずtarazu、と,toいうiukimoするsuruけどkedone His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.

とびかかるtobikakaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
いとをひくitowohiku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes
  • to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
までもmademo

expression:

  • to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで 迄【まで】
  • doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
  • even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも
こだわりぬくkodawarinuku Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to refuse to compromise (on quality, etc.); to be fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end
いもるimoruイモるIMOru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve - slang
  • (in an online multiplayer game) to camp - slang
やけののきぎすよるのつるyakenonokigisuyorunotsuru

expression:

  • parents may risk life and limb for their children (like a pheasant when the plains are burning or a crane on a cold night) - obscure term
こなきじじいkonakijijii

noun:

  • Konaki Jijii (a ghost in Japanese folklore with the shape of a small old man and having a baby's cry)
すぽっとsupottoスポッとSUPOtto

adverb:

  • snugly (into hole, container, etc.); tightly (fitting, covering); firmly - onomatopoeia
  • (with a) pop (i.e. sound of a cork, etc. being pulled out of a hole in one movement); with a plop; (fall) straight - onomatopoeia
もらえるmoraeru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept 貰う
  • could you (give me); would you; can you - after the -te form of a verb as もらえないか, もらえますか, etc.

コンピューターKONPYUUTAAwo使えたらtsukaetaraもっとmottoお金okanewo貰えるmoraeruかもしれないkamoshirenaiのだnodaga They might pay me more if I could use a computer.

こぎくkogiku

noun:

  • small chrysanthemum
  • small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
  • paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term
たちあいtachiai

noun:

  • rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off - sometimes written 立ち会い - Sumo term 立ち会い
みまいきゃくmimaikyaku

noun:

  • visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer
ざつきzatsuki

noun:

  • working in the theater (theatre); attached to a particular theater

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