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ちらちらchirachiraチラチラCHIRACHIRAチラッチラッCHIRATCHIRA Inflection

~と adverb / ~する noun:

  • falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering - onomatopoeia
  • flickering; twinkling; glimmering; sparkling; dazzling - onomatopoeia
  • appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses - onomatopoeia
  • glancing (repeatedly) - onomatopoeia ちらっと
  • (hear, see) from time to time; intermittently - onomatopoeia
ことわるkotowaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline
  • to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance
  • to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

彼女kanojoha彼のkarenoプロポーズPUROPOOZUwo断るkotowaruほかなかったhokanakatta She had no choice but to turn down his proposal.

めからうろこがおちるmekaraurokogaochiruめからウロコがおちるmekaraUROKOgaochiruめからうろこがおちるmekaraurokogaochiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

ばいbaiバイBAI

noun:

  • Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell
  • spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell) - abbreviation 貝独楽
コラKORA

noun:

  • photomontage; manipulated photo; photoshopped picture - slang - abbreviation コラージュ
  • kora (West-African instrument)
  • kora layer; layer formed from volcanic ash on the southern part of the Satsuma Peninsula - Geology term
おいたてるoitateru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to shoo away
  • to press a tenant to leave; to evict
ひょうひょうhyouhyou

~と adverb / adverb:

  • whistling (of the wind); blowing
  • fluttering (in the wind); waving; flapping; flying
  • tottering; staggering
  • aimlessly; wandering about; roaming
  • aloof from the world; easygoing; transcendental; detached
イエローテールスターリーラビットフィッシュIEROOTEERUSUTAARIIRABITTOFYISSHUイエローテール・スターリー・ラビットフィッシュIEROOTEERU/SUTAARII/RABITTOFYISSHU

noun:

  • brown-spotted spinefoot (Siganus stellatus, species of rabbitfish from the Indian Ocean); starspotted spinefoot; tellate rabbitfish; yellow-tail starry rabbitfish
ふりfuri

noun / counter:

  • swing; shake; wave; swinging

noun:

  • appearance; behaviour - usually written using kana alone
  • pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to) - oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form - usually written using kana alone 振りをする

noun / ~の noun:

  • going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction - usually written using kana alone

noun:

  • move (dance); postures
  • lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up - oft. as フリ - usually written using kana alone 前振り
  • unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment

suffix / counter:

  • counter for swords, blades, etc.

noun:

  • not wearing underwear or pants - archaism

kareha彼女のkanojono話しhanashi振りfuriga気に入らなかったkiniiranakatta He did not like her manner of speech.

hitonoふりfuri見てmite我がwagaふりfuri直せnaose Learn wisdom from the faults of others.

watashihakareno言っているitteirukotogaわからないwakaranaiふりfuriwoしたshita I pretended not to understand what he was saying.

みわけるmiwakeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
  • to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

kareto彼のkarenoaniwo見分けるmiwakerunoha簡単kantanda It is easy to tell him from his brother.

ケリーKERIIha良質なryoushitsuna英語eigowo見分けるmiwakerumegaあるaru Kelly has an eye for good English.

けいまkeimaケイマKEIMA

noun:

  • knight - Shōgi term
  • keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone
はじまるhajimaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to begin; to start; to commence
  • to happen (again); to begin (anew)
  • to date (from); to originate (in)

授業jugyouhaji三十funからkara始まるhajimaruからkara Class doesn't begin until eight-thirty.

さますsamasu 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】

karewo眠りnemuriからkaraさますsamasuna Don't arouse him from his sleep!

酔いyoiwo覚ますsamasuためにtameni散歩sanponi出かけたdekaketa I went for a walk to try to sober up.

かたごえるkatagoeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to put on a moderate amount of lean or firm weight; to gain healthy weight (e.g. from muscle); to become overweight as opposed to obese
ほろほろhorohoro

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • by ones and twos - onomatopoeia
  • tears or flower petals falling quietly - onomatopoeia はらはらぼろぼろ
  • gurgling bird sound - onomatopoeia
  • falling apart; crumbling; melting (in one's mouth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

  • dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc. - Food term
あしながおじさんashinagaojisan

noun:

  • anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) 大蚊
  • harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
ソフトかSOFUTOka Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy - Economics term
  • softening
  • release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)
ごうどうコンパgoudouKONPA

noun:

  • joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party 合コン
ごうコンgouKON Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party - abbreviation 合同コンパ
かもがねぎをしょってくるkamoganegiwoshottekuru Inflection

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

  • along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back [literal] 鴨鍋
エメラルドツリーモニターEMERARUDOTSURIIMONITAAエメラルド・ツリー・モニターEMERARUDO/TSURII/MONITAA

noun:

  • emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor
でがらしdegarashiirr.

~の noun / noun:

  • used up (tea leaves, coffee grounds); insipid (tea, coffee made from such leaves or grounds); watery
ちゃせんchasen

noun:

  • tea whisk; bamboo whisk for making Japanese tea
  • hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk)
ぐれるgureruグレるGUREru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
てきにうしろをみせるtekiniushirowomiseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail
  • to expose one's weakness to an adversary

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