Results, to sound shrill and nervous
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- 食いつぶす【くいつぶす】食い潰す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
あの子ったら、ほんとによく食べるわね。財産を食い潰す気かしら! That boy of mine! He'll eat me out of house and home!
- 射すくめる【いすくめる】射竦める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
- 幣を奉る【ぬさをたてまつる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god
- 身の回りの世話をする【みのまわりのせわをする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
- 耳をダンボにする【みみをダンボにする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo ➜ 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】
- 打ち込む☆【うちこむ】打ちこむ・打込む・うち込む Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in
- to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to smash
- to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades) ➜ 撃ち込む
- to input (data); to enter
- to devote oneself to; to go heart and soul into; to throw oneself into; to go head over heels for
- to practice hitting (baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term
- to hit (an opponent in kendo, boxing, etc.); to get a blow in - Martial Arts term
- to invade one's opponent's territory (in the game of go); to place a stone in an opponent's formation
- to pour (concrete, etc.) into a form
ノートパソコンの電源を入れ、ブラウザを立ち上げて、もう覚えてしまったアドレスを打ち込む。 I switch on my laptop, start up the browser, and type in the address I've already learnt by heart.
基礎に杭を打ち込むのを忘れて、空中に楼閣を建てるとは、あなたも愚かな人だ。 It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
- 対の屋【たいのや】対屋
noun:
- side house (to the east, west, or north of a main residence; home to women, children and servants) ➜ 寝殿造
- 取っ付く【とっつく】取っつく・取付くirr. Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to
- to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake
- to take hold of; to possess; to haunt - of an illness, demon, etc.
- to approach (a person); to deal with (someone)
- 反社会的勢力【はんしゃかいてきせいりょく】
expression / noun:
- criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; anti-social forces [literal]
- 得る☆【うる】
suffix:
- to be able to ...; can ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
expression:
- 曲げる☆【まげる】枉げる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to bend; to crook; to bow; to curve; to curl [曲げる]
- to lean; to tilt; to incline; to slant [曲げる]
- to bend (the truth); to distort; to twist; to pervert
- to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to ignore (what one really thinks)
- to pawn
- 後先【あとさき】
noun:
- front and rear; before and after; both ends; beginning and end; order; consequences; context
- 可愛がる☆【かわいがる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to love; to cherish; to be affectionate to; to treat tenderly; to dote on
- to show favouritism to; to be partial to
- to fondle; to caress; to pet
- to be tough on; to be rough with; to torment; to train harshly - used ironically; often as 可愛がってやる - colloquialism
彼女はその人形を実の妹のようにかわいがる。 She loves the doll like her own sister.
親というものは、どんなに腕白でも、子供を可愛がるものです。 Parents love their children however naughty they are.
- 改める★【あらためる】検める・革める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to change; to alter; to revise; to replace [改める・革める]
- to reform; to correct; to mend; to improve [改める・革める]
- to examine; to check; to inspect [改める・検める]
- to do properly; to do formally [改める・革める]
まあ、過ちを改めるに遅すぎるということはない。 Well, there's no such thing as being too late to correct one's faults.
- ミイラ取りがミイラになる【ミイラとりがミイラになる】
expression:
- intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom
- 犇めき合う【ひしめきあう】ひしめき合う Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
- 食い繋ぐ【くいつなぐ】食いつなぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:
- to ration out and survive on (some food)
- to eke out a living
- ぬめぬめ《滑々・滑滑》ヌメヌメ Inflection
~と adverb / adverb:
- wet and glistening; slimy; slippery
~する noun:
- to have a sheen; to be slimy
- 耳に残る【みみにのこる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
- 図る★【はかる】謀る☆ Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to plan; to attempt; to devise
- to plot; to conspire; to scheme - esp. 謀る
- to aim for; to strive for; to work towards; to seek [図る]
- to deceive; to trick; to take in [謀る]
彼らと協力して世界平和を図る。 I am working with them towards world peace.
効果的に意志の疎通を図るのに他の語学を知っているだけでは、十分ではない。 In order to bring about an effective agreement of wills, it is not sufficient to study other languages.
- 用人【ようにん】
noun:
- manager; steward; factotum; person next in rank to the chief retainers and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) ➜ 御用人
- useful person
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