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- 騎虎の勢い【きこのいきおい】
expression:
- having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through
- 付け替える【つけかえる】付替える・付け換える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to renew; to replace; to change for; to attach anew
- 思い直す☆【おもいなおす】思いなおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
- 置き換える☆【おきかえる】置きかえる・置き替える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to replace; to move; to change the position of
- 入れ替える☆【いれかえる】入れ換える・入れかえる・入れ代える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
倒置法は言葉の前後を入れ替えることにより文章を強調する効果があります。 Anastrophe, by switching around words, has the effect of emphasizing text.
- 思い返す☆【おもいかえす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
自分のしたことを思い返すと、バカだったなあとつくづく思うよ。 When I think back on what I did, I feel pretty stupid.
- 動かす☆【うごかす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position
- to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence
- to change; to alter; to deny
- to operate; to set in motion; to get going
- to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy
- to manage (e.g. funds)
下手に手を動かすと気付かれてしまうという強迫観念が俺を襲う。 I was assailed by the stupid, but unshakeable, idea that if I was imprudent enough to move my hand I'd be noticed.
人を動かす秘訣は話し上手であることより、聞き上手であることにある。 The secret of influencing people lies not so much in being a good talker as in being a good listener.
- 移る☆【うつる】遷る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to move (house); to transfer (department)
- to change the target of interest or concern
- to elapse (passage of time)
- to be permeated by a colour or scent
- to be infected; to be contagious; to spread (as in fire) - usually written using kana alone
当座のところ、僕は叔父の家に泊めてもらっているが、将来小さなアパートに移るつもりだ。 I am staying with my uncle for the time being, but later I will move to a small apartment.
私は、新居へ移ると共に、私の部屋へ引っ込んで、自分で炊事できるだけの道具ーー土釜、土鍋、七輪の類をととのえた。 When I moved into my new home, I just brought with me the things that I needed for cooking, an earthen rice cooker, an earthenware pot and an earthen charcoal brazier.
- として☆
expression:
- as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
- apart from... (used to change the topic)
- even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
- thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする
- なる☆《成る・為る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain
- to result in; to prove to be
- to consist of; to be composed of
- to succeed; to be complete
- to change into; to be exchanged for
- to play a role ➜ 成り済ます
- to be promoted - Shōgi term
godan ~る verb:
- to do ... - as お+masu-stem+になる, ご+noun+になる, etc. - honorific language
枝が伸び、実が成ることを想定して接ぐ場所を選びましょう。 Select the graft point after imagining how the branches will extend and fruit grow.
- なす☆《為す・成す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to build up; to establish - esp. 成す
- to form; to become (a state) - esp. 成す
- to accomplish; to achieve; to succeed in
- to change into
- to do; to perform - esp. 為す
auxiliary verb:
- to intend to; to attempt; to try - archaism
彼はきっと一財産を成すでしょう。 He is bound to make a fortune.
あなたのいうことと成すことは違う。 You don't practice what you preach.
彼女は一時に二事をなす能力をもっている。 She has a faculty for doing two things at once.
- 化ける☆【ばける】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
- to disguise oneself as
- to change radically; to metamorphose
- to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
猫は化けると言われる。 It is said that cats can change shape.
大器晩成の大物と言われて久しいけど、彼、いつになったら化けるのかね。 I haven't heard anyone call him a late bloomer in a while. But I do wonder when he's going to grow up.
- がらっと
adverb:
- to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door) - onomatopoeia
- to change completely; to do a 180
- 寝返りを打つ【ねがえりをうつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed)
- to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
- 読み替える【よみかえる】読替える Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to read a kanji with a different pronunciation
- to load (e.g. data on a computer); to read
- to change the language or wording (of a provision, etc.); to apply a different term - Law term
- とする☆ Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to try to ...; to be about to do ... - after the volitional form of verb
- to decide to ... - after the dictionary form of verb
- to take as; to treat as; to regard as
- to use for
- to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume
- to decide that; to think that
- to make into; to change into
- to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like
- to intend; to have the intention - with を目的
- 過ちて改めざる是を過ちと謂う【あやまちてあらためざるこれをあやまちという】過ちて改めざる是を過ちという・過ちて改めざるこれを過ちという Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)
- 換装【かんそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance
- 連濁【れんだく】
noun:
- euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)
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