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- 八分【はちぶ】
noun:
- eight-tenths
- casting someone out
- type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg ➜ 鳶ズボン
- みずおおとかげ《水大蜥蜴》ミズオオトカゲ
noun:
- water monitor (Varanus salvator, species of carnivorous monitor lizard common from Sri Lanka in the west to the Philippines in the east); common water monitor ➜ サルバトールモニター
- 解く☆【とく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to untie; to unfasten; to unwrap; to undo; to unbind; to unpack
- to unsew; to unstitch
- to solve; to work out; to answer
- to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.); to clear up; to remove (suspicion); to appease
- to dissolve (a contract); to cancel; to remove (a prohibition); to lift (a ban); to raise (a siege)
- to release (from duty); to relieve; to dismiss
- to comb (out); to card; to untangle (hair) ➜ 梳く【すく】
この医師はガンの多くの不可解な点を解こうと努力している。 The doctor is trying to solve many of the riddles of cancer.
彼は重責を解かれた。 He was relieved of his heavy responsibility.
彼女は髪をくしでといてリボンで結んだ。 She combed her hair and bound it with a ribbon.
- スイカ
noun:
- Suica (rechargeable prepaid IC card that can be used as a train pass in the greater Tokyo, Osaka and Sendai regions and also as electric money in some stores) ➜ パスモ
- 当てつける【あてつける】当て付ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to have a dig at
- to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
- 初乗り【はつのり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- first ride (in a new vehicle, in the new year, etc.)
noun:
- base-fare zone; starting fare; base fare
- やってくる☆《やって来る・遣って来る》 Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- to come along; to come around; to turn up
- to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
来月やってくる彼の最近の映画に注目しなさい。 Watch out for his latest movie which comes out next month.
- 一味☆【いちみ】 Inflection
noun:
- clan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew
noun / ~する noun:
- participation (e.g. in a plot)
noun:
- one flavour; one charm
- one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
- universality (of the teachings of Buddha) - Buddhism term
「おい、だまれ。口数が多いぞ」とそのギャングの一味が言った。 "Hey, you shut up! You talk too much," the gangster said.
- ぺこん・ぺこり・ぺこりん
adverb / ~と adverb:
- sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
- action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia
- 女房★【にょうぼう・にょうぼ・にゅうぼうobs.】
noun:
- wife (esp. one's own wife)
- court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］
- woman (esp. as a love interest) ［にょうぼう・にゅうぼう］ - archaism
女房は店員さんより一回り小さい手だ。 My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
- 退く☆【しりぞく・しぞくobs.】斥く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to step back; to move back; to retreat
- to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
- to resign; to retire; to quit
- to concede
おい、いい加減パンツネタはやめとけよな、読者が退く、ドンビキ。 Hey, it's about time you quit it with the panty jokes. You'll put off the readers, you creeper!
おじは去年教職を退いたが、それでも何とか大学での地位にしがみつこうとした。 My uncle retired from teaching last year, but he still managed to hang onto a position at the university.
- 書記★【しょき】
noun:
- clerk; secretary
- writing down; putting on record
われわれの討議は書記によって記録される。 The records of our discussions are kept by the secretary.
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