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- 拝む☆【おがむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha); to pay one's respects
- to beg; to make a supplication
- to see (something or someone of high status) - sometimes used sarcastically in modern Japanese - humble language
- 言う★【いう・ゆう】云う☆・謂う Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to say; to utter; to declare
- to name; to call
- to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise ［言う］
もちろん冗談と思って彼は「あっそ」と流していましたけどかなり嫌だったそうです。（ってゆうか冗談でもそんなこと言うな！） Of course he thought it was a joke and let it slide with a "hm?" but he was seriously annoyed. I mean, just don't say things like that even as a joke!
- せり出す【せりだす】迫り出す・迫出す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude
- to rise out the trap door (on stage)
- 落とす☆【おとす】落す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
- to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
- to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
- to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
- to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
- to download; to copy from a computer to another medium - IT term
- to make someone swoon (judo) - Martial Arts term
- to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
- to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
車の速度を落とす装置（ハンプや狭さく）について、意見があったら書いてください。 If you have any opinions concerning traffic calming devices (humps, curb extensions, etc.) please write them.
しみをこすり落とすことができなかった。 I couldn't scrub the stain out.
日本語のソフトを落とすコツ・いいサイトありませんか？ Are there any knacks, or good sites, for downloading Japanese software?
- 興す☆【おこす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to revive; to promote; to make prosperous
- to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up; to launch; to commence ➜ 起こす
- 家庭に入る【かていにはいる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband
- ちょん切る【ちょんぎる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation)
- to fire (a person)
- 遊びに行く【あそびにいく】遊びにいく Inflection
expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):
- to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend) ➜ 遊びに来る
- 転ぶ☆【ころぶ・まろぶ】 Inflection
godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:
- to fall down; to fall over
- to turn out; to play out ［ころぶ］ - oft. as どう転んでも
- to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize ［ころぶ］ - in early Japanese Christianity
- to roll; to tumble ➜ ころがる
- (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret - archaism
- 手伝う☆【てつだう】手つだう Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to help; to assist; to aid
- to contribute to; to be a factor in
ああ、男に二言はない。でも手伝うだけだからな。美咲もやれよ。 Yes, a man is as good as his word. But I'll just be helping, you understand. You'll have to work too.
- たくらむ☆《企む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
- 追い抜く☆【おいぬく】追抜く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to pass (a car); to overtake ➜ 追い越す【おいこす】
- to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance; to outsail ➜ 追い越す【おいこす】
もしスペンサーが文を足して訳し続けなければ、他の貢献者がきっと彼を追い抜くだろう。 If Spenser doesn't keep adding and translating sentences, the other contributors will surely surpass him.
- 弾みをつける【はずみをつける】弾みを付ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
- 画する☆【かくする】劃する Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to draw (a line)
- to demarcate; to mark; to divide; to map out
- to plan
- 呈する【ていする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to present; to offer
- to show; to display; to exhibit
- to assume (e.g. a shape)
最初のパラグラフでは、いわゆるサプライサイドの経済戦略というものの妥当性について疑問を呈する。 In the opening paragraphs I query the validity of so-called supply-side economic strategies.
土曜日にはこの通りは買い物客で活気を呈するのが常だ。 This street will come alive with shoppers on Saturday.
- 画す【かくす】劃す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to draw (a line) ➜ 画する
- to demarcate; to mark; to divide; to map out
- to plan
- せき止める【せきとめる】堰き止める・塞き止める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to bring to a halt; to intercept
- to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
川の水をせき止めるために堤防が建設された。 A bank was built to keep back the water of the river.
- 切れる☆【きれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to break; to snap; to be cut; to split; to crack
- to be injured
- to wear out; to be worn out
- to break; to burst; to collapse
- to wear off; to stop working; to go dead
- to expire (time limit, etc.); to run out; to become due
- to run out (of stock, etc.); to be exhausted; to be used up; to be sold out; to be out of
- to be broken off (e.g. of a relationship); to break up; to have severed ties; to be cut off; to be disconnected
- to cut well; to be sharp
- to be sharp-minded; to be keen; to be shrewd; to be quick-witted; to be able
- to be short of; to drop under (a certain figure); to beat (e.g. a record time)
- to dry off
- to curve; to veer
- to shuffle (cards)
- to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip - colloquialism ➜ キレる
auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:
- to be able to do completely - after the -masu stem of a verb - usually written using kana alone
二人の子供は綱が切れるまで引っ張りあった。 The two children pulled at the rope until it broke.
１００メートル、１０秒切れる？ Will they break the ten-second mark in the hundred-metre race?
- 飼う☆【かう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
インコを飼うために必要なものを揃えましょう。 Let's get what we need to keep a parrot.
- 喫する☆【きっする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
- to eat; to drink; to smoke; to take
- to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
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