Results, to sound shrill and nervous
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- 苦しめる☆【くるしめる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to hurt
- to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict; to distress; to bother; to trouble; to stump; to baffle
- 刺す☆【さす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
人をナイフで刺すのはやめましょう。 Let's refrain from stabbing people with knives.
- 奮起一番【ふんきいちばん】
noun:
- bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom
- 洛陽の紙価を高める【らくようのしかをたかめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism
- 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】
noun:
- Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom
- 話す☆【はなす】咄す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat
- to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss
- to speak (a language)
目上の人のすることについて話す時、尊敬語を使います。 When speaking about your superiors' actions, you use respectful language.
- 耐える★【たえる】堪える☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave
- to be fit for; to be equal to
本を読み、考えを話し合うことで、知恵や異なるアイデアに耐えることを学ぶことができる。 By reading books and discussing concepts, a person can gain wisdom and tolerance of differing ideas.
- ぶっこむ《ぶっ込む・打っ込む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in
- to throw; to toss; to cast
- to mix
- to wear (sword, etc.); to carry
- 聞く☆【きく】聴く☆・訊く☆ Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to hear
- to listen (e.g. to music) - usu. 聴く
- to ask; to enquire; to query - 聴く is more formal
- to learn of; to hear about
- to follow (advice); to comply with
- to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance [聞く・聴く] ➜ 香を聞く
あの歌を聴くと必ず高校時代を思い出す。 I never hear that song without remembering my high school days.
- ちらつかせる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to show; to display; to flash
- to dangle (an offer) in front of; to hold out; to indirectly hint at; to intimate; to obliquely suggest; to allude to; to imply
- to send flurries (of snow, etc.)
- 下がる☆【さがる】下るirr. Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower Antonym: 上がる
- to hang; to dangle
- to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire
- to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded
- to get closer to the present day
- to go south - in Kyoto
あお向けに寝ると、舌やノドチンコがノドの奥に下がるため、上気道が塞がりやすくなります。 If you sleep on your back it's easier for your upper airway to be obstructed because your tongue, uvula, etc. slip towards the back of your throat.
眠ると体の機能がゆっくりになり、体温が下がる。 When we are asleep, bodily functions slow down and body temperature falls.
- こなす☆《熟す》 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to digest
- to break down; to break to pieces; to crush
- to be able to use; to be good at; to have a good command of
- to finish; to complete; to manage; to perform
- to sell
suffix / godan ~す verb:
- to do ... well; to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb
他にその仕事をこなせる人はいないよ。 No one else can fill that job.
本当にその俳優は他のどの俳優よりも上手にカウボーイの役をこなした。 The actor really played cowboy roles better than any other actor.
彼女は若いけれどもその仕事をこなした。 Young as she was, she was equal to the work.
- 断る★【ことわる】断わる 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)
彼女は彼のプロポーズを断るほかなかった。 She had no choice but to turn down his proposal.
- 構う☆【かまう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb:
- to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for ➜ 構わない
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to be an issue; to matter; to create inconvenience
godan ~う verb:
- to keep company; to care for; to look after; to entertain; to pay attention to; to spend time with - usually written using kana alone
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to interfere with; to meddle in
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to tease
- to banish; to prohibit - archaism
たとえ失敗してもかまうものか。 If he fails, so what?
- 触れる☆【ふれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to touch; to feel
- to experience; to come in contact with; to perceive
- to touch on (a subject); to allude to; to refer to; to mention
- to be in conflict with; to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to infringe
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to proclaim; to make known; to spread (e.g. a rumour)
何かが足に触れるのを感じた。 I felt something touch my feet.
また一方で、若者たちは仏教に触れる中で、仏教を心の支えに必要なものと考え始めているようだ。 On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.
お袋の前ではそのことに触れるな。 Don't talk about it in my mother's presence.
- 弾む☆【はずむ】勢む Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to spring; to bound; to bounce
- to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to get lively
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to treat oneself to; to splurge on
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to breathe hard; to pant; to be out of breath ➜ 息が弾む【いきがはずむ】
私の胸は期待にはずむ。 My heart bounds with expectation.
ゴムのボールは弾力性があるから弾む。 A rubber ball bounces because it is elastic.
- 花鳥画【かちょうが】
noun:
- painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting
- 誘う★【さそう・いざなう】 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to invite; to ask (someone to do); to call (for); to take (someone) along
- to tempt; to lure; to entice; to seduce
- to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy); to provoke [さそう]
上司のミスター田中が君を飲みに誘うかもしれないってことを言っておくね。 I should tell you that my boss, Mr Tanaka, might try to take you drinking.
夕方に適度な運動をすると、睡眠を誘うのに役立つ。 Moderate exercise in the evening helps induce sleep.
- 惑い箸【まどいばし】
noun:
- hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸
- 迷い箸【まよいばし】
noun:
- hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸
- 一進一退☆【いっしんいったい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns - four character idiom
Kanji
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