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- 対す【たいす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to face (each other); to be facing ➜ 対する
- to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to be related to
- to receive (a client, etc.)
- to compare with; to contrast with; to be in opposition with; to be opposed to
- to confront; to oppose; to compete with
- 向く☆【むく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
- to face (e.g. east); to look out on
- to point to
- to be suited to; to be fit for
- to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)
北を向くと、東は右側になる。 If you face north, the east is on your right.
- 映画化【えいがか】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen
その本が映画化されてから5年になる。 It's been five years since that book was made into a movie.
- 握りつぶす【にぎりつぶす】握り潰す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to crush (with one's hands)
- to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration); to pigeonhole; to smother
- 生かす★【いかす】活かす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc.)
- to let live; to keep alive
- to revive; to resuscitate; to bring back to life
- to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
自分の才能を思う存分生かすには、自分にもっとふさわしい職業、新しい職場を見つけることです。 In order to bring out your talents to the full you need to a profession more suited to you, to find a new work place.
君を生かすも殺すも僕次第だ。 It's up to me whether I kill you or let you live!
- 打ち開ける【ぶちあける】打ち明ける・ぶち開ける・ぶち明ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to forcefully open up a hole (in a wall, etc.)
- to speak frankly, holding nothing back ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】
- to throw out (everything inside)
- 聞き返す☆【ききかえす】訊き返す・きき返す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to listen repeatedly; to listen again
- to ask a question in return
- to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
- 切り回す【きりまわす】切りまわす・切回す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to manage; to control; to run; to handle
- to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about - also written as 斬り回す
- to cut around - archaism
- 破る☆【やぶる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to tear; to rip; to break; to destroy
- to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach
- to defeat; to beat
- to break (e.g. silence); to disturb (e.g. peace); to shatter (e.g. dream); to disrupt; to spoil
- to violate (e.g. rule); to break (e.g. promise); to infringe
- to break (a record)
僕は決して法律を破ることはしない。 I will never violate a law again.
- 立て直す☆【たてなおす】立直す・立てなおす Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to put back up; to stand back up
- to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to reorganize; to rearrange; to put right; to recover; to put back on its feet
- to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate; to revise
会社を立て直すために新しい指導者が必要だった。 We need a new leader to pull our company together.
- 乗り継ぐ☆【のりつぐ】乗継ぐ Inflection
godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:
- to connect (with a different flight); to make a (flight) connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
- 病膏肓に入る【やまいこうこうにいる・やまいこうもうにいるirr.】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to become seriously ill; to catch an incurable illness
- to become a slave of a habit
- やってみる《やって見る・遣ってみる・遣って見る》 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
- おぶう《負ぶう》 Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback
- to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.) - archaism
- はむ《食む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to eat (fodder, grass, etc.)
- to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
- 火を吹く【ひをふく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to burst into flames
- to fire (of a gun)
- to fan a fire with one's breath
- 幅を取る【はばをとる】ハバを取る【ハバをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take up a lot of space; to have a large space to oneself
- ご意見番【ごいけんばん】御意見番
noun:
- advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
- 足が付く【あしがつく】足がつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to be traced; to be tracked (by someone) - idiom
- to have a lover (for a woman) - idiom
- 禄を食む【ろくをはむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to get a salary (from); to receive a stipend (from); to be on the payroll (of)
- 留める☆【とどめる】止める・停める Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to cease; to put an end to
- to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to limit
- to record (e.g. a fact); to retain ➜ 記憶にとどめる
我々はあらゆる学校を運営させ続け、あらゆる教師を職にとどめておくべきです。 We should keep every school open and every teacher in his job.
- 会を抜ける【かいをぬける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to withdraw from a society; to quit an association; to give up one's membership of a society
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