Results, #colloquial
- 手★【て】
noun:
- hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
- forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
- means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
- hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
- one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
- ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
- hand (of cards)
- direction ➜ 山の手
noun / suffix noun / counter:
- move (in go, shogi, etc.)
こちらに来るように手で合図した。 I made motions at him to come here with my hand.
ここに手のないナベがある。 Here is a pan without handles.
いい手を思いついた。 I hit upon a good idea.
- 大丈夫★【だいじょうぶ・だいじょぶ】 Inflection
adjectival noun:
- safe; secure; sound; problem-free; without fear; all right; alright; OK; okay
adverb:
- certainly; surely; undoubtedly
interjection / adjectival noun:
- no thanks; I'm good; that's alright - colloquialism
noun:
- great man; fine figure of a man [だいじょうぶ] - archaism ➜ 大丈夫【だいじょうふ】
- 猫★【ねこ】ネコ
noun:
あなたのサイトは、猫に興味のある人達にとって魅力的です。 Your site appeals to people who are interested in cats.
- 箱★【はこ】函・匣・筥・筐・凾
noun:
- box; case; chest; package; pack; crate
- car (of a train, etc.)
- shamisen case; shamisen
- public building; community building - often written as ハコ - colloquialism ➜ 箱物
- man who carries a geisha's shamisen - archaism ➜ 箱屋
- receptacle for human waste; feces (faeces) - archaism
suffix / counter:
- counter for boxes (or boxed objects)
その取っ手を右にねじると箱は開きます。 Twist that knob to the right and the box will open.
人生は一箱のマッチに似ている。重大に扱うのはばかばかしい。重大に扱わねば危険である。 Life is as a box of matches. Treating it cautiously is foolish, not treating it cautiously is dangerous.
- 痛い☆【いたい】甚い Inflection
adjective:
- painful; sore
- cringy; embarrassing - colloquialism
adjective / suffix:
- exceeding - esp. 甚い ➜ 甚く
- あそこ☆・あすこ・かしこ《彼処・彼所》アソコあしこobs.・あこobs.《彼処・彼所》
pronoun:
- there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder; you-know-where ➜ どこ・ここ・そこ
noun:
- genitals; private parts [あそこ・あすこ・アソコ] - colloquialism
- that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point ➜ あれほど
- あれ☆・あobs.《彼》
noun:
- that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) ➜ 何れ・此れ・其れ
- that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)
- over there - archaism
- down there (i.e. one's genitals) [あれ] - colloquialism
- period; menses [あれ] - colloquialism
interjection:
- hey (expression of surprise, suspicion, etc.); huh?; eh?
noun:
- that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
あれがこの町の大通りだ。 That is the main street of this city.
あれなら絶対大丈夫! Yeah, she must be the sure thing!
あれ?何だろ?パフォーマンスでもやってるのか? Hello, what's that? Somebody doing street theatre or something?
- やる☆《遣る・行る》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study - colloquialism ➜ 為る【する】
- to send; to dispatch; to despatch
- to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
- to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
- to make (a vehicle) go faster
- to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
- to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
- to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ➜ 演る
- to ease (one's mind)
- to harm; to injure; to kill - colloquialism ➜ 殺る
- to have sex with - slang ➜ 犯る
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
suffix / godan ~る verb:
- to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
- to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance - after the -masu stem of a verb
auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:
- to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) - after the -te form of a verb
- to make active efforts to ... - after the -te form of a verb
じゃあ2人乗りを許してやるからお前漕げ、俺が荷台に乗るから。 Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack.
5ドルをやる。 I'll give you five dollars.
全てを捨ててこのレストランをやる目的はひとつだけでした。 I had only one aim in throwing everything away to run this restaurant.
- 頭☆【あたま・かしら】
noun:
- head
- hair (on one's head)
- mind; brains; intellect [あたま]
- leader; chief; boss; captain
- top; tip
- beginning; start
- head; person [あたま]
- top structural component of a kanji [かしら]
- pair [あたま] - colloquialism - Mahjong term ➜ 雀頭【ジャントー】
アリスは頭に花をさしています。 Alice has a flower in her hair.
私、ケンと付き合ってるの。彼って、カッコ良くて優しくて、頭もいいの。おまけに、独身よ! I'm going with Ken. He is cool, gentle and smart. What's more, he is single!
その間ずっと、じいさんの言ったことが、メロンの周りを飛び回る蠅の羽音のように、頭の中でぶんぶんと鳴っていました。 All that time the things granddad had said, like the sound of flies flying round a melon, buzzed in my head.
- はい☆
interjection:
- yes; that is correct - polite language
- understood; I see; OK; okay
- present; here - as a response to a roll call
- pardon?; what's that?; come again? - with rising intonation - colloquialism
- now; here; here you go - used when calling for someone's attention or when handing something to someone
- giddy-up; giddap
- 赤☆【あか】紅・朱・緋old
noun:
- red; crimson; scarlet
- red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
- Red (i.e. communist) - often written as アカ - colloquialism
- red light (traffic) - abbreviation ➜ 赤信号
- red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red - abbreviation ➜ 赤字・赤字
~の noun:
- complete; total; perfect; obvious ➜ 赤の他人
noun:
- copper [赤] ➜ 銅【どう】
信号機が赤の間は道路を渡るな。 Don't cross the road while the signal is red.
サダムが脅威でないなどと言うのは、赤がかった反戦運動の人達くらい。 It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.
- 空気★【くうき】
noun:
- air; atmosphere
- mood; situation ➜ 空気を読む【くうきをよむ】
- someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all - colloquialism - idiom
- 無理★【むり】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
- impossible
adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:
- forcible; forced; compulsory - often as 無理に
adjectival noun:
- excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
~する noun:
- to work too hard; to try too hard
interjection:
- no way; not a chance; never; dream on - colloquialism
~の noun:
- irrational - Mathematics term
いつまでかかっても全部を説明するのは無理だ。 It would take forever for me to explain everything.
それをあなたに説明することは私には無理です。 It's impossible for me to explain it to you.
- 受ける☆【うける】請ける☆・承ける・享ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to receive; to get
- to catch (e.g. a ball)
- to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)
- to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence)
- to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge)
- to be given (e.g. life, talent) - esp. 受ける, 享ける
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to find funny; to find humorous; to be amused (by) - esp. ウケる - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to follow; to succeed; to be descended from - esp. 受ける, 享ける
- to face (south, etc.)
- to be modified by - esp. 受ける, 承ける - Linguistics term
- to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee - esp. 請ける, now primarily used in compound words ➜ 請け出す
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well - esp. ウケる, うける - usually written using kana alone
試練を受けることになったダレン。失敗すれば、死刑! Darren is to be put through a trial. If he fails, it's the death penalty!
それを発明した教授は大学から相当の対価を受ける権利がある。 The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.
重大な罪については、指導者に告白しなければ赦しを受けることができないとも教えています。 They also teach that, for great sins, they cannot receive forgiveness unless they confess to their leader.
- ガス☆《瓦斯ateji》
noun:
- gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas) - From Dutch or English
- gasoline; gas; petrol
- dense fog; thick fog
- gas stove; gas cooker; gas range - abbreviation ➜ ガス焜炉
- flatulence; gas; wind; fart - colloquialism
- 畑★【はたけ・はた】畠☆
noun:
- field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; vegetable plot; kitchen garden; plantation
noun / suffix:
- field (of specialization); sphere; area [はたけ] - ばたけ when suf
- womb; birth; birthplace [はたけ] - colloquialism
春になると畑をほりかえして種をまきます。 When spring comes, they dig up the fields and plant seeds.
- 地下★【ちか】
noun / ~の noun:
- basement; cellar; underground place
prefix:
- underground; below ground
- secret; under cover
noun:
- underground (railway); subway; metro - colloquialism - abbreviation
そして汚水を流すために地下に下水道を持っていた。 The house has pipes under the ground to carry dirty water away.
- 鉄★【てつ】鐵old
noun:
- iron (Fe)
~の noun / noun:
- strong and hard (as iron)
noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:
- railway - abbreviation ➜ 鉄道
noun / prefix noun:
- railway enthusiast - colloquialism
- 博士★【はかせ】
noun:
1972年に、フランシーヌ・パターソン博士はココに手話を教え始めた。 In 1972, Dr. Francine Patterson started to teach sign language to Koko.
理学部を卒業した学生のほとんどが修士課程に進み、そのほぼ半数が博士課程に進む。 Most graduates of the Department of Science proceed to a master's program, and roughly half of those continue on to their PhD.
- 桜★【さくら】櫻old
noun:
- cherry tree; cherry blossom
- decoy; fake buyer; shill - also 偽客
- hired applauder
- horse meat - colloquialism ➜ 桜肉
満開をチョイ過ぎた感はありましたが、それでも、美しい桜を満喫してきました。 They seem a little past their peak, but even so we enjoyed the beautiful cherry blossoms.
「ちょっくらデートしてくるねー」「7時には帰ってきなさいよ、桜」 "I'm just popping out on a date, OK?" "Come home by 7, Sakura!"
- 虎★【とら】トラ
noun:
- tiger (Panthera tigris)
- drunkard; drunk; sot - colloquialism
万一虎がおりから出てきたらどうしますか。 If a tiger should come out of the cage, what would you do?
- 回★【かい】
counter:
- counter for occurrences
noun:
- a time; an instance
- inning (baseball); round; game
noun / suffix noun:
- episode; chapter; instalment - colloquialism
noun:
新種の稲によっては年に2、3回収穫できる物もある。 Some new kinds of rice can be harvested two or three times a year.
このトーナメントに優勝するには、7回続けて勝たなくてはいけません。 We have to win seven times in a row to win this tournament.
一日に何回鏡で自分を見ているの? How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror?
- 小屋★【こや・しょうおく】
noun:
- hut; cabin; shed; (animal) pen
- small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; circus tent; booth [こや]
- one's own house - esp. しょうおく - humble language - colloquialism
- 豆☆【まめ】荳・菽
noun:
- legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, such as beans, peas, pulses, etc.); beans; peas
- soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; soy ➜ 大豆
- female genitalia (esp. the clitoris) - colloquialism
- kidney - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone - Food term
prefix noun:
- miniature; tiny
- child
飲む分だけ豆をローストして、ミルで挽くんです。 We roast just enough beans for the amount we're going to drink, and grind them in the coffee mill.
妹は豆の皮をむいた。 My sister shelled the beans.
私は毎朝自分でコーヒー豆を挽いている。 I grind my own coffee beans every morning.
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