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探検
- たんけん
- exploration, expedition
- +する -> explore
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楽譜
- がくふ
- music, notation, sheet music
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抵抗
- ていこう
- opposition, resistance
- +する -> resist, fight back
- +できない -> irresistable
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都合
- つごう
- convenience
- +のよい -> convenient
Ex. ご都合のつき次第お電話を下さい。 Please phone me at your earliest convenience.
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もったいぶって
grandly, importantly
Ex. 彼女はもったいぶって部屋に入った。 She 'sailed' into the room.
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計る、測る、量る、図る
- はかる
- time, measure, weigh, survey, guage (ability, skill, etc)
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薄情な
- はくじょうな
- cold, cold-hearted, unkind
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標準
- ひょうじゅん
- standard, norm, par
- +の -> standard, regular
*標準語 - standard language
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でこぼこ
- inequality, irregularity
- +の -> rough, bumpy, uneven (a road, for example)
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贅沢
- ぜいたく
- luxury, splurge
- +な -> luxurious, extravogant, expensive, rich, fancy
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気ぜわしい
feel rushed/pressed, fidgety, restless
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ふと
Ex. ふと本でも読んでみる気になる。 Have a whim to read.
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気立て
- きたて
- good-natured, good-tempered
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症状
- しょうじょう
- symptom, indication
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悔やむ
後悔(こうかい)する、regret, repend
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絞める
- しめる
- strangle, choke off
- *抱き締める(だきしめる) uses a different kanji, so be carefull
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疑う
- うたがう
- doubt, suspect, wonder, question
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伴う
- ともなう
- accompany, companion, come with
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光景
- こうけい
- sight, scene, spectacle
Ex. An ugly sight to behold
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睨む
- にらむ
- stare, look ~'s way, watch
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突っ伏す
- つっぷす
- fall on one's knees (go prostate)
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養う
- やしなう
- bring up, raise, support, provide (for)
- Ex. Raise a family of 4 kids.
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因みに
- ちなみに
- by way of parenthesis, along the same topic, in that connection
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握る
- にぎる
- grip, seize, hold (to seize control)
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騒ぐ
- さわぐ
- make a lot of noise, make a racket
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常識
- じょうしき
- common sense, gumption
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ごまかす
だます、deceive, cheat, swindle
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拒む
- *use ことわる and it feels like you're refusing once and then it's done
- *use こばむ and if feels like it's a continuing thing
- Ex. ことわる - He refused authority
- Ex. こばむ - He defied authory. (What?! Again?!)って感じ
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塞ぐ
- ふさぐ
- close, stop, stuff, fill, seal; obstruct
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あらかじめ
before hand, in advance
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勇敢な
- ゆうかんな
- brave, courageous, heroic
- +に -> bravely, gallantly
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始末
- しまつ
- dispose
- +する -> dispose of, do away with
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もたもた
inefficient, slow
Ex. もたもたするな! Be quick!
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烙印
- らくいん
- brand
- +を押す -> stigmatize, brand
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