Summer - 2014 Flashcards
(481 cards)
居合わせる
いあわせる
to happen to be present
公然
こうぜん
open, public, official, overt
至る, 到る
いたる
to arrive at (e.g. a decision), to reach (a stage), to attain, to lead to (a place), to get to, to come, to arrive, to result in
追いつく
おいつく
to overtake, to catch up (with)
腕
うで
arm, skill
頑固
がんこ
stubbornness, obstinacy
好む
このむ
to like, to prefer
好むと好まざるとにかかわらず
このむとこのまざるとにかかわらず
whether one likes it or not
躓く
つまずく, つまづく
to stumble, to trip, to fail
憂い
うれい
sorrow, grief, anguish, distress, trouble, affliction, anxiety, fear, misgivings
比較的
ひかくてき
comparative, relative
比喩
ひゆ, けいゆ
simile, metaphor, allegory, parable
保護
ほご, ほうご
care, protection, shelter, safeguard, guardianship, favor, favour, patronage
螳螂, 蟷螂, 鎌切
かまきり, とうろう, いもじり, いいぼむしり, カマキリ
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
蟋蟀, 蛩, 蛬
こおろぎ, コオロギ
cricket (Gryllidae spp.), any insect that chirps in autumn
虫かご
むしかご
insect cage
籠鳥
ろうちょう
caged bird
耳を塞ぐ
みみをふさぐ
to stop (plug) one’s ears
悔い改める
くいあらためる
to repent, to be penitent
叉焼
チャーシュー
roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)
千六本, 繊六本
せんろっぽん, せろっぽう
julienne (esp. of daikon), long, thin strips
けじめを付ける
けじめをつける
to draw the line (between two situations), to make a clear distinction, to take clear responsibility for (mistakes, etc.)
けじめ
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
踏ん切り
ふんぎり
determination, decision