Words

Nidan verb with 'mu' ending, transitive verb

1. to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes)

   archaic

2. to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

   archaic

Yodan verb with 'su' ending, transitive verb

1. to eat; to drink

   honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; archaic

2. to wear (clothing)

   honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; archaic

3. to govern; to rule

   honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; archaic

ichidan verb, transitive verb

1. to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix

   そこに行くことに決めた。

   I made up my mind to go there.

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2. to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match)
3. to persist in doing; to go through with
4. to always do; to have made a habit of

   as 決めている

5. to take for granted; to assume
6. to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines
7. to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing
8. to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.)

   martial arts; sumo

9. to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs

noun, noun, used as a suffix

1. past; after

   １０時過ぎには電話をしないで下さい。

   Don't call me up after ten o'clock.

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2. too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

   word usually written using kana alone

   スピードの出し過ぎは危険です。

   Driving too fast is dangerous.

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ichidan verb, intransitive verb

1. to be able to eat

pre-noun adjectival

1. to be edible; to be good to eat

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

1. to be tasty; to be worth eating; to be worth trying
2. to be able to subsist; to be able to make a living
3. to be edible

noun, noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, transitive verb

1. receiving; getting; accepting; being given

   humble (kenjougo) language

   市民の皆様の御意見をちょうだいする予定です。

   We plan to elicit opinions from the public.

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2. eating; drinking; having

   humble (kenjougo) language

expressions

1. please (give me; do for me)

   familiar language; female term or language; word usually written using kana alone; as 〜をちょうだい or after the -te form of a verb

   このバラちょうだい。

   I'll take these roses.

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   いすで床をこすらないでちょうだい。

   Don't scrape your chair on the floor.

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godan verb, intransitive verb

1. to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat)

   このドレスはいつ頃、できあがりますか。

   How soon can you have this dress ready?

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2. to be very drunk; to get plastered

   colloquial

godan verb, intransitive verb

1. to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to dig into (e.g. of fingernails)

   医者の費用は本当に貯金に食い込む。

   Doctors' bills really cut into our savings.

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2. to eat into; to encroach; to make inroads; to penetrate (e.g. a market); to break into (e.g. first place); to erode; to cut into (e.g. time, savings)
3. to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

   vulgar expression or word

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

1. to be able to receive; to be able to take; to be able to accept

   humble (kenjougo) language; word usually written using kana alone

   いつごろ返事をいただけますか。

   When will you give me your answer?

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2. to be able to eat; to be able to drink

   humble (kenjougo) language; word usually written using kana alone

3. to be acceptable; to be satisfactory

   word usually written using kana alone

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

1. vigorously (ripping, tearing, scratching, etc.); roughly; with a rip

   onomatopoeic or mimetic word

2. (eating) with a crunch

   onomatopoeic or mimetic word

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives, adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle, noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

1. stiff; starchy; crisp

   onomatopoeic or mimetic word; usu. adverbially as 〜に

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle, nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives

1. (working) hard; energetically; vigorously; furiously

   onomatopoeic or mimetic word

adverb, adverb taking the 'to' particle

1. with a series of loud, repeated sounds (e.g. firing a machine gun, revving an engine); with a lot of (continuous) noise

   onomatopoeic or mimetic word

godan verb, transitive verb

1. to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up (with chopsticks, tweezers, etc.)

   word usually written using kana alone

   息を止めて鼻をつまみなさい。

   Hold your breath and pinch your nostrils.

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2. to pick up and eat; to snack on

   word usually written using kana alone

3. to pick out (the main point); to summarize; to sum up

   word usually written using kana alone

4. to bewitch; to possess; to fascinate

   word usually written using kana alone; usu. in the passive

noun, noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, transitive verb

1. having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content

   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.

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2. enjoying to the full

noun

1. dancing; dance

   私のガールフレンドは踊りがうまい。

   My girlfriend is a good dancer.

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2. iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)

   abbreviation

3. Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance

   abbreviation

4. eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving

   abbreviation; food, cooking; occ. written 躍り

5. soft spot (in the skull of an infant); fontanelle; fontanel
6. live shrimp (as a sushi dish)

   food, cooking

7. doubling of loan interest upon bill renewal if failed to repay (Edo period); double interest

   historical term; from 踊り歩

godan verb, transitive verb

1. to covet; to crave; to be greedy for; to hunger for; to lust insatiably for

   word usually written using kana alone

2. to indulge in; to do ceaselessly; to keep doing (without losing interest)

   word usually written using kana alone

   いいのよ。いままで実のないブランド品を高く売りつけて暴利をむさぼってきたんだから。今後せいぜい良心的な商売にはげめばいいんだわ。

   Never mind that. After all, up till now he's been stuffing himself on huge profits, selling brand-name goods of no real worth at high prices. From now on, he can just try his best at honest trade.

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3. to eat greedily; to devour

   word usually written using kana alone

   お腹を空かせたその男は、食物をむさぼり食った。

   The starving man devoured the food.

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noun, nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no', adverb

1. full stomach; bellyful; (eat) heartily

adverb

1. to one's heart's content

godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verb

1. to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms
2. to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin; to undermine; to gnaw at (one's heart, body, etc.); to eat into; to destroy

   彼の名誉は貪欲によってむしばまれた。

   His honor was corroded by greed.

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ichidan verb, transitive verb

1. to eat up (completely)

   彼はごちそうをすっかり平らげた。

   He ate every bit of his dinner.

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2. to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; to subjugate
3. to make flat; to level out

   archaic

ichidan verb, transitive verb

1. to finish eating

ichidan verb

1. to start eating

   ケンは話すのをやめて食べ始めた。

   Ken stopped talking and began to eat.

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