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1
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to twinkle (e.g. stars) / to flicker / to blink (lights)

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瞬く
[またたく]
tr. + intr.

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to turn pages / to flip through / to leaf through (a book) / to consult (a dictionary or reference book)

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繰る
[くる]
tr.

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to fall into (chaos, a dilemma, etc.) / to fall into a trap / to yield to (one’s thoughts, depression, etc.)

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陥る
[おちいる]
intr.

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to evade / to avoid / to be exempted (e.g. from taxes, from having to serve in the army, etc.)

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免れる
[まぬかれる] **
tr.

alt. read: [まぬがれる] **

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to step over / to step across / to stretch over / to straddle

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跨ぐ
> [またぐ]
tr.

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to become less capable / weaken

to grow dull / to become blunt / to get rusty

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鈍る
[にぶる]
intr.

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7
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to be willing to do (something) / to be inclined to do

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気が進む
[きがすすむ]
intr.

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to work out something in one’s head / to mull over / to think deeply about

to enclose with / to encircle with

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巡らす
[めぐらす]
tr.

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9
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to be prudent / to be discreet / to do in moderation / to refrain from overdoing

to be reverent

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慎む
[つつしむ]
tr.

謹む

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10
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to have the edge on something / to outweigh / to exceed / to surpass

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勝る
[まさる]
intr.

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11
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to make a payment via bank deposit or transfer

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振り込む
[ふりこむ]
tr.

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12
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to be all used up / to be run out or down (e.g. an old car) / to come to (its) end

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尽きる
[つきる] **
intr.

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13
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to say to each other / to exchange jokes, opinions, farewells, etc. / to quarrel or dispute

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言い合う
[いいあう]
tr. + intr.

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14
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to go back to (the start) / to return to (the beginning or previous place) / to reset / to start over

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元に戻す
[もとにもどす]
tr.

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15
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to scan / to look over / to look through (the newspaper, etc.)

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目を通す
[めをとおす]
tr.

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16
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to jolt / to shake (violently) / to make something shake

to cause a stir (figuratively)

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揺さぶる
[ゆさぶる]
tr.

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17
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to title / to give a title to

to be titled (esp. books)

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題する
[だいする]
tr.

題される
[だいされる]
intr.

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to pursue (a certain course, a line of thought, etc.) / to follow up on / to follow a road

to (finally) arrive somewhere after a struggle / to barely manage to reach

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辿る
[たどる]
tr.

辿り着く
> たどり着く
> [たどりつく]
intr.

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19
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to rinse something (with water) / to wash out

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濯ぐ
> [すすぐ] or [そそぐ]
tr.

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20
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to follow along with what a person is saying / to listen (attentively) to someone’s words

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聞き取る
[ききとる]
tr.

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21
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to take (vitamins, etc.) / to have (a lunch)

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摂る
[とる]
tr.

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22
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to be partial to / to favor / to have one’s eyes set on

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目を掛ける
[めをかける] **
tr.

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23
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to come to an agreement (alt. use)

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話が付く
[はなしがつく]
intr.

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24
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to attract notice / to catch the eye / to stand out

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目を引く
[めをひく]
intr.

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25
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to honor (principles, etc.) / to respect (the process, etc.) / to treat something with due importance

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重んじる
[おもんじる] **
tr.

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26
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to flock / to swarm

to cluster / to crowd around / to herd / to gather

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群れる
[むれる] **
intr.

群がる
[むらがる] **
intr.

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27
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to behave or conduct oneself (as such)

to entertain someone (to a drink, tea ceremony, etc.)

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振る舞う
[ふるまう]
tr.

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28
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to work something out somehow / to find some way to make it happen

to workout somehow / to work itself out one way or another

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何とかする
[なんとかする]
tr.

何とかなる
[なんとかなる]
intr.

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29
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to interfere (with) / to hinder / to become impaired (by)

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差し支える
[さしつかえる] **
intr.

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30
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to lurk

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潜む
[ひそむ]
intr.

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31
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to hinder / to be a hinderance / to interfere with / to be harmful to (a situation, etc.)

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障る
[さわる]
intr.

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32
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to comb (one’s) hair

to brush (one’s hair)

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髪をとかす
[かみをとかす]
tr.

髪をとく
[かみをとく]
tr.

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33
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to wither / to sag / to shrivel / to deflate

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萎む
> [しぼむ]
intr.

凋む

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34
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to run over / to hit (with a vehicle)

to decapitate / to behead

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はねる **
tr.

刎ねる
[はねる] **
tr.

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35
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to happen to see / to catch sight of / to come across (e.g. someone with the same name as you)

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見かける
[みかける] **
tr.

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36
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to make sense / to be logical

to make sense / to be consistent (with facts, etc.)

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筋が通る
[すじがとおる]
intr.

筋が立つ
[すじがとおる]
intr.

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37
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to be easily understood / to be reasonable or easy to deal with / to be down to earth

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話が分かる
[はなしがわかる]
intr.

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38
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to compete with / to bid (at an auction)

to emulate

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競う
[きそう]
intr.

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39
Q

to have a stuffy nose

to blow one’s nose

A

鼻が詰まる
[はながつまる]
intr.

鼻をかむ
[はなをかむ]
tr.

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40
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to place in position / to lay the foundation for / to settle upon / to fix one’s gaze

to settle down and deal with something / to concentrate all one’s energy on something

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据える
[すえる] **
tr.

腰を据える
[こしをすえる] **
tr.

41
Q

to discontinue / to abort / to bring (something) to a close

A

打ち切る
[うちきる]
tr.

42
Q

to sip / to slurp (a drink, etc.)

A

啜る
> [すする]
tr.

43
Q

to scoop up (water) / to ladle out

A

掬う
> [すくう]
tr.

抄う

44
Q

to handle / to manage / to have experience or dealings working with (e.g. an architect working on a house)

A

手がける
[てがける] **
tr.

45
Q

to detect / to discover / to notice / to find out / to pick out

to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)

A

見いだす
[みいだす]
tr.

見い出す

46
Q

to go on foot / to walk (alt. use)

A

歩む
[あゆむ]
intr.

47
Q

to speak ill of (someone) / to talk shit (about) / to insult

A

貶す
> [けなす]
tr.

48
Q

to lead / to spearhead (a group) / to command (troops)

A

率いる
[ひきいる]
tr.

49
Q

to lend a hand (to help out)

A

手を貸す
[てをかす]
tr.

50
Q

to revere / to venerate / to hold in high regard / to esteem

to consider (something) very precious / to value (usu. for objects)

A

尊ぶ
[とうとぶ]
tr.

貴ぶ
[とうとぶ]
tr.

51
Q

to put someone to bed / to lay down (a baby, etc.)

A

寝かせる
[ねかせる] **
tr.

52
Q

to put an eye on / to keep an eye on / to zero in on

A

目を付ける
[めをつける] **
tr.

53
Q

to emit (a light, etc.) / to radiate / to give off (a scent, etc.)

to release / to let go of / to fart

A

放つ
[はなつ]
tr.

54
Q

to narrow (something) / to contract (something)

A

狭める
[せばめる] **
tr.

55
Q

to damage / to blemish / to spoil / to harm

to fail in doing— (as an aux. verb)

A

損なう
[そこなう]
tr.

56
Q

to get narrow / to be narrowed / to contract

A

狭まる
[せばまる]
intr.

57
Q

to be discouraged / to be disheartened

A

気を落とす
[きをおとす]
intr.

58
Q

to haggle / to ask for a discount / to try to get bargains

A

値切る
[ねぎる]
tr.

59
Q

to emit / to give off / to give forth / to beam

A

発する
[はっする]
intr.

60
Q

to look towards / to cast one’s eyes on (idiomatic)

A

目をやる
[めをやる]
tr.

61
Q

to look up at (the sky, etc.)

to look up to (someone) / to turn to (for advice, etc.)

A

仰ぐ
[あおぐ]
tr.

62
Q

to wrap up in / to drag into

to get wrapped up in / to get caught up in / to become involved in (a bad situation, etc.)

A

巻き込む
[まきこむ]
tr.

巻き込まれる
intr.

63
Q

to fall ill / to be diseased / to be (very) sick

A

病む
[やむ]
intr.

64
Q

to reveal / to divulge (important info)

to pass (esp. pass the night) / to go be awake through the whole night

A

明かす
[あかす]
tr.

65
Q

to bury / to entomb (literally)

to make a thing forgotten / to consign to oblivion / to bury the past, important documents, etc. (metaphorically)

A

葬る
[ほうむる]
tr.

66
Q

to urge (someone) on / to push or hurry (someone) in to acting or making a choice

A

急かす
[せかす]
tr.

67
Q

to challenge / to contend for / to make an attempt at (e.g. climbing a mountain) / to throw down the gauntlet

A

挑む
[いどむ]
intr.

68
Q

to become dim / to become blurred (e.g. an old photograph)

A

ぼやける **

intr.

69
Q

to avert, to turn away

to avert one’s eyes

A

逸らす
[そらす]
tr.

目を逸らす
[めをそらす]
tr.

70
Q

to resemble very closely

A

似通う
[にかよう]
intr.

71
Q

to regard as equivalent, to deem as equal

A

見なす
[みなす]
tr.

72
Q

to hold one’s breath

A

息を詰める
[いきをつめる] **
tr.

73
Q

to presume / to have a sense that

A

察する
[さっする]
tr.

74
Q

to feel inclined to do / to feel the need to take a certain action

A

気が向く
[きがむく]
intr.

75
Q

to induce / to cause / to bring about

A

引き起こす
[ひきおこす]
tr.

76
Q

to hold back (e.g. emotions) / to rein in

A

制する
[せいする]
tr.

77
Q

to appoint someone (to a given task, etc.) / to command someone

A

命ずる
[めいずる]
tr.

78
Q

to happen across / to come across / to chance upon

A

出くわす
[でくわす]
intr.

79
Q

to keep someone from doing something (e.g. prevent one’s progress through the forest) / to stop / to thwart

A

阻む
[はばむ]
intr.

80
Q

to furnish (an apartment, etc.) / to equip with / to install / to build in

A

備え付ける
[そなえつける] **
tr.

81
Q

to invite contributions / to raise money / to solicit help or participation

to intensify / to grow stronger, worse, violent, etc.

A

募る
[つのる]
tr.

募る
[つのる]
intr.

82
Q

to amuse oneself / to make merry

A

興じる
[きょうじる] **
intr.

〜に興じる

83
Q

to accompany (to a place) / to escort / to chaperone

A

付き添う
[つきそう]
intr.

84
Q

to lend an ear to / to give an ear to / to turn towards to listen

A

耳を傾ける
[みみをかたむける] **
tr.

85
Q

to cover one’s ears / to plug one’s ears

A

耳を塞ぐ
[みみをふさぐ]
tr.

86
Q

to not believe one’s ears

A

耳を疑う
[みみをうたがう]
tr.

87
Q

to get wet (alt.) / to get moistened / to get lubed up

to receive favors (esp. financially)

A

潤う
[うるおう]
intr.

88
Q

to make wet (alt.) / to get moist / to lube up

to profit from / to benefit

A

潤す
[うるおす]
tr.

89
Q

to be out of fashion / to be obsolete / to be no longer commonly used

A

廃れる
[すたれる] **
intr.

90
Q

to turn sour / to get complicated (e.g. a relationship)

to get worse (e.g. a cold)

A

こじれる **

intr.

91
Q

to extend over / to span (e.g. Mt. Fuji spans two prefectures)

to straddle (a horse, etc.)

A

またがる

intr.

92
Q

to show signs of / to have an air of / to seem to be (usu. used grammatically as a suffix of nouns)

to jerk off (colloquial)

A

めく

N + めく

93
Q

to adore / to love dearly / to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

A

慕う
[したう]
tr.

94
Q

to cover expenses / to cover the cost of something

to provide meals

A

賄う
[まかなう]
tr.

95
Q

to be ill / to suffer from

to worry about / to be concerned by / to be troubled by

to have trouble doing…. to be unable to do…. to fail to…. (grammatical use)

A

患う
[わずらう]
intr.

煩う
[わずらう]
intr.

96
Q

to be distant / to be far away

to be estranged

to differ greatly

A

隔たる
[へだたる]
intr.

97
Q

to droop / to dangle / to sag

to drip / to fall as drops

to give (as charity) / to release (a fart) / to declare / to grumble a complaint (and many other idiomatic uses)

A

垂れる
[たれる] **
intr.

98
Q

to have a fragrance or pleasant scent / to smell sweet

A

香る
[かおる]
intr.

薫る
[かおる]
intr.

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