VERBS—advanced 4 Flashcards

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to purify / to cleanse (one’s hands, one’s spirit, etc.)

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清める
[きよめる] **
tr.

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to be expensive / to be costly

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高く付く
[たかくつく]
intr.

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to disagree with / to dispute something / to fight (over)

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揉める
> [もめる] **
intr.

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to add salt

to add pepper / to sprinkle on pepper

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塩を加える
[しおをくわえる]
tr.

胡椒を振る
[こしょうをふる]
tr.

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to obstruct (someone’s view, way, etc.) / to block out (light, wind, etc.)

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遮る
[さえぎる]
tr.

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to take possession of (esp. under false pretenses) / to commandeer / to seize

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乗っ取る
[のっとる]
tr.

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to survive (to live long)

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生き延びる
[いきのびる] **
intr.

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to commence

to challenge / to pick a fight / to make war

to set (a trap) / to plant (explosives, etc.) / to rig (a mechanism)

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仕掛ける
[しかける] **
tr.

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to move ahead with (one’s work) / to make progress on (a project, etc.) / to be productive

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捗る
> [はかどる]
intr.

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to kill time

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時間を潰す
[じかんをつぶす]
tr.

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to sweep away / to wash away / to be carry away (e.g. sand from the shore)

to run away with / to snatch / to abduct (a child, etc.)

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浚う
> [さらう]

拐う
[さらう]

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to have an accident / to be in an accident

to be in a traffic accident

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事故に遭う
[じこにあう]
intr.

交通事故に遭う
[こうつうじこにあう]
intr.

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to accompany (someone) / to follow along with (one’s way of thinking, etc.) / to keep up with (the times, etc.)

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付いて行く
> [ついていく]
intr.

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to unfold (e.g. in front of one’s eyes) / to unroll / to open up

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繰り広げる
[くりひろげる] **
intr.

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to dump / to toss / to throw out

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放り出す
[ほうりだす]
tr.

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to take the form of / to assume the shape of / to transform oneself into (esp. in reference to a spirit, etc.)

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化ける
[ばける] **
intr.

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to levy / to impose upon (someone) / to assess or assign

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課す
[かす]
tr.

課する
[かする]
tr.

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to carry to extremes / to carry out to the end

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極める
[きわめる] **
tr.

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to count on something / to anticipate or expect something

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見込む
[みこむ]
tr.

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to be sensible or smart / to be thoughtful / to be tasteful

to make the smart move (after taking in the situation) / to be considerate of one’s surroundings or people’s feelings and then act accordingly

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気が利く
[きがきく]
intr.

気を利かせる
[きをきかせる] **
intr.

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to close up / to fasten / to shut (one’s mouth, etc.)

adds a bit more emphasis in this form

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閉ざす
[とざす]
tr.

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to call oneself / to give one’s name as / to claim to be someone (or impersonate someone)

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名乗る
[なのる]
intr.

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to shrug / to duck

to shrug one’s shoulders

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すくめる **
tr.

肩をすくめる
[かたをすくめる] **
tr.

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24
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to go bald

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はげる **

intr.

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to state definitively to finish one's sentence
言い切る [いいきる] tr.
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to clear up / to make clear to listen carefully / to strain one's ears in order to hear
澄ます [すます] tr. 耳を澄ます [みみをすます] tr.
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to tamper with / to touch / to grope about or feel around
弄る > [いじる] tr.
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to be beneficial / to be good for (you)
ためになる | intr.
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to be purified / to be cleansed
清まる [きよまる] intr.
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to speak ambiguously (on purpose) / to make muddy (e.g. a liquid) / to make turbid / to make cloudy
濁す [にごす] tr.
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to be be on point / to hit the mark
要領を得る [ようりょうをえる] ** tr.
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to curl up / to roll up / to make something round
丸める [まるめる] ** tr.
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to be still bad, but better than it was before (e.g. a sickness)
ましになる
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to see through / to penetrate (with one's eyes, vision)
見抜く [みぬく] tr.
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to be bulky / to grow voluminous
嵩張る [かさばる] intr.
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to become distorted or warped (for facial expressions, shapes, and images)
歪む [ゆがむ] intr.
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to be dizzy / to feel faint (idiomatic)
目が回る [めがまわる] intr.
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to fasten one's seatbelt
シートベルトを締める [シートベルトをしめる] ** tr.
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to serve sake
酌む [くむ] tr.
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to remove completely (e.g. a tumor) / to take away / to carry off
取り除く [とりのぞく] tr.
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to be suited to / to suit one's needs / to match one's expectations to be fulfilled (a dream, a wish, etc.) to have a dream come true / to have a wish come true (expression)
適う > [かなう] intr. 叶う [かなう] intr. 願いがかなう [ねがいがかなう] intr.
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to become frightened of / to grow scared (e.g. in dark woods)
怯える [おびえる] ** intr.
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to unbutton (a shirt, etc.) to remove (one's) glasses
ボタンを外す [ボタンをはずす] 眼鏡を外す [めがねをはずす]
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to retain / to record / to keep in position to limit / to stop / to put an end to
止める > [とどめる] ** tr. 留める
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to conceal / to hide to cover up / to conceal (one's footprints etc.) / to suppress (one's feelings)
忍ぶ [しのぶ] tr. 忍ばせる [しのばせる] ** tr.
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to tremble / to sway (back and forth) to waver / to become unstable
揺らぐ [ゆらぐ] intr.
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to be dressed stylishly to joke / to make a play on words / to be witty, saucy, cheeky, etc.
洒落る [しゃれる] ** intr.
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to wrap around and enclose / to encircle / to surround (completely or in all directions)
取り巻く [とりまく] tr.
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to whirl / to swirl / to curl (like smoke) to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
渦巻く [うずまく] intr.
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to come running / to rush to (some place)
駆けつける [かけつける] ** intr.
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to make thin / to make narrow (esp. to narrow one's eyes)
細める [ほそめる] ** tr.
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to strangle (a neck, etc.) / to constrict
絞める [しめる] ** tr.
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to refuse to do something / to reject participation in or acceptance of
拒む [こばむ] tr.
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to chase down / to hunt down / to corner / to hold at bay (e.g. a wild animal)
追い詰める [おいつめる] ** tr.
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to grow fat / to put on weight (esp. animals) to become fertile (soil, etc.)
肥える [こえる] ** intr.
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to falsify / to fabricate / to feign / to deceive
偽る [いつわる] intr. + tr.
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to devote oneself to (a cause, etc.) / to invest (one's time) to throw / to cast (a vote, light, shadow, etc.)
投じる [とうじる] ** intr.
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to fade / to grow pale / to become thin
薄らぐ [うすらぐ] intr.
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to excuse oneself / to take one's leave / to leave one's post
辞す [じす] intr. 辞する [じする] intr.
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to keep feelings or thoughts to oneself / to hide or keep inside
秘める [ひめる] ** tr.
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to strip someone / to remove someone's clothes
脱がす [ぬがす] tr.
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to fulfill / to accomplish / to obtain success / to bring to the end
成し遂げる [なしとげる] ** tr.
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to be submerged / to be soaking in (an onsen, etc.) to be pickled / to be well-seasoned to be totally immersed in (a condition or state)
浸かる [つかる] intr.
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to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend) to meet by chance / to happen across
巡り会う [めぐりあう] intr. 巡り合う
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to project / to show (e.g. an image on a big screen) / to reveal (e.g. one's inner emotions)
映し出す [うつだす] tr.
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to overhang / to stick out / to jut out
張り出す [はりだす] tr.
67
to arrange flowers
生ける > [いける] ** tr.
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to fade out / to become dim
薄れる [うすれる] ** intr.
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to lay something down (on its side) to be lying down / to be stretched out (on one's side)
横たえる [よこたえる] ** tr. 横たわる [よこたわる] intr.
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to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, flowers, bills, letters)
束ねる [たばねる] ** tr.
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to step into (someone's territory, etc.) / to break into / to raid to come to grips with / to get to the core of (the issue, etc.)
踏み込む [ふみこむ] tr.
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to be distressed / to be in a state of anxiety
憂える [うれえる] ** tr. 愁える
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to atone for / to recompense
償う [つぐなう] tr.
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to pass away / to breathe one's last breath (idiomatic)
息を引き取る [いきをひきとる] tr.
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to create bitter feelings / to worsen (of a relationship) / to get stormy
角が立つ [かどがたつ] intr.
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to be the first (to do something) / to do something ahead of others to be the first.... to be faster than others.... (when used grammatically)
先駆ける [さきがける] intr. N + に先駆けて....
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to be knotted together / to be tied together / to be pasted together
繋ぎ合わせる [つなぎあわせる] ** intr.
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to be wide-awake / to be unable to sleep
目が冴える [めがさえる] ** intr.
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to be choked by something / to choke on something
むせる ** | intr.
80
to attract somebody's attention (or affection) to get one's hooks into to sound somebody out
気を引く | [きをひく]
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to put in danger / to put in jeopardy / to imperil / to threaten
脅かす [おびやかす] tr. *** alt reading of おどかす
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to develop a rash or inflammation / to have a (skin) reaction to to be strongly influenced by (with a neg. nuance as in a poser)
かぶれる ** | intr.
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to wilt (a flower) / to wither / to droop to be crestfallen
しおれる** | intr.
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to soothe / to pacify
なだめる ** | tr.
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to be considerate / to treat with sympathy to tend to (an injury, etc.) / to care for / to nurse
労る > [いたわる] tr.
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to cover for / to stick up for / to protect someone / to go out on a limb for
かばう | tr.
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to offer / to present to revere at a distance / to do respectfully
奉る [たてまつる] tr.
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to pretend / to feign (alt. use)
見せかける [みせかける] ** tr.
89
to try all possible means
手を尽くす | [てをつくす]
90
to join forces
手を組む | [てをくむ]
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to revise / to correct to perform some process / to apply some treatment
手を加える [てをくわえる] ** tr.
92
to join hands / to link hands
手を結ぶ [てをむすぶ] tr.
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to install / to equip / to affix / to mount
据え付ける [すえつける] ** tr.
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to feel resentment / to be indignant / to be enraged or angered
憤る [いきどおる] intr.
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to have / to possess (alt. use)
擁する | [ようする]
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to abuse (verbally) / to curse at / to shout abuse at / to speak ill of
罵る | [ののしる]
97
to admonish (one's students, etc.) / to remonstrate / to warn / to persuade
諭す [さとす] tr.
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to rip at the seams / to come un-sewn to start to bloom / for a bud to open to smile (alt.)
綻びる [ほころびる] ** intr.
99
to grieve over / to mourn (the deceased)
悼む [いたむ] tr.
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to covet / to crave / to be greedy for something (in compound verbs) to do something greedily or hungrily
貪る [むさぼる] tr.