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Words And Phrases Flashcards

1
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To fill in time (e.g. while waiting for something)

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間が持つ

まがもつ

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Straight person

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ノンケ

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To be overwhelmed, intimidated, overawed

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気圧される

けおされる

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Immediately before…, on the point/verge/brink of…

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〜間際　まぎわ

閉店間際　just before the shop closes

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Annoying

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うざい

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To carry in one’s hand, take with one

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提げる　さげる

かばんを提げる

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To be startled, taken aback, brought up short

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はっとする

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Intently, earnestly, single-mindedly, fervently, solely/simply

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ひたすら

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Perfect, leaving nothing to be desired, going above and beyond (e.g. service in restaurant/hotel/etc.)

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至れり尽くせり

いたれりつくせり

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A moment of happiness

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至福の時

しふくのとき

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To get sentimental

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感傷的になる

かんしょうてき

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Addictive

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中毒性がある

ちゅうどくせい

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To feel awkward

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気まずい思いをする

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To try to draw attention by doing something different/novel

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奇をてらう

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To be confused, at a loss, taken aback, mystified, rattled

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面食らう

めんくらう

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To come home to one, to quickly understand what someone is getting at, to appeal to one, to ring a bell

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ぴんと来る

Come home to one/make everything clear: その一言でぴんときた
Appeal: この小説は私にはぴんとこない
Ring a bell: この顔にぴんときたら110番

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To use as an excuse/tool/pawn, take advantage of, exploit

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〜をだしにする

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Reaping as one sowed, asking for trouble

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自業自得
じごうじとく

自業自得だ！ Serves you right!

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To be strained/awkward

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ぎくしゃくしている

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To say something indirectly

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遠回しに言う

とおまわし　に　いう

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Associated with X

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Xにちなんだ

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Technically speaking

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厳密に言うと

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Speaking of 〜

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〜といえば

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A lifetime’s worth

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一生分（いっしょうぶん）

（例）日本で一生分のすしを食べたから、もうすしは当分（とうぶん）食べたくない。

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Two sides of the same coin

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表裏一体(の)
ひょうりいったい

この二つは表裏一体だ。

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To sugarcoat (an unpleasant fact)

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オブラートに包む

不快な事実をオブラートに包む

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A bad loser

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往生際が悪い

おうじょうぎわ

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To freak out/panic/be overwhelmed

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テンパる

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To lose one’s nerve, shrink from, be daunted, feel awkward, feel self-conscious

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気後がする

きおくれ

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To go through a bad time

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ひどい目に遭う

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(That’s) off-putting/a turn-off/offensive

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引くわ

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You’re missing out! You’re wasting your life!

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人生損しているよ！

そんしている

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Speak of the devil…

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噂をすれば(影が差す)

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On the other hand, in contrast

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そこへゆくと

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35
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Often, time and again, repeatedly, frequently

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度々、しばしば

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36
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To appoint someone to a position of trust, give or promote someone to an important position

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重用する

ちょうよう/じゅうよう

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To excel, surpass others, stand conspicuously above others

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抜きんでる

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To compensate for, redeem, offset, fill in a gap, make up (a loss)

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補う

おぎなう

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To push through (e.g., a plan), carry something through, persevere with something, persist in, brazen out

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押し通す

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40
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To stop, check, prevent, hold back

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押しとどめる

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To hand over/bequeath
To give way to/concede/give up (e.g., one’s seat)
To defer to/yield 
To postpone
To sell/dispose of
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譲る

ゆずる

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42
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Poor, destitute/meagre, scanty

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貧しい

まずしい

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43
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To attract one’s attention, catch one’s eye, be prominent/eye-catching

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目に付く

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44
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To drive in
punch/hit/strike
input/type in
devote oneself to/buckle down to
be obsessed with/be besotted with
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打ち込む

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unproductive, futile, fruitless//

sterile, barren (land)

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不毛な
不毛の
ふもう

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46
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A pastime/amusement/distraction/diversion

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娯楽

ごらく

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47
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Rarely, seldom

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めったに

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48
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excessive enthusiasm/fervour

relaxed

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気負い　

気負いがない　

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To be over the worst/pass out of danger // pass the peak (it’s downhill from here)

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峠を越える　

とうげ　を　こえる

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50
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To smooth things over, help someone look good

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フォローする

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51
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Fierce, keen, cutthroat (e.g., competition, battle)

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熾烈な

しれつ

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To be negligent, careless, inattentive, unprepared, slacken one’s effort/relax one’s attention

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油断する

ゆだん

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53
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More than anything, above all others, above all else

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何をおいても

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54
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A matter of course, a self-evident fact, a truism, a thing universally known

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わかりきったこと

55
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Those who are/who call themselves X

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Xたるもの

56
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To be angry with/about 〜

To scold 〜

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〜を怒る

おこる

57
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To seek/depend on/ask for, solicit/look upward

To look up to, revere

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〜を仰ぐ
あおぐ

〜に仰ぐ　

(look up to someone as (e.g., a mentor) 〜を〜と仰ぐ

58
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To be downhearted, crestfallen, dispirited

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しょげる

59
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To skimp one’s work, cut corners

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手を抜く

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To gather, infer, surmise, intuit

To draw, drain, bail out

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汲み取る

くみとる

61
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Frugal, modest, humble

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慎ましい

つつましい

62
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Pitfall, trap

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落とし穴

63
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Dimension, order/level, perspective

A whole other level, a higher perspective…

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次元

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Potter’s wheel

Turn (the wheel)

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ロクロ　(轆轤)

ロクロでひく/をひく

65
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To restore, refresh, bring back (e.g., memories), bring back to life, raise from the dead

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よみがえらせる

蘇らせる、甦らせる

66
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Vicarious experience

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追体験

ついたいけん

67
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Serves you right

A sorry state/situation, a spectacle

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ざまみろ、ざまをみろ

ざま

68
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Appropriate, fit, reasonable/natural, rational

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しかるべき

しかるべき人　the right person (e.g., for the job)
彼の間違いはむしろ同情してしかるべきだ　If anything, his mistake deserves our sympathy

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Chronically (e.g., skint, unemployed, also used in illnesses like chronic fatigue)

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慢性的に

まんせいてき

70
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Indirect, roundabout, mealy-mouthed

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遠回しな

とおまわし

71
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Hold true, work, pass for, have currency//be in circulation or use

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通用する

そんな言い訳はここでは通用しない
An excuse like that won’t work in this place

ユーロはこれらの国のどこでも通用する
The euro is good anywhere within these countries

72
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Apparently, on the face of it, to all appearances//a look, a see (e.g., worth a…)//a glimpse, a quick look

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一見

富士山は一見の価値がある　Mount Fuji is worth a see
一見したところ　at first glance
その男は一見学生風だった　The man looked to all appearances to be a student

73
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As if, just like (まるで)

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あたかも

74
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Real ability, capability, talent, merit, competency

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実力

75
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Imagine, visualise, see in one’s mind’s eye

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思い描く

おもいえがく

76
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Count, calculation, reckoning//payment (of bill), settlement (of account)

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勘定

かんじょう

77
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Build up one’s strength, get stronger

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力をつける

78
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Neglect, keep at arm’s length, give the cold shoulder, be cool towards, shun

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疎んじる

うとんじる

79
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To carry off/through, finish, succeed

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やってのける

80
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Force of habit

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惰性
だせい

惰性になる find oneself in a rut
惰性で生きる go through the motions of living

81
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Put the cart before the horse, mistake the means for the end, get yourself backwards

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本末転倒する

ほんまつてんとう

82
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Wild, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous

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途方もない

とほう

83
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To break down, become rickety, get out of order

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ガタが来る

84
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To be not to one’s liking, get on one’s nerves, be hard to swallow//be displeased with something

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気に食わない

気に食わないことを言う
Say something unpleasant/disagreeable/hard to swallow

85
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Night owl

To stay up late

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夜更かし(する)

よふかし

86
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To pun on, to parody

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もじる

言葉をもじる to pun on a word
歌をもじる　to write a parody of a tanka

87
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To rule over, govern, be in charge of, conduct, preside over

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司る

つかさどる

88
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To assume that, be convinced that, get into one’s head the idea that
/To be bent on, determined to, make up one’s mind to
/To fall in love (set one’s heart on)

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と思い込む

89
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There’s no way you can not [verb]

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〜手はない

こんなに便利なサービスを使わない手はない

90
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Moist (e.g., cake), dewy/gently, softly

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しっとり
しっとりした
しっとりと

91
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Tasteful in a quiet way, severely elegant
Stingy
Glum, sulky
Astringent, tart

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渋い

しぶい

92
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A beginner, a rookie

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新米の
しんまい

私はまったくの新米だ

93
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That’s quite an achievement!
Isn’t that something!
What a woman/man!

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大したものだ

94
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Could be better

Not quite as good/well as I hoped

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いまいちだ

95
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To include everything, to bring together, to collect all

E.g., comprehensive, all-inclusive

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網羅する
もうら

全てを網羅した
この辞書は現行(げんこう)のアメリカの俗語(ぞくご)を網羅している

96
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Impromptu, improvised, off-the-cuff

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即席の

そくせき

97
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To sacrifice, waste, ruin, spoil, lose it all

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棒に振る

を棒に振って　at the cost of

98
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long-cherished, long-planned

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念願の（ねんがんの）

99
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A perverse person, a cross-grained person, someone just being difficult (can be said jokingly)

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天の邪鬼（あまのじゃく）

100
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Full of curiosity

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興味津々（きょうみしんしん)

101
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Heart-warming

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ほんわかした
ほのぼのとした

102
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To till, work (a field), plough

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耕す
たがやす

103
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To mow/cut the grass

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草を刈る
くさをかる

104
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To round up/down (number)

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四捨五入する
ししゃごにゅう

105
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Even number
Odd number

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偶数
ぐうすう
奇数
きすう

106
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Steam

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湯気
ゆげ

107
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Knowing how to get on in life
The art of getting along with other people

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処世術
しょせいじゅつ

108
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Out (not in the home), elsewhere, things not related to the speaker/‘us’

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よそ

よその　other, strange, unknown

よそはよそ、うちはうち。[比べるな。/我慢しなさい。] common parental response (e.g., to child requesting game because someone else has it)

をよしにする　to neglect, slight, not care for, be indifferent to

109
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Member of the family / same organisation

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身内　みうち

110
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Among ourselves, privately
Private, informal

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うちうちで
うちうちの

111
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Distant, cold, standoffish, formal, unapproachable

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よそよそしい

112
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For going out, for company

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よそ行きの服
よそ行きの格好
よそ行きの態度　(one’s best manners)

113
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Plain, simple, easy (language)
Relaxed, informal, friendly, not standing on ceremony (attitude, tone, person)

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砕けた　くだけた

114
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Someone who throws their weight around at home but is meek and mild outside

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内弁慶　うちべんけい

115
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Be affable to everyone except one’s family

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外面がいい　そとづら

116
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Naive, innocent in the ways of the world

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世間知らずな/の　せけんしらず

117
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To go against, antagonise, make an enemy of, turn 〜 into one’s enemy

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を敵に回す　てきにまわす

118
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Underlying X is Y

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〜には〜が根底にある
こんてい

119
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Just kidding!

Wannabe
Faux
Fake

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なんちゃって！

なんちゃって歌手
なんちゃって大理石
なんちゃって屋

120
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〜is/will be nothing to do with me //you’ll get no sympathy from me if〜

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〜ても知らないよ

そんなに食べてお腹が痛くなっても知りませんからね

121
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On and off (with verb)

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〜positiveたり〜negativeたり

忙しい日は、食べたり食べなかったりです。
学校に来たり来なかったりする生徒がいます。

122
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To make a distinction between/draw a line between

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けじめをつける

公私のけじめがある/ない

勉強するときは勉強する、遊ぶときは遊ぶ。けじめのある生活をしなさい。

123
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To consider important, esteem, place a premium on

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重んじる　おもんじる

124
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To mess up, fluff

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とちる

125
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Sense of purpose, feeling that life is worthwhile

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張り

生活に張りを持たせる give someone something to live for/maintain one’s interest in life
作品が入選して仕事に張りが出てきた having my works accepted for the exhibition has filled me with a renewed sense of purpose

126
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A contrary person/someone who won’t listen to others or take guidance (critical)

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臍曲がり　へそまがり

127
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To take with a pinch of salt

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話半分にして聞く

話半分にして聞いておくつもりだ
話半分にして聞くべきだ

128
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Face-saving

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メンツの立つような

129
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Moral, ethical
From a moral standpoint

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道徳的
どうとくてき
道徳的に

130
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To have a good impression of someone

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好感が持てる
こうかん

彼は有能な人だが、好感が持てない

131
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Indirect/soft way of saying you don’t want to do something

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今日はちょっと、遠慮しておきます

132
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Lubricant (literal and metaphorical)

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潤滑油　じゅんかつゆ
潤滑油の役割を果たす　reduce the friction between…, help smooth things out

133
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Friction, chafing

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摩擦　まさつ

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