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Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

Variations:
齧り付く
噛り付く
かぶり付く(sK)
かじり付く(sK)
齧りつく(sK)
噛りつく(sK)

 kaburitsuku; kajiritsuku
    かぶりつく; かじりつく
(v5k,vi) (1) (kana only) to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; (v5k,vi) (2) (かじりつく only) (kana only) to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

Variations:
足を引っ張る
足をひっぱる(sK)
足を引っぱる(sK)
脚を引っ張る(sK)
足を引張る(sK)

 ashiohipparu
    あしをひっぱる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

Variations:
槍玉に挙げる
槍玉にあげる
やり玉に挙げる
やり玉にあげる
槍玉に上げる(iK)
やり玉に上げる(iK)

 yaridamaniageru
    やりだまにあげる
(exp,v1,vt) (1) (idiom) to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism; (exp,v1,vt) (2) to pierce with a spear

Variations:
飲み込む
呑み込む
飲みこむ(sK)
呑みこむ(sK)
のみ込む(sK)
飲込む(sK)
呑込む(sK)

 nomikomu
    のみこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to swallow; to gulp down; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn; (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (4) to be filled with (people); to contain; (transitive verb) (5) to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back

Variations:
槍玉に挙げる
槍玉にあげる
槍玉に上げる(iK)
やり玉に挙げる(sK)
やり玉にあげる(sK)
やり玉に上げる(sK)

 yaridamaniageru
    やりだまにあげる
(exp,v1) (1) (idiom) to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to single out someone for criticism; (exp,v1) (2) to pierce with a spear

Variations:
食い止める
くい止める
食いとめる(sK)
喰い止める(sK)
食止める(sK)
喰いとめる(sK)
喰止める(sK)

 kuitomeru
    くいとめる
(transitive verb) to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt

Variations:
立てこもる
立て篭もる
立て籠もる
楯籠る(rK)
立て篭る(sK)
立て籠る(sK)
立籠る(sK)
楯籠もる(sK)
立籠もる(sK)
盾籠もる(sK)

 tatekomoru; tategomoru(rk)
    たてこもる; たてごもる(rk)
(v5r,vi) (1) to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); (v5r,vi) (2) to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up; to hold (a castle, etc.)

Variations:
執り行う
とり行う
執り行なう
取り行う(sK)
とり行なう(sK)
執りおこなう(sK)
取り行なう(sK)
取行う(sK)
取りおこなう(sK)
執行う(sK)

 toriokonau
    とりおこなう
(transitive verb) to hold (a ceremony); to perform

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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