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Variations:
引き起こす
引きおこす(sK)
ひき起こす(sK)
引き起す(sK)
引起す(sK)
引起こす(sK)
ひき起す(sK)
惹き起こす(sK)
惹き起す(sK)

 hikiokosu
    ひきおこす
(transitive verb) (1) (occ. written as 惹き起こす) to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke; (transitive verb) (2) to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

Variations:
張り倒す
はり倒す
張りたおす
張倒す
撲り倒す

 haritaosu
    はりたおす
(transitive verb) to slap down; to knock down; to floor

Variations:
張り倒す
撲り倒す(rK)
はり倒す(sK)
張りたおす(sK)
張倒す(sK)

 haritaosu
    はりたおす
(transitive verb) to slap down; to knock down; to floor

Variations:
徒や疎か
仇や疎か(iK)
仇やおろそか(iK)
徒やおろそか

 adayaorosoka
    あだやおろそか
(adjectival noun) (kana only) making light of; disregarding

Variations:
御欠
御搔(oK)
御欠き
お欠き
御掻

 okaki
    おかき
(kana only) (See 欠き餅) mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried

Variations:
御田植祭
お田植え祭
お田植え祭り
御田植え祭り(sK)
御田植え祭(sK)
御田植祭り(sK)

 otauematsuri
    おたうえまつり
(1) shrine ritual held within the first two months of the year to forecast or pray for a successful harvest; (2) seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

Variations:
御目出度う(ateji)(rK)
御芽出度う(ateji)(rK)
お目出度う(sK)
お芽出度う(sK)

 omedetou / omedeto
    おめでとう
(interjection) (kana only) congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

Variations:
御神籤
お神籤
お御籤
御御籤
おみ籤

 omikuji
    おみくじ
(kana only) fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)

Variations:
御神籤(rK)
御御籤(rK)
お神籤(sK)
お御籤(sK)
おみ籤(sK)

 omikuji
    おみくじ
(kana only) fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji

Variations:
御竈を起こす
御釜を興す
お竈を起こす
お竈を興す

 okamaookosu
    おかまをおこす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) (obsolete) to make a fortune

Variations:
御襁褓気触れ
お襁褓気触れ
オムツ気触れ

 omutsukabure(御襁褓気触re, o襁褓気触re); omutsukabure(omutsu気触re)
    おむつかぶれ(御襁褓気触れ, お襁褓気触れ); オムツかぶれ(オムツ気触れ)
(kana only) diaper rash; nappy rash

Variations:
御高祖頭巾
お高祖頭巾
おこそ頭巾(sK)

 okosozukin
    おこそずきん
(hist) okoso-zukin; kerchief covering the whole head (except eyes), worn by women in winter from the Edo period until Meiji

Variations:
心が躍る
心がおどる
心が踊る(iK)

 kokorogaodoru
    こころがおどる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to be thrilled; to be excited

Variations:
心が躍る
心が踊る(iK)
心がおどる(sK)

 kokorogaodoru
    こころがおどる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to be thrilled; to be excited

Variations:
心躍る
心踊る
心おどる(sK)
こころ躍る(sK)
こころ踊る(sK)

 kokoroodoru
    こころおどる
(v5r,vi) (colloquialism) (See 心が躍る) to be thrilled; to be excited

Variations:
念を押す
念をおす(sK)
ねんを押す(sK)

 nenoosu
    ねんをおす
(exp,v5s) to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

Variations:
怒りん坊
怒りんぼう(sK)
おこりん坊(sK)

 okorinbou / okorinbo
    おこりんぼう
short-tempered person; irritable person

Variations:
思い出す
思いだす
おもい出す
思出す(io)

 omoidasu
    おもいだす
(transitive verb) to recall; to remember; to recollect

Variations:
思い出す
思いだす(sK)
おもい出す(sK)
思出す(sK)

 omoidasu
    おもいだす
(transitive verb) to recall; to remember; to recollect

Variations:
思い浮かべる
思いうかべる(sK)
思い浮べる(sK)
おもい浮かべる(sK)

 omoiukaberu
    おもいうかべる
(transitive verb) (1) to remember; to recall; to call to mind; (transitive verb) (2) to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize

Variations:
思し召し
思召
思召し(sK)
おぼし召し(sK)
思しめし(sK)

 oboshimeshi
    おぼしめし
(1) (honorific or respectful language) (See 神の思し召し) thoughts; opinion; (one's) discretion; will (esp. of God); (2) however much money you wish to give (as alms, a fee at a museum, etc.); (3) fondness (for a significant other, etc.; often used teasingly); love; fancy; liking

Variations:
お湯割り
お湯割(sK)
御湯割(sK)
御湯割り(sK)

 oyuwari
    おゆわり
alcohol diluted with hot water

Variations:
惚れ直す
惚れなおす
ホレ直す(sK)

 horenaosu
    ほれなおす
(v5s,vi) to rekindle one's love; to fall in love again (with a person one has previously been in love with)

Variations:
戯ける
お道化る(sK)
戲ける(sK)

 odokeru; tawakeru
    おどける; たわける
(v1,vi) (1) (kana only) to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to talk foolishly; (v1,vi) (2) (kana only) to act indecently; to be silly over

Variations:
手中におさめる
手中に収める
手中に納める

 shuchuuniosameru / shuchuniosameru
    しゅちゅうにおさめる
(exp,v1) to make one's own; to take possession of

Variations:
手遅れ
手後れ(rK)
手おくれ(sK)

 teokure
    ておくれ
being too late; losing one's final chance

Variations:
折りたたみ傘
折り畳み傘
折畳み傘
折たたみ傘
おりたたみ傘

 oritatamigasa
    おりたたみがさ
folding umbrella

Variations:
折りたたみ印刷物
おりたたみ印刷物
折り畳み印刷物
折畳印刷物

 oritatamiinsatsubutsu / oritataminsatsubutsu
    おりたたみいんさつぶつ
leaflet; folded printed matter

Variations:
折り紙付き
折り紙つき
折り紙付
折紙付き(sK)
折紙つき(sK)
おりがみ付き(sK)
折紙付(sK)

 origamitsuki
    おりがみつき
(can be adjective with の) guaranteed; authentic; certified

Variations:
折り返す
折返す(sK)
折りかえす(sK)
おり返す(sK)

 orikaesu
    おりかえす
(transitive verb) (1) to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); (transitive verb) (2) to turn back; to double back; to return; (transitive verb) (3) {comp} to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)

Variations:
抱き下ろす
抱下ろす
抱きおろす(sK)

 dakiorosu
    だきおろす
(transitive verb) to lift down; to carry down in one's arms

Variations:
押しくらまんじゅう
押しくら饅頭
押し競饅頭
おしくら饅頭

 oshikuramanjuu / oshikuramanju
    おしくらまんじゅう
(See 押し競べ・おしくらべ) children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle

Variations:
押し寄せる
押寄せる(sK)
押しよせる(sK)
おし寄せる(sK)

 oshiyoseru
    おしよせる
(v1,vi) to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.); to rush for (the door); to inundate; to overwhelm; to push aside

Variations:
押し寿司
押寿司
押しずし
押し鮨
おし寿司
押鮨

 oshizushi
    おしずし
{food} oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold)

Variations:
押し広げる
押しひろげる(sK)
おし広げる(sK)
押広げる(sK)

 oshihirogeru
    おしひろげる
(transitive verb) to extend; to expand; to spread out

Variations:
押し広める
推し広める
押広める(sK)
おし広める(sK)

 oshihiromeru
    おしひろめる
(transitive verb) (1) to spread; to extend; to expand; to propagate; (transitive verb) (2) to enlarge on; to amplify (e.g. a theory)

Variations:
押し流す
押流す
押しながす(sK)
おし流す(sK)

 oshinagasu
    おしながす
(transitive verb) to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away

Variations:
押し隠す
おし隠す(sK)
押しかくす(sK)
押隠す(sK)

 oshikakusu
    おしかくす
(transitive verb) to keep (something) a close secret; to hide (the truth, one's pain, etc.); to keep hidden

Variations:
押し黙る
おし黙る(sK)
押黙る(sK)
押しだまる(sK)

 oshidamaru
    おしだまる
(v5r,vi) to keep silent

Variations:
押し黙る
押黙る
押しだまる
おし黙る

 oshidamaru
    おしだまる
(v5r,vi) to keep silent

Variations:
押っ放り出す
押放り出す
おっ放り出す
おっぽり出す

 opporidasu
    おっぽりだす
(transitive verb) (See 放り出す・1) to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect

Variations:
持ち直す
持直す
持ちなおす

 mochinaosu
    もちなおす
(transitive verb) to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

Variations:
持ち直す
持直す(sK)
持ちなおす(sK)

 mochinaosu
    もちなおす
(v5s,vi) (1) to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up; (transitive verb) (2) to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other

Variations:
振り下ろす
振りおろす
振り降ろす(iK)

 furiorosu
    ふりおろす
(transitive verb) to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)

Variations:
描き下ろし
描下ろし
描き下し(io)
描きおろし(sK)

 kakioroshi
    かきおろし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) newly drawn artwork (illustrations, manga, etc.); original art; specially drawn artwork; drawing (a new work) for a specific purpose

Variations:
摺り下ろす(rK)
擂り下ろす(rK)
磨り下ろす(rK)
すり下ろす(sK)
摺りおろす(sK)
擂りおろす(sK)
磨りおろす(sK)

 suriorosu
    すりおろす
(transitive verb) (kana only) to grate

Variations:
文字通り
文字どおり
文字どうり(sK)

 mojidoori
    もじどおり
(adverb) (1) literally; to the letter; (can be adjective with の) (2) literal

Variations:
新年明けましておめでとうございます
新年明けましておめでとう御座います

 shinnenakemashiteomedetougozaimasu / shinnenakemashiteomedetogozaimasu
    しんねんあけましておめでとうございます
(expression) Happy New Year

Variations:
日本語でおk
日本語でOK
日本語でオッケー
日本語でオーケー

 nihongodeoke(日本語deok); nihongodeokkee(日本語deOK, 日本語deokkee); nihongodeookee(日本語deOK, 日本語deookee)
    にほんごでおけ(日本語でおk); にほんごでオッケー(日本語でOK, 日本語でオッケー); にほんごでオーケー(日本語でOK, 日本語でオーケー)
(expression) (slang) you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese?

Variations:
日経225オプション
日経二二五オプション

 nikkeininigoopushon / nikkeninigoopushon
    にっけいににごオプション
Nikkei 225 option

Variations:
日覆い
日覆(io)
日おおい(sK)
日おい(sK)

 hioi; hiooi
    ひおい; ひおおい
sunshade; sunscreen; window shade; blinds

Variations:
明けましておめでとうございます
明けましておめでとう御座います(rK)
明けまして御目出度う御座います(rK)
明けましてお目出度うございます(sK)

 akemashiteomedetougozaimasu / akemashiteomedetogozaimasu
    あけましておめでとうございます
(expression) (polite language) (kana only) Happy New Year

Variations:
昼なお暗い
昼尚暗い
昼猶暗い(oK)

 hirunaokurai
    ひるなおくらい
(exp,adj-i) dark even in the daytime

Variations:
時すでに遅し
時既に遅し
時すでにおそし

 tokisudeniososhi
    ときすでにおそし
(expression) it's already too late

Variations:
普段通り
普段どおり
ふだん通り(sK)

 fudandoori
    ふだんどおり
(adv,adj-no) as usual; as per normal

Variations:
書き下ろし
書下ろし
書きおろし(sK)

 kakioroshi
    かきおろし
(noun - becomes adjective with の) original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

Variations:
書き落とす
書き落す
かき落とす(sK)
かき落す(sK)
書落とす(sK)
書きおとす(sK)

 kakiotosu
    かきおとす
(transitive verb) to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit

Variations:
曾おじいさん
曾お祖父さん
曽お祖父さん

 hiiojiisan / hiojisan
    ひいおじいさん
(kana only) great-grandfather

Variations:
曾おばあさん
曾お祖母さん
曽お祖母さん

 hiiobaasan / hiobasan
    ひいおばあさん
(kana only) great-grandmother

Variations:
有人オペレーター
有人オペレータ(sK)

 yuujinopereetaa / yujinopereeta
    ゆうじんオペレーター
human operator (as opposed to an automated or AI system); live agent; real human

Variations:
染みとおる
染み透る
染み通る
染透る
沁み透る
染通る
沁透る

 shimitooru
    しみとおる
(v5r,vi) (1) to soak through; (v5r,vi) (2) to be deeply impressed

Variations:
柳の下にいつも泥鰌はおらぬ
柳の下に何時も泥鰌は居らぬ

 yanaginoshitaniitsumodojouhaoranu / yanaginoshitanitsumodojohaoranu
    やなぎのしたにいつもどじょうはおらぬ
(expression) (proverb) a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loaches under the willow tree

Variations:
棚卸し
棚卸
たな卸
たな卸し
店卸
棚おろし
店卸し

 tanaoroshi
    たなおろし
(noun/participle) (1) stocktaking; inventory count; (noun/participle) (2) faultfinding

Variations:
棚卸し
棚卸
たな卸
たな卸し
店卸(rK)
棚おろし
店卸し(rK)

 tanaoroshi
    たなおろし
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) stocktaking; inventory count; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) faultfinding

Variations:
棚卸し
棚卸
店卸(rK)
店卸し(rK)
たな卸(sK)
たな卸し(sK)
棚おろし(sK)

 tanaoroshi
    たなおろし
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) stocktaking; inventory count; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) faultfinding

Variations:
欠け落ち
欠落ち(sK)
欠けおち(sK)

 kakeochi
    かけおち
(n,vs,vi) self-exile; going into hiding

Variations:
正しい行い
正しいおこない
ただしい行い

 tadashiiokonai / tadashiokonai
    ただしいおこない
(exp,n) conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing

Variations:
此処に於て(rK)
ここに於いて(sK)
此処において(sK)

 kokonioite
    ここにおいて
(conjunction) (1) (kana only) now; at this time; (conjunction) (2) (kana only) as such; for this reason; hence

Variations:
毎度おなじみ
毎度お馴染み
毎度御馴染み(sK)

 maidoonajimi
    まいどおなじみ
(exp,adj-no) same old familiar; usual

Variations:
洗い落とす
洗い落す(sK)
洗いおとす(sK)

 araiotosu
    あらいおとす
(transitive verb) to wash off; to wash out

Variations:
清水の舞台から飛び降りる
清水の舞台から飛び下りる
清水の舞台から飛びおりる

 kiyomizunobutaikaratobioriru
    きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

Variations:
清水の舞台から飛び降りる
清水の舞台から飛び下りる
清水の舞台から飛びおりる(sK)

 kiyomizunobutaikaratobioriru
    きよみずのぶたいからとびおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the veranda of the Kiyomizu temple

Variations:
溺れる者は藁をも掴む
溺れる者は藁をもつかむ(sK)
おぼれる者は藁をもつかむ(sK)
おぼれる者はわらをもつかむ(sK)
溺れる者はワラをも掴む(sK)
溺れる者はワラをもつかむ(sK)

 oborerumonohawaraomotsukamu
    おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ
(exp,v5m) (proverb) a drowning man will clutch at a straw

Variations:
猫に木天蓼お女郎に小判
猫にまたたびお女郎に小判

 nekonimatatabiojorounikoban / nekonimatatabiojoronikoban
    ねこにまたたびおじょろうにこばん
(expression) (proverb) (See 木天蓼,小判・1) everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes

Variations:
猫に鰹節
猫にカツオブシ
猫にかつおぶし(sK)

 nekonikatsuobushi
    ねこにかつおぶし
(expression) (idiom) temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk

Variations:
猫に鰹節
猫にカツオブシ
猫にかつおぶし(sK)
猫にかつお節(sK)
ネコに鰹節(sK)

 nekonikatsuobushi
    ねこにかつおぶし
(expression) (idiom) temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk

Variations:
生い茂る
生茂る
おい茂る
生いしげる

 oishigeru
    おいしげる
(v5r,vi) to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance

Variations:
産み落とす
生み落とす
産みおとす(sK)
生みおとす(sK)
産み落す(sK)
生み落す(sK)

 umiotosu
    うみおとす
(transitive verb) to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)

Variations:
申し遅れる
申しおくれる(sK)
申遅れる(sK)
申し後れる(sK)

 moushiokureru / moshiokureru
    もうしおくれる
(v1,vi) (humble language) to be slow in saying

Variations:
痙攣を起こす
痙攣をおこす(sK)
けいれんを起こす(sK)

 keirenookosu / kerenookosu
    けいれんをおこす
(exp,v5s) {med} to have convulsions

Variations:
盛大に赴く
盛大におもむく
盛大に趣く

 seidainiomomuku / sedainiomomuku
    せいだいにおもむく
(exp,v5k) to grow in prosperity

Variations:
目頭を押さえる
目頭をおさえる(sK)
目頭を押える(sK)

 megashiraoosaeru
    めがしらをおさえる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to stop oneself from crying; to hold back tears

Variations:
知っての通り
知ってのとおり

 shittenotoori
    しってのとおり
(expression) as we know

Variations:
神を恐れる
神を畏れる
神をおそれる(sK)
神を怖れる(sK)

 kamioosoreru
    かみをおそれる
(exp,v1) to fear God

Variations:
神降ろし
神降
神おろし(sK)
神降し(sK)
神下ろし(sK)

 kamioroshi
    かみおろし
(n,vs,vi) (1) {Shinto} invoking a deity during a festival held in that deity's honor; (n,vs,vi) (2) {Shinto} (See 巫女・みこ・2) medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her (to receive his divine message or revelation)

Variations:
積み降ろし
積み下ろし
積み卸し
積卸し
積みおろし
積下ろし
積降ろし
積卸(io)

 tsumioroshi
    つみおろし
(noun/participle) loading and unloading

Variations:
立ち直る
立ちなおる
立直る

 tachinaoru
    たちなおる
(v5r,vi) (1) to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; (v5r,vi) (2) to recover; (of the market) to improve

Variations:
第1次オイルショック
第一次オイルショック

 daiichijioirushokku / daichijioirushokku
    だいいちじオイルショック
(hist) (See オイルショック) oil crisis of 1973-74; first oil shock

Variations:
第2次オイルショック
第二次オイルショック

 dainijioirushokku
    だいにじオイルショック
(hist) (See オイルショック) second oil crisis (1979)

Variations:
箸が転んでもおかしい年頃
箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃

 hashigakorondemookashiitoshigoro / hashigakorondemookashitoshigoro
    はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ
(exp,n) age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of a girl in the late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing

Variations:
箸が転んでもおかしい年頃
箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃
箸が転んでもおかしい年ごろ(sK)

 hashigakorondemookashiitoshigoro / hashigakorondemookashitoshigoro
    はしがころんでもおかしいとしごろ
(exp,n) age at which even the slightest things seem funny (esp. said of girls in their late teens); age where even chopsticks rolling is amusing

Variations:
粟おこし
粟粔籹(rK)
栗起(sK)

 awaokoshi
    あわおこし
{food} millet brittle

Variations:
緋縅
緋威
火威
緋おどし(sK)
火縅(sK)
緋縅し(sK)

 hiodoshi
    ひおどし
(1) (hist) scarlet bindings used with a traditional Japanese suit of armor; (2) (hist) scarlet-threaded suit of armor

Variations:
置き去り
置去り
置きざり(sK)
おき去り(sK)

 okizari
    おきざり
(usu. as 置き去りにする) leaving behind; desertion; abandonment

Variations:
肩の荷が下りる
肩の荷がおりる
肩の荷が降りる
肩のにがおりる

 katanonigaoriru
    かたのにがおりる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind

Variations:
胸を撫で下ろす
胸をなで下ろす
胸をなでおろす

 muneonadeorosu
    むねをなでおろす
(exp,v5s) (See 撫で下ろす) to be relieved; to feel relieved

Variations:
脇に置く
傍に置く
脇におく
わきに置く

 wakinioku
    わきにおく
(exp,v5k) to lay aside; to set aside

Variations:
腰を下ろす
腰をおろす
腰を降ろす
腰を下す(io)

 koshioorosu
    こしをおろす
(exp,v5s) (See 腰を上げる・1) to sit down

Variations:
腹の虫がおさまらない
腹の虫が治まらない
腹の虫が納まらない

 haranomushigaosamaranai
    はらのむしがおさまらない
(expression) cannot contain one's anger; can't contain myself; staying angry

Variations:
臆病
憶病(rK)
おく病(sK)

 okubyou / okubyo
    おくびょう
(noun or adjectival noun) cowardly; timid; easily frightened

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