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Variations:
行き合わせる
行き合せる

 ikiawaseru; yukiawaseru
    いきあわせる; ゆきあわせる
(v1,vi) to happen upon (someone or something); to happen to meet

Variations:
表彰
表賞(sK)

 hyoushou / hyosho
    ひょうしょう
(noun, transitive verb) (official) commendation; public recognition (of someone's achievements, good deeds, etc.); awarding; honouring

Variations:
袋叩き
袋だたき(sK)

 fukurodataki
    ふくろだたき
(1) beating someone up by ganging up on them; (2) facing a barrage of criticism

Variations:
襟首を掴む
襟首をつかむ

 erikubiotsukamu
    えりくびをつかむ
(exp,v5m) to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

Variations:
覆い被さる
覆いかぶさる

 ooikabusaru; oikabusaru
    おおいかぶさる; おいかぶさる
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang over; to cover; (v5r,vi) (2) to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

Variations:
見違う
見ちがう(sK)

 michigau
    みちがう
(transitive verb) (See 見違える) to mistake (for something or someone else); to be unable to recognize

Variations:
見間違える
見まちがえる

 mimachigaeru
    みまちがえる
(transitive verb) to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

Variations:
親類付き合い
親類付合い

 shinruizukiai
    しんるいづきあい
(1) associating with relatives; keeping in touch with relatives; (2) associating with someone as if they were family; family-like relationship

Variations:
読む
讀む(sK)

 yomu
    よむ
(transitive verb) (1) to read; (transitive verb) (2) to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; (transitive verb) (3) to predict; to guess; to forecast; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine; (transitive verb) (4) to decipher; (transitive verb) (5) (now mostly used in idioms) (See さばを読む) to count; to estimate; (transitive verb) (6) (also written as 訓む) (See 訓む) to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Variations:
足元をすくう
足元を掬う

 ashimotoosukuu / ashimotoosuku
    あしもとをすくう
(exp,v5u) (incorr. var. of 足を掬う) (See 足をすくう・あしをすくう) to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

Variations:
迫る
逼る(rK)

 semaru(p); seru(迫ru)(ok)
    せまる(P); せる(迫る)(ok)
(v5r,vi) (1) to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; (transitive verb) (2) to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

Variations:
重み
重味(iK)

 omomi
    おもみ
(1) weight; (2) weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity; (3) importance; significance

Variations:
金槌
金づち
鉄鎚

 kanazuchi(p); kanazuchi
    かなづち(P); カナヅチ
(1) hammer; (2) (kana only) hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone

Variations:
闘争
斗争(iK)

 tousou / toso
    とうそう
(n,vs,vi) (1) fight; battle; combat; conflict; (n,vs,vi) (2) struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute; strike

Variations:


翳(rK)

 kage
    かげ
(1) shade; shadow; (2) behind (something); other side; back; (3) the background; behind the scenes; behind someone's back; (4) gloom (in someone's expression, nature, etc.); darkness

Variations:
頂く
戴く(rK)

 itadaku
    いただく
(transitive verb) (1) (humble language) (kana only) (See 貰う・1) to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; (transitive verb) (2) (humble language) (polite language) (kana only) to eat; to drink; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) (orig. meaning) to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); (transitive verb) (4) (kana only) to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president); (aux-v,v5k) (5) (humble language) (kana only) (follows a verb in "-te" form) (See 貰う・もらう・2) to get someone to do something

Variations:
風邪をうつす
風邪を移す

 kazeoutsusu / kazeotsusu
    かぜをうつす
(exp,v5s) to give a cold (to someone)

Variations:
いい薬になる
良い薬になる

 iikusurininaru / ikusurininaru
    いいくすりになる
(exp,v5r) to learn a lesson (usu. from an unpleasant experience); to be good for someone

Variations:
いたちの道切り
鼬の道切り

 itachinomichikiri
    いたちのみちきり
(expression) (See いたちの道) not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again)

Variations:
お洒落
御洒落

 oshare(p); oshare
    おしゃれ(P); オシャレ
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) (kana only) (See 洒落・しゃれ・2) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious; (2) (kana only) someone smartly dressed; (vs,vi) (3) (kana only) to dress up; to be fashionable

Variations:
お目通り
御目通り(sK)

 omedoori
    おめどおり
(n,vs,vi) audience (with someone of high standing)

Variations:
お見知りおき
お見知り置き

 omishirioki
    おみしりおき
(expression) (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you) pleased to make your acquaintance

Variations:
お見知り置き
お見知りおき

 omishirioki
    おみしりおき
(expression) (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you) pleased to make your acquaintance

Variations:
お見通し
御見通し(sK)

 omitooshi
    おみとおし
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

Variations:
カウンター
カウンタ

 kauntaa(p); kaunta / kaunta(p); kaunta
    カウンター(P); カウンタ
(1) counter; counting device; (2) (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); (3) counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; (4) {sports} counter-attack (in soccer); (5) {boxing} counter; counterpunch; (6) {internet} automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)

Variations:
クラッカー
クラッカ

 kurakkaa(p); kurakka / kurakka(p); kurakka
    クラッカー(P); クラッカ
(1) {food} cracker; (2) party popper; cracker; (3) {comp} cracker (someone who circumvents software or security restrictions)

Variations:
こき使う
扱き使う
扱使う

 kokitsukau
    こきつかう
(transitive verb) to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

Variations:
こちょこちょ
コチョコチョ

 kochokocho; kochokocho
    こちょこちょ; コチョコチョ
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) tickling; (adv,adv-to,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) restlessly; hurriedly; fiddling (around); whispering (in someone's ear); (interjection) (3) (said while tickling) kitchy-koo; goochie-goo

Variations:
どストライク
ドストライク

 dosutoraiku; dosutoraiku
    どストライク; ドストライク
(1) (colloquialism) (See ど・1,ストライク) smack in the middle; perfect strike; bullseye; (adjectival noun) (2) (colloquialism) perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it

Variations:
どたんばたん
ドタンバタン

 dotanbatan; dotanbatan
    どたんばたん; ドタンバタン
(adv-to,adv) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) banging around (e.g. in a fight)

Variations:
ドン引き
どん引き(sK)

 donbiki; donbiki(sk)
    どんびき; ドンビキ(sk)
(n,vs,vi) (1) being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); cringing; being left speechless; (n,vs,vi) (2) {film;tv} zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image

Variations:
ヌルゲー
ぬるゲー
ヌルゲ

 nurugee; nurugee; nuruge
    ヌルゲー; ぬるゲー; ヌルゲ
(1) (slang) (from ぬるい + ゲーム) (excessively) easy video game; easy-to-beat game; (2) (slang) something easy to do; something that presents no challenge; trivial thing

Variations:
のけ者にする
除け者にする

 nokemononisuru
    のけものにする
(exp,vs-i) to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

Variations:
ひとかどの人物
一角の人物

 hitokadonojinbutsu
    ひとかどのじんぶつ
(exp,n) someone (important); person of importance

Variations:
ひとかどの人間
一角の人間

 hitokadononingen
    ひとかどのにんげん
(exp,n) (See 一角の人物) someone (important); person of importance

ひとのふんどしで相撲を取る

see styles
 hitonofundoshidesumouotoru / hitonofundoshidesumootoru
    ひとのふんどしですもうをとる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money

Variations:
ぶち破る
ブチ破る(sK)

 buchiyaburu
    ぶちやぶる
(transitive verb) to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy

Variations:
ぶっ叩く
打っ叩く(rK)

 buttataku
    ぶったたく
(transitive verb) to beat; to batter; to pummel

Variations:
ぶっ掛け
打っ掛け(rK)

 bukkake
    ぶっかけ
(1) (kana only) (See ぶっかけそば) dish made by pouring broth over something (esp. bukkake soba); (2) (kana only) (colloquialism) splashing on; splashing at; (3) (kana only) (slang) (vulgar) bukkake (ejaculation onto someone's face)

Variations:
ぶっ放す
打っ放す(rK)

 buppanasu
    ぶっぱなす
(transitive verb) to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away

Variations:
ぶっ殺す
打っ殺す(rK)

 bukkorosu
    ぶっころす
(transitive verb) (emphatic) to kill; to beat to death

Variations:
やい
やーい
ヤイ
ヤーイ

 yai; yaai; yai; yaai / yai; yai; yai; yai
    やい; やーい; ヤイ; ヤーイ
(int,suf) (used when calling out to someone, somewhat aggressive) (See やいやい・2,よ・1) hey; hey you

Variations:
やり過ごす
遣り過す

 yarisugosu
    やりすごす
(transitive verb) (1) to let something (or someone) go past; (transitive verb) (2) to do too much

Variations:
三顧の礼
三顧之礼(rK)

 sankonorei / sankonore
    さんこのれい
(exp,n) (idiom) (form) showing (someone) special courtesy (to persuade them to take a post)

Variations:

主人
饗(rK)

 aruji
    あるじ
(1) (主, 主人 only) head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant); (2) (archaism) (See 饗設け) entertaining someone as one's guest

Variations:
人手にかかる
人手に掛かる

 hitodenikakaru
    ひとでにかかる
(exp,v5r) (1) to be murdered; (exp,v5r) (2) to be aided by someone else; to be raised by someone else

他人のふんどしで相撲を取る

see styles
 taninnofundoshidesumouotoru / taninnofundoshidesumootoru
    たにんのふんどしですもうをとる
(exp,v5r) to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money

Variations:
付け入る
つけ入る
付入る

 tsukeiru / tsukeru
    つけいる
(v5r,vi) to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on

Variations:
会わす
遭わす
会す
遭す

 awasu
    あわす
(transitive verb) (1) (See 会わせる) to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; (transitive verb) (2) to expose to; to subject to

Variations:
信じきる
信じ切る
信切る

 shinjikiru
    しんじきる
(Godan verb with "ru" ending) to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)

Variations:



 moto
    もと
(1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; base; mix; stock; (5) (元 only) (someone's) side; (someone's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (counter) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

Variations:
助け出す
助けだす(sK)

 tasukedasu
    たすけだす
(transitive verb) to help (someone) out of trouble; to rescue; to save

Variations:
助力によって
助力に依って

 joryokuniyotte
    じょりょくによって
(expression) with (someone's) help

Variations:
労る
労わる(io)

 itawaru
    いたわる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to treat with sympathy; to console; to be kind to; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse; to soothe; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts); to reward for

Variations:
取り付く
取りつく
取付く

 toritsuku
    とりつく
(v5k,vi) (1) to cling to; to hold on to; to hold fast to; (v5k,vi) (2) to grapple; (v5k,vi) (3) to set about doing; to begin; to commence; to undertake; (v5k,vi) (4) (also written as 取り憑く) to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.); to take hold of; to haunt; (v5k,vi) (5) to obtain a clue; to get a lead

Variations:
取り合う
取りあう
取合う

 toriau
    とりあう
(transitive verb) (1) (as 手を取り合う) (See 手を取り合う・1) to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); (transitive verb) (2) to scramble for; to struggle for; to fight for; (v5u,vi) (3) (usu. in the negative) to pay attention to; to take notice of; to listen to; to concern oneself with; to deal with

Variations:
叩き合う
叩き会う(iK)

 tatakiau
    たたきあう
(Godan verb with "u" ending) (1) to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); (Godan verb with "u" ending) (2) to speak (to each other)

Variations:
叱咤激励
叱咜激励(rK)

 shittagekirei / shittagekire
    しったげきれい
(noun/participle) (yoji) giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (someone) strongly in a loud voice

Variations:
右へ倣え
右へ習え(iK)

 migihenarae
    みぎへならえ
(expression) (1) follow the person to your right (command to form a line); (expression) (2) following someone's example; imitating someone; following suit

Variations:
因縁をつける
因縁を付ける

 innenotsukeru
    いんねんをつける
(exp,v1) to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

Variations:
大喧嘩
大げんか
大ゲンカ

 oogenka(大喧嘩, 大genka); oogenka(大genka)
    おおげんか(大喧嘩, 大げんか); おおゲンカ(大ゲンカ)
(noun/participle) big quarrel; huge fight; big row

嬪夫(ateji)(rK)

 pinpu
    ピンプ
(kana only) (See ひも・3) pimp; procurer; someone who makes their living selling women into prostitution

Variations:
寝息をうかがう
寝息を窺う

 neikioukagau / nekiokagau
    ねいきをうかがう
(exp,v5u) (1) to make sure someone is asleep; to listen for the breath of a sleeping person; (exp,v5u) (2) to commit a wrongdoing while someone is sleeping

Variations:
尻に帆かける
尻に帆掛ける

 shirinihokakeru
    しりにほかける
(exp,v1) (idiom) to beat a hasty retreat; to turn tail and run away; to take to one's heels

Variations:
干し殺す
干殺す
乾し殺す

 hoshikorosu
    ほしころす
(transitive verb) (See 餓死) to starve (someone) to death

Variations:
後釜に据える
後釜にすえる

 atogamanisueru
    あとがまにすえる
(exp,v1) to install (a person) in (someone's) place

Variations:
微笑みかける
微笑み掛ける

 hohoemikakeru
    ほほえみかける
(v1,vi) to smile (at someone)

Variations:
心配をかける
心配を掛ける

 shinpaiokakeru
    しんぱいをかける
(exp,v1) to cause someone to worry

Variations:
心配を掛ける
心配をかける

 shinpaiokakeru
    しんぱいをかける
(exp,v1) to cause someone to worry

Variations:
思い知らせる
思いしらせる

 omoishiraseru
    おもいしらせる
(transitive verb) to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

Variations:
恩を売る
恩をうる(sK)

 onouru / onoru
    おんをうる
(exp,v5r) to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

Variations:
手を出す
手をだす(sK)

 teodasu
    てをだす
(exp,v5s) (1) to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; (exp,v5s) (2) (idiom) to get involved in; to make a move on; (exp,v5s) (3) (idiom) to strike; to beat; to hit; (exp,v5s) (4) (idiom) to steal; to rob; to take; (exp,v5s) (5) (idiom) to seduce (a woman); to lay hands on

Variations:
手数をかける
手数を掛ける

 tesuuokakeru / tesuokakeru
    てすうをかける
(exp,v1) to be a burden; to make trouble for someone

Variations:
手間をかける
手間を掛ける

 temaokakeru
    てまをかける
(exp,v1) to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone

Variations:
手間を掛ける
手間をかける

 temaokakeru
    てまをかける
(exp,v1) to take up someone's time; to make work for someone

Variations:
拘う
拘らう
係う(rK)

 kakazurau
    かかずらう
(v5u,vi) (1) (kana only) to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); (v5u,vi) (2) (kana only) to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); (v5u,vi) (3) (kana only) to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

Variations:
掻き付く
搔き付く(oK)

 kakitsuku
    かきつく
(v4k,vi) (1) (archaism) to cling to; (v4k,vi) (2) (archaism) to rely on; (v4k,vt) (3) (archaism) to obtain something after badgering someone

Variations:
掻き付く
搔き付く(sK)

 kakitsuku
    かきつく
(v4k,vi) (1) (archaism) to cling to; (v4k,vi) (2) (archaism) to rely on; (v4k,vt) (3) (archaism) to obtain something after badgering someone

Variations:
援護射撃
掩護射撃(rK)

 engoshageki
    えんごしゃげき
(1) (providing) covering fire; (noun, transitive verb) (2) supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up

Variations:
擽る
擽ぐる(sK)

 kusuguru
    くすぐる
(transitive verb) (1) (kana only) to tickle; (transitive verb) (2) (kana only) to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to appeal to; to flatter; (transitive verb) (3) (kana only) to make (someone) laugh; to amuse; to entertain

Variations:
杳として
沓として(iK)

 youtoshite / yotoshite
    ようとして
(exp,adv) utterly (unknown; esp. of someone's whereabouts); completely; (no information) whatsoever; at all

Variations:
此の(rK)
斯の(rK)

 kono(p); kon
    この(P); こん
(pre-noun adjective) (1) (kana only) (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) (See その・1,あの,どの) this; (pre-noun adjective) (2) (kana only) (in ref. to a stretch of time or date) last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this; (pre-noun adjective) (3) (kana only) (emphatic, accusatory, insulting) you (as in "you liar")

Variations:
歯が立たない
歯がたたない

 hagatatanai
    はがたたない
(exp,adj-i) (1) unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight); (exp,adj-i) (2) hard to chew

Variations:
気持ちを汲む
気持ちをくむ

 kimochiokumu
    きもちをくむ
(exp,v5m) (usu. 気持ちを汲んで) to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with someone's feelings

Variations:
泣き付く
泣付く
泣きつく

 nakitsuku
    なきつく
(v5k,vi) to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

Variations:
注文をつける
注文を付ける

 chuumonotsukeru / chumonotsukeru
    ちゅうもんをつける
(exp,v1) to order (someone to do something)

Variations:
漁夫の利
漁父の利(rK)

 gyofunori; gyohonori(ok)
    ぎょふのり; ぎょほのり(ok)
(exp,n) (idiom) profiting while others fight; fisherman's profit

Variations:
火事泥
火事どろ
火事ドロ

 kajidoro
    かじどろ
(1) (abbreviation) (See 火事場泥棒・1) looter; thief at the scene of a fire; (2) someone who takes advantage of a crisis to commit a crime

Variations:
煙たがる
烟たがる(rK)

 kemutagaru
    けむたがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to be sensitive to smoke; (transitive verb) (2) to dislike the company of (someone); to consider (someone) a burden or nuisance

Variations:
物扱い
もの扱い
モノ扱い

 monoatsukai(物扱i, mono扱i); monoatsukai(mono扱i)
    ものあつかい(物扱い, もの扱い); モノあつかい(モノ扱い)
(noun/participle) treating (someone) like an object

Variations:
王手をかける
王手を掛ける

 outeokakeru / oteokakeru
    おうてをかける
(exp,v1) (1) to check (in chess); (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) to threaten (someone's position, etc.); to close in (on someone)

Variations:
突き込む
突込む
突きこむ

 tsukikomu
    つきこむ
(transitive verb) (1) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・1) to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to stuff; to shove; (v5m,vi) (2) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・2) to plunge into; to charge into; to rush into; to ram into; to crash into; (v5m,vi) (3) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・3) to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to get to the heart (of something); (transitive verb) (4) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・4) to press (someone) about; to point out (e.g. an inconsistency); to question sharply; to grill; (transitive verb) (5) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・5) to get involved with; to meddle in; to poke one's nose into; (v5m,vi) (6) (See 突っ込む・つっこむ・5) to riposte; to retort; to quip

Variations:
立て替える
立替える

 tatekaeru
    たてかえる
(transitive verb) to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later); to lend someone the money to pay for (e.g. rent); to make a temporary payment on someone's behalf

Variations:
笑わせる
嗤わせる(sK)

 warawaseru
    わらわせる
(transitive verb) to make (someone) laugh; to set to laughing

Variations:
簀巻き
す巻
す巻き
簀巻

 sumaki
    すまき
(1) wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; (2) (hist) wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)

Variations:
肩を貸す
肩をかす(sK)

 kataokasu
    かたをかす
(exp,v5s) (1) to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; (exp,v5s) (2) to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid

Variations:
花を持たせる
華を持たせる

 hanaomotaseru
    はなをもたせる
(exp,v1) (idiom) to let (someone) have the credit (for); to let (someone) hold the flowers

Variations:
苦労をかける
苦労を掛ける

 kurouokakeru / kurookakeru
    くろうをかける
(exp,v1) to cause someone trouble; to burden someone

Variations:
見透かす
見すかす(sK)

 misukasu
    みすかす
(transitive verb) to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate

Variations:
見違える
見ちがえる

 michigaeru
    みちがえる
(transitive verb) to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or someone else

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