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Variations:
見とれる
見惚れる
見蕩れる(rK)
見ほれる(sK)

 mitoreru; mihoreru(見惚reru)
    みとれる; みほれる(見惚れる)
(v1,vi) to be fascinated (by); to be captivated by; to be enchanted by; to gaze admiringly at; to watch in fascination

Variations:
見に来る
見にくる(sK)
観に来る(sK)
観にくる(sK)

 minikuru
    みにくる
(exp,vk) to come to see; to come and see; to visit

Variations:
見に行く
観に行く
見にいく(sK)
観にいく(sK)

 miniiku / miniku
    みにいく
(exp,v5k-s) to go to see; to visit

Variations:
見も知らぬ
身も知らぬ(iK)
見もしらぬ(sK)

 mimoshiranu
    みもしらぬ
(pre-noun adjective) completely unknown (usu. of people); unfamiliar; complete (stranger)

Variations:
見よう見まね
見よう見真似
見様見真似
見様見まね(sK)

 miyoumimane / miyomimane
    みようみまね
(exp,n) learning by watching others; learning by imitation; following by example

Variations:
見る
観る
視る
覧る(sK)

 miru
    みる
(transitive verb) (1) to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; (transitive verb) (2) to examine; to look over; to assess; to check; to judge; (transitive verb) (3) (See 看る) to look after; to attend to; to take care of; to keep an eye on; (transitive verb) (4) to experience; to meet with (misfortune, success, etc.); (aux-v,v1) (5) (kana only) (after the -te form of a verb) to try ...; to have a go at ...; to give ... a try; (aux-v,v1) (6) (kana only) (as 〜てみると, 〜てみたら, 〜てみれば, etc.) to see (that) ...; to find (that) ...

Variations:
見れば見るほど
見れば見る程
見ればみるほど(sK)

 mirebamiruhodo
    みればみるほど
(expression) the more one looks (at it) the more ...

Variations:
見合わせる
見合せる
見あわせる(sK)

 miawaseru
    みあわせる
(transitive verb) (1) to exchange glances; to look at each other; (transitive verb) (2) to postpone; to put off; to withhold; to abandon; (transitive verb) (3) to contrast; to compare

Variations:
見向きもしない
見むきもしない(sK)

 mimukimoshinai
    みむきもしない
(exp,adj-i) taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely

Variations:
見回す
見廻す(rK)
見まわす(sK)

 mimawasu
    みまわす
(transitive verb) to look around; to survey

Variations:
見境なく
見境無く
見さかいなく(sK)

 misakainaku
    みさかいなく
(exp,adv) indiscriminately

Variations:
見守る
見戍る(sK)
目戍る(sK)

 mimamoru
    みまもる
(transitive verb) (1) to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; (transitive verb) (2) to watch intently; to stare; to gaze; to watch (and see what happens); to follow

Variations:
見慣れる
見馴れる(rK)
見なれる(sK)

 minareru
    みなれる
(v1,vi) to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with

Variations:
見損なう
見そこなう(sK)
見損う(sK)

 misokonau
    みそこなう
(transitive verb) (1) to misjudge; to mistake; to misread; (transitive verb) (2) to misjudge (someone); to overestimate; (transitive verb) (3) to miss seeing; to overlook; to fail to notice

Variations:
見栄を張る
見栄をはる(sK)
見えを張る(sK)
見えをはる(sK)

 mieoharu
    みえをはる
(exp,v5r) to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off

Variations:
見納め
見収め(rK)
見おさめ(sK)

 miosame
    みおさめ
last look; farewell look

Variations:
見習う
見倣う(rK)
見ならう(sK)

 minarau
    みならう
(transitive verb) (1) to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to pattern oneself on; (transitive verb) (2) to learn (by observation)

Variations:
見覚え
見憶え(sK)
見おぼえ(sK)

 mioboe
    みおぼえ
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

Variations:
見込み
見込(sK)
見こみ(sK)

 mikomi
    みこみ
(1) hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood; (2) expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate; (3) (See 見付・みつけ・2) side of a structural member

Variations:
見通す
見透す(rK)
見とおす(sK)

 mitoosu
    みとおす
(transitive verb) (1) to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see through; (transitive verb) (2) to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to see through (e.g. someone's plans); (transitive verb) (3) to foresee; to predict; to forecast; to anticipate; (transitive verb) (4) to watch from start to finish

Variations:
見開く
瞠く(rK)
見ひらく(sK)

 mihiraku
    みひらく
(transitive verb) to open (one's eyes) wide

Variations:
規那(ateji)(rK)
幾那(sK)

 kina
    キナ
(kana only) cinchona (dut: kina)

Variations:
覚束ない(ateji)
覚束無い(sK)
おぼつか無い(sK)
覺束ない(sK)

 obotsukanai; kakusokunai(ik)
    おぼつかない; かくそくない(ik)
(adjective) (1) (kana only) uncertain; doubtful; unpromising; (adjective) (2) (kana only) unreliable; unsteady; insecure; shaky; faltering; (adjective) (3) (kana only) unclear; vague; hazy; indistinct

Variations:
親はなくても子は育つ
親は無くても子は育つ(sK)

 oyahanakutemokohasodatsu
    おやはなくてもこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
親はなくとも子は育つ
親は無くとも子は育つ(sK)

 oyahanakutomokohasodatsu
    おやはなくともこはそだつ
(exp,v5t) (proverb) nature itself is a good mother; even without parents, children grow up

Variations:
親子丼
親子どんぶり(sK)
親子どん(sK)
母娘丼(sK)
母娘どんぶり(sK)
おやこ丼(sK)

 oyakodon; oyakodonburi
    おやこどん; おやこどんぶり
(1) {food} oyakodon; bowl of rice topped with chicken and egg; (2) (vulgar) (slang) threesome including a parent and child

Variations:
親子喧嘩
親子ゲンカ(sK)
親子げんか(sK)

 oyakogenka
    おやこげんか
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child

Variations:
親思う心にまさる親心
親思う心に勝る親心
親思う心にまさる親ごころ(sK)

 oyaomoukokoronimasaruoyagokoro / oyaomokokoronimasaruoyagokoro
    おやおもうこころにまさるおやごころ
(expression) (proverb) a parent's love is greater than a child's love for its parents

Variations:
観る将
見る将(sK)
みる将(sK)

 mirushou / mirusho
    みるしょう
(colloquialism) (rare) shogi spectator; shogi fan who enjoys watching matches but does not play

Variations:
角を立てる
角をたてる(sK)
かどを立てる(sK)

 kadootateru
    かどをたてる
(exp,v1) (1) (idiom) (See 角・3) to worsen (the situation); to exacerbate; to aggravate; (exp,v1) (2) (idiom) (See 目に角を立てる) to look with anger

Variations:
解き明かす
解明す
とき明かす(sK)
解き明す(sK)
解明かす(sK)

 tokiakasu
    ときあかす
(transitive verb) to uncover; to solve; to reveal

Variations:
解き明かす
解明す
解きあかす(sK)
とき明かす(sK)
解き明す(sK)
解明かす(sK)

 tokiakasu
    ときあかす
(transitive verb) to uncover; to solve; to reveal

Variations:
解き洗い
とき洗い(sK)
解洗い(sK)

 tokiarai
    ときあらい
(noun, transitive verb) (See 丸洗い) unstitching and washing

Variations:
触れ込む
触込む(sK)
触れこむ(sK)

 furekomu
    ふれこむ
(v5m,vi) (1) to profess to be; to pass oneself off (as); to advertise oneself (as); (transitive verb) (2) to advertise; to announce; to make publicly known

Variations:
言いがかり
言い掛かり
言い掛り(sK)
言掛かり(sK)
言掛り(sK)

 iigakari / igakari
    いいがかり
(1) false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; picking a quarrel; (2) statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

Variations:
言いつける
言い付ける
言付ける(sK)

 iitsukeru / itsukeru
    いいつける
(transitive verb) (1) to tell (to do); to order; to direct; to instruct; (transitive verb) (2) to tell (on someone); to report; to snitch; (transitive verb) (3) to often say; to be used to saying

Variations:
言いよう
言い様
言いざま(sK)
言様(sK)

 iiyou(言iyou); iizama(言i様) / iyo(言iyo); izama(言i様)
    いいよう(言いよう); いいざま(言い様)
(exp,n) (1) manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; (adverb) (2) (いいざま only) at the same time as speaking; as one speaks

Variations:
言いよどむ
言い淀む
言い澱む(sK)

 iiyodomu / iyodomu
    いいよどむ
(transitive verb) to hesitate to say

Variations:
言い出しっぺ
言いだしっぺ
言い出しっ屁(sK)
言出しっぺ(sK)
言出しっ屁(sK)

 iidashippe / idashippe
    いいだしっぺ
(See 言い出しべ・いいだしべ) first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who raised a matter

Variations:
言い出しべ
言い出し屁
言出し屁(sK)
言出しべ(sK)

 iidashibe / idashibe
    いいだしべ
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who originated something

Variations:
言い出す
云い出す(sK)
言いだす(sK)
言出す(sK)
云いだす(sK)
云出す(sK)

 iidasu / idasu
    いいだす
(transitive verb) (1) to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to bring up; to come out with; (transitive verb) (2) to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

Variations:
言い切る
言いきる(sK)
いい切る(sK)
言切る(sK)

 iikiru / ikiru
    いいきる
(transitive verb) (1) to declare; to assert; to state definitively; (transitive verb) (2) to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all; to finish one's sentence

Variations:
言い回し
言いまわし(sK)
言回し(sK)
言い廻し(sK)

 iimawashi / imawashi
    いいまわし
expression; phraseology

Variations:
言い放つ
言いはなつ(sK)
言放つ(sK)

 iihanatsu / ihanatsu
    いいはなつ
(transitive verb) to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

Variations:
言い草
言い種
言草
言種(sK)
言いぐさ(sK)

 iigusa / igusa
    いいぐさ
(1) remarks; comments; (2) way of talking; speaking style; (3) excuse; (4) topic (of conversation)

Variations:
言い訳
言い分け(rK)
言いわけ(sK)
言訳(sK)
言分け(sK)

 iiwake / iwake
    いいわけ
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) excuse; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) explanation

Variations:
言い負かす
言負かす(sK)
言いまかす(sK)

 iimakasu / imakasu
    いいまかす
(transitive verb) to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)

Variations:
言い返す
言返す
いい返す(sK)
言いかえす(sK)

 iikaesu / ikaesu
    いいかえす
(transitive verb) (1) to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to reply; to respond; (transitive verb) (2) to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

Variations:
言うことを聞かない
言う事を聞かない
いうことを聞かない(sK)

 iukotookikanai
    いうことをきかない
(exp,adj-i) (See 言うことを聞く) not doing as one is told; disobedient; unruly

Variations:
言うことを聞く
言う事を聞く
いうことを聞く(sK)

 iukotookiku
    いうことをきく
(exp,v5k) (See 言うことを聞かない) to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

Variations:
言えなくもない
言えなくも無い(sK)
いえなくも無い(sK)

 ienakumonai
    いえなくもない
(exp,adj-i) (usu. as ...と〜) (one) could (even) say ...; it could be said (that) ...; it wouldn't be wrong to say (that) ...

Variations:
言わずと知れた
いわずと知れた(sK)
言わずとしれた(sK)

 iwazutoshireta
    いわずとしれた
(expression) as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious

Variations:
言付かる
託かる
託る(io)
言づかる(sK)

 kotozukaru
    ことづかる
(transitive verb) to be asked to give someone (a message, parcel, etc.); to be asked to tell someone (that); to be entrusted with

Variations:
言付け
託け
言づけ(sK)
言付(sK)

 kotozuke
    ことづけ
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (verbal) message; sending word; (2) (archaism) excuse; pretext

Variations:
言葉を濁す
言葉をにごす(sK)
ことばを濁す(sK)

 kotobaonigosu
    ことばをにごす
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

Variations:
言葉尻
言葉後(rK)
言葉じり(sK)

 kotobajiri
    ことばじり
(1) word ending; way of ending one's words; (2) (See 言葉尻を捉える) slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

Variations:
言葉尻
言葉後(rK)
言葉じり(sK)
ことば尻(sK)

 kotobajiri
    ことばじり
(1) word ending; way of ending one's words; (2) (See 言葉尻を捉える) slip of the tongue; verbal mistake

Variations:
言葉通り
言葉どおり
ことば通り(sK)

 kotobadoori
    ことばどおり
(adv,adj-no) as stated; verbatim; literally

Variations:
言葉遣い
言葉使い
言葉づかい
ことば遣い(sK)

 kotobazukai
    ことばづかい
speech; expression; wording; language

Variations:
言語道断
言語同断(iK)
言語道斷(sK)

 gongodoudan / gongododan
    ごんごどうだん
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable

Variations:
計り知れない
はかり知れない
測り知れない(sK)
計りしれない(sK)
測りしれない(sK)
量り知れない(sK)
量りしれない(sK)

 hakarishirenai
    はかりしれない
(exp,adj-i) unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

Variations:
計り知れない
はかり知れない
計りしれない(sK)

 hakarishirenai
    はかりしれない
(exp,adj-i) unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

Variations:
討ち果たす
打ち果たす
討ち果す(sK)
打ち果す(sK)
討果す(sK)
打果す(sK)

 uchihatasu
    うちはたす
(transitive verb) to slay; to kill; to put to the sword

Variations:
討ち漏らす
打ち漏らす
討ちもらす(sK)
打ちもらす(sK)

 uchimorasu
    うちもらす
(transitive verb) to let (an enemy) escape; to fail to kill

Variations:
討ち漏らす
打ち漏らす
討ちもらす(sK)
打ちもらす(sK)
討ち洩らす(sK)

 uchimorasu
    うちもらす
(transitive verb) to let (an enemy) escape; to fail to kill

Variations:
許す
赦す(sK)
聴す(sK)

 yurusu
    ゆるす
(transitive verb) (1) (occ. written as 聴す) to permit; to allow; to approve; to consent to; (transitive verb) (2) (also written as 赦す) to forgive; to pardon; to excuse; to tolerate; (transitive verb) (3) (also written as 赦す) to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to release; to let off; (transitive verb) (4) (See 自他ともに許す) to acknowledge; to admit; (transitive verb) (5) (See 心を許す,気を許す) to trust; to confide in; to let one's guard down; (transitive verb) (6) to give up (points in a game, distance in a race, etc.); to yield

Variations:
訳が分からない
訳がわからない
わけが分からない(sK)
訳が分らない(sK)

 wakegawakaranai
    わけがわからない
(exp,adj-i) (1) incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless; (expression) (2) I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

Variations:
訳の分からない
訳のわからない
わけの分からない
訳の分らない(sK)
わけの分らない(sK)

 wakenowakaranai
    わけのわからない
(exp,adj-f) (See 訳が分からない・1) incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless

Variations:
試みる
心みる(sK)
心見る(sK)

 kokoromiru
    こころみる
(transitive verb) to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

Variations:
試合(ateji)
仕合(ateji)(rK)
試合い(sK)
仕合い(sK)

 shiai
    しあい
(n,vs,vi) match; game; bout; contest

Variations:
詮方ない(ateji)
せん方ない
為ん方ない(rK)
為ん方無い(sK)
詮方無い(sK)

 senkatanai
    せんかたない
(adjective) (dated) (See 仕方ない・2) cannot be helped; unavoidable; inevitable; (there's) nothing one can do; having no choice

Variations:
詰めが甘い
ツメが甘い
つめが甘い(sK)

 tsumegaamai / tsumegamai
    つめがあまい
(exp,adj-i) (idiom) having a poor endgame; failing at the final stage; missing at the last turn; slacking off at the end

Variations:
詰め寄る
詰寄る
詰めよる(sK)
つめ寄る(sK)

 tsumeyoru
    つめよる
(v5r,vi) (1) to draw near; to draw closer; (v5r,vi) (2) to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

Variations:
詰め込む
詰めこむ(sK)
つめ込む(sK)
詰込む(sK)

 tsumekomu
    つめこむ
(transitive verb) to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd

Variations:
話しぶり
話し振り
話ぶり(io)
話振り(sK)

 hanashiburi
    はなしぶり
way of talking; manner of speaking

Variations:
語呂合わせ
ゴロ合わせ
語路合わせ(rK)
語呂合せ(sK)
ごろ合わせ(sK)
語呂あわせ(sK)
語路合せ(sK)

 goroawase
    ごろあわせ
wordplay; play on words; pun; rhyming game

Variations:
読みふける
読み耽る
読み耽ける(sK)
読耽る(sK)

 yomifukeru
    よみふける
(v5r,vt,vi) to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

Variations:
読み取りヘッド
読取ヘッド(sK)
読取りヘッド(sK)

 yomitoriheddo
    よみとりヘッド
(dated) {comp} read head (tape, disk, etc.)

Variations:
読み聞かせ
読聞かせ
読みきかせ(sK)

 yomikikase
    よみきかせ
(noun, transitive verb) reading (a book) out loud; reading (to children)

Variations:
読み解く
読みとく(sK)
よみ解く(sK)
読解く(sK)

 yomitoku
    よみとく
(transitive verb) (1) to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to read carefully; to analyze; (transitive verb) (2) to decipher; to decode

Variations:
読む
讀む(sK)
訓む(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 pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji); (transitive verb) (5) to decipher; to read (a meter, graph, music, etc.); to tell (the time); (transitive verb) (6) (now mostly used in idioms) (See サバを読む) to count; to estimate; (transitive verb) (7) (also written as 訓む) to read (a kanji) with its native Japanese reading

Variations:


忌み名
忌名(sK)
謚(sK)

 imina
    いみな
(1) real name (of a deceased person or a noble); (2) (See 贈り名) posthumous name

Variations:
諸刃の剣
両刃の剣
もろ刃の剣
もろはの剣(sK)

 morohanotsurugi; morohanoken; ryoubanoken(両刃no剣); ryoubanotsurugi(両刃no剣) / morohanotsurugi; morohanoken; ryobanoken(両刃no剣); ryobanotsurugi(両刃no剣)
    もろはのつるぎ; もろはのけん; りょうばのけん(両刃の剣); りょうばのつるぎ(両刃の剣)
(exp,n) double-edged sword

Variations:
諸行無常
諸行無情(sK)
諸業無常(sK)

 shogyoumujou / shogyomujo
    しょぎょうむじょう
(yoji) {Buddh} (See 四法印) all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent

Variations:
謎解き
なぞ解き(sK)
謎解(sK)

 nazotoki
    なぞとき
solving a riddle; solving a mystery

Variations:
警察官立寄所
警察官立ち寄り所(sK)
警察官立寄り所(sK)

 keisatsukantachiyorisho / kesatsukantachiyorisho
    けいさつかんたちよりしょ
(on a sign) Police Patrol Area

Variations:
譲り受ける
譲りうける(sK)
譲受ける(sK)
ゆずり受ける(sK)

 yuzuriukeru
    ゆずりうける
(transitive verb) (1) to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to receive; (transitive verb) (2) to buy; to purchase

Variations:
豆知識
マメ知識
まめ知識(sK)

 mamechishiki
    まめちしき
trivia; snippet of knowledge

Variations:
豆腐
豆富(ateji)
豆冨(sK)

 toufu / tofu
    とうふ
tofu; bean curd; beancurd

Variations:
豆鼓醤
豆豉醤
トウチ醤
豆チ醤(sK)

 touchijan; touchiijan(sk) / tochijan; tochijan(sk)
    トウチジャン; トウチージャン(sk)
{food} black bean sauce (chi: dòuchǐjiàng)

Variations:
豚肉
ブタ肉(sK)
ぶた肉(sK)

 butaniku(p); tonniku
    ぶたにく(P); とんにく
pork

Variations:
貧乏暇なし
貧乏暇無し
貧乏ヒマなし(sK)
貧乏ヒマ無し(sK)

 binbouhimanashi / binbohimanashi
    びんぼうひまなし
(expression) (proverb) a poor man has no time for leisure; there is no rest for the poor

Variations:
買いだめ
買い溜め
買溜め(sK)
買だめ(sK)
買い駄目(sK)

 kaidame
    かいだめ
(noun, transitive verb) stocking up (on); hoarding

Variations:
買い付け
買付け
買付
買いつけ(sK)

 kaitsuke
    かいつけ
(1) buying (in large quantities); (wholesale) purchase; buying in; (adj-no,n) (2) (one's) usual (store, supplier, etc.); regular; favourite (brand, shop, etc.)

Variations:
買い換える
買い替える
買いかえる(sK)
買換える(sK)
買替える(sK)

 kaikaeru
    かいかえる
(transitive verb) to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)

Variations:
買い時
買いどき(sK)
買時(sK)

 kaidoki
    かいどき
(See 売り時) good time to buy; time to buy

Variations:
買い替え
買い換え
買替え(sK)
買換え(sK)
買いかえ(sK)

 kaikae
    かいかえ
buying a replacement; replacement purchase

Variations:
買い物
買物
買いもの(sK)
買いもん(sK)

 kaimono(p); kaimon
    かいもの(P); かいもん
(n,vs,vi) shopping; purchased goods

Variations:
買い物かご
買い物カゴ
買い物籠(rK)
買物カゴ(sK)
買物かご(sK)
買い物篭(sK)
買物籠(sK)
買物篭(sK)

 kaimonokago
    かいものかご
shopping basket

Variations:
買い物リスト
買物リスト
買いものリスト(sK)

 kaimonorisuto
    かいものリスト
shopping list

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