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There are 20 total results for your 利かせる search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

利かせる

see styles
 kikaseru
    きかせる
(transitive verb) (1) to season (with salt, etc.); to bring out taste; (2) to use; to exercise; to display

巾を利かせる

see styles
 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

幅を利かせる

see styles
 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

気を利かせる

see styles
 kiokikaseru
    きをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.); (2) to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings)

凄みを利かせる

see styles
 sugomiokikaseru
    すごみをきかせる
(exp,v1) to threaten; to intimidate

睨みを利かせる

see styles
 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); (2) to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

すごみを利かせる

see styles
 sugomiokikaseru
    すごみをきかせる
(exp,v1) to threaten; to intimidate

にらみを利かせる

see styles
 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); (2) to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

Variations:
利かせる
効かせる

 kikaseru
    きかせる
(transitive verb) (1) to bring out (the effect of); to put to good use; to make use of (e.g. threats); to use (e.g. intimidation); to take advantage of (e.g. one's influence); to season (with salt, etc.); to put in; (transitive verb) (2) (See 気を利かせる) to use (tact, wit, etc.); to exercise; to display

Variations:
幅を利かせる
巾を利かせる

 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

Variations:
気を利かせる
気をきかせる

 kiokikaseru
    きをきかせる
(exp,v1) to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

Variations:
ドスを効かせる
ドスを利かせる

 dosuokikaseru
    ドスをきかせる
(exp,v1) (See どすの利いた声・どすのきいたこえ) to threaten

Variations:
凄みを利かせる
すごみを利かせる

 sugomiokikaseru
    すごみをきかせる
(exp,v1) to threaten; to intimidate

Variations:
睨みを利かせる
にらみを利かせる

 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) (See 睨みが利く・にらみがきく) to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); (exp,v1) (2) to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

Variations:
幅を利かせる
巾を利かせる(rK)

 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

Variations:
凄みを利かせる
凄みをきかせる
凄みを効かせる
すごみを利かせる(sK)

 sugomiokikaseru
    すごみをきかせる
(exp,v1) to threaten; to intimidate

Variations:
幅を利かせる
幅をきかせる
幅を効かせる(sK)
巾を利かせる(sK)
巾をきかせる(sK)

 habaokikaseru
    はばをきかせる
(exp,v1) to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt

Variations:
気を利かせる
気をきかせる
気を効かせる(sK)

 kiokikaseru
    きをきかせる
(exp,v1) to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint

Variations:
睨みをきかせる
睨みを利かせる
睨みを効かせる
にらみを利かせる(sK)
にらみを効かせる(sK)

 niramiokikaseru
    にらみをきかせる
(exp,v1) (1) to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; (exp,v1) (2) to glare (at); to scowl; to glower

Variations:
顔を利かせる
顔を効かせる
顔をきかせる(sK)

 kaookikaseru
    かおをきかせる
(exp,v1) to use one's influence
This page contains 20 results for "利かせる" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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

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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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