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iidashibe / idashibe いいだしべ |
first person to say something; first person to suggest something; person who originated something |
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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 |
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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 |
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iimawashi / imawashi いいまわし |
expression; phraseology |
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iikaeru / ikaeru いいかえる |
(transitive verb) to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase |
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iihanatsu / ihanatsu いいはなつ |
(transitive verb) to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out |
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iikikaseru / ikikaseru いいきかせる |
(transitive verb) to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason |
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iigusa / igusa いいぐさ |
(1) remarks; comments; (2) way of talking; speaking style; (3) excuse; (4) topic (of conversation) |
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iiarawasu / iarawasu いいあらわす |
(transitive verb) (1) to express (in words); (transitive verb) (2) to confess |
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iiwake / iwake いいわけ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) excuse; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) explanation |
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iiwake / iwake いいわけ |
(n,vs,vt,vi) (1) excuse; (n,vs,vt,vi) (2) explanation |
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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) |
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iikomeru / ikomeru いいこめる |
(transitive verb) to talk down; to argue down |
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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) |
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iu(p); yuu(p) / iu(p); yu(p) いう(P); ゆう(P) |
(transitive verb) (1) to say; to utter; to declare; (transitive verb) (2) to name; to call; (v5u,vi) (3) (言う only) to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise |
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iukotonashi いうことなし |
(expression) nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect); not a thing one can complain about; better than one could hope for |
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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 |
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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 |
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iumademonai(p); yuumademonai / iumademonai(p); yumademonai いうまでもない(P); ゆうまでもない |
(exp,adj-i) goes without saying; needless to say; obvious |
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iumademonaku; yuumademonaku / iumademonaku; yumademonaku いうまでもなく; ゆうまでもなく |
(expression) obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying |
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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) ... |
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iwazutoshireta いわずとしれた |
(expression) as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious |
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iwanuhaiunimasaru いわぬはいうにまさる |
(exp,v5r) (proverb) speech is silver, silence is golden |
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genomatanai げんをまたない |
(expression) needless to say; it goes without saying that |
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iikawasu / ikawasu いいかわす |
(transitive verb) to have a chat with; to exchange words or promises; to promise; to get engaged |
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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 |
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kotozuke ことづけ |
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (verbal) message; sending word; (2) (archaism) excuse; pretext |
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kotobagamitsukaranai ことばがみつからない |
(exp,adj-i) at a loss for words; stumped for words |
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kotobaonomu ことばをのむ |
(exp,v5m) (1) (idiom) to choke up; to be speechless; (exp,v5m) (2) (idiom) to hold one's tongue |
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kotobaonigosu ことばをにごす |
(exp,v5s) (idiom) to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself |
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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 |
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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 |
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kotobajiriotoraeru ことばじりをとらえる |
(exp,v1) to pounce on someone's words; to cavil at someone's words; to trip someone up with their own words |
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kotobadoori ことばどおり |
(adv,adj-no) as stated; verbatim; literally |
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kotobazukai ことばづかい |
speech; expression; wording; language |
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gongodoudan / gongododan ごんごどうだん |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable |
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gongodoudan / gongododan ごんごどうだん |
(adj-na,adj-no,n) (yoji) outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable |
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kaikotoba かいことば |
(See 売り言葉に買い言葉) retort (to an insult, jeer, etc.) |
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zeitakuoiu / zetakuoiu ぜいたくをいう |
(exp,v5u) (idiom) to ask for too much; to expect too much |
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zeitakuoiebakiriganai(贅沢o言ebakiriganai, 贅沢o言eba切riganai); zeitakuoiebakiriganai(贅沢o言ebakiriganai) / zetakuoiebakiriganai(贅沢o言ebakiriganai, 贅沢o言eba切riganai); zetakuoiebakiriganai(贅沢o言ebakiriganai) ぜいたくをいえばきりがない(贅沢を言えばきりがない, 贅沢を言えば切りがない); ぜいたくをいえばキリがない(贅沢を言えばキリがない) |
(expression) one can never be completely satisfied |
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jiten(辞典, 辭典)(p); kotobaten じてん(辞典, 辭典)(P); ことばてん |
dictionary; lexicon |
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kasanekotoba かさねことば |
(See 重言・1) repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm |
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kasanekotoba かさねことば |
(See 重言・1) repeated word or phrase; redundant wording; succession of words of similar meaning; pleonasm |
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shijima(gikun) しじま(gikun) |
(kana only) (poetic term) silence; stillness; quietness |
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bakamoyasumiyasumiie / bakamoyasumiyasumie ばかもやすみやすみいえ |
(expression) stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break |
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bakamoyasumiyasumiie / bakamoyasumiyasumie ばかもやすみやすみいえ |
(expression) stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break |
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iifurasu / ifurasu いいふらす |
(transitive verb) to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate |
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iikaeru / ikaeru いいかえる |
(transitive verb) to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase |
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iiharu / iharu いいはる |
(transitive verb) to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying |
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iinaosu / inaosu いいなおす |
(transitive verb) to correct oneself; to restate |
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iutoori いうとおり |
(expression) (often as 〜が言う通りに〜 or 〜の言う通りに〜) as (someone) says |
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kotobatarazu ことばたらず |
(noun or adjectival noun) lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say |
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iwayuru(gikun) いわゆる(gikun) |
(pre-noun adjective) (kana only) what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called |
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.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's
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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).
Combined, these cover 1,007,753 Japanese, Chinese, and Buddhist characters, words, idioms, names, placenames, and short phrases.
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