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Tango Set 1
Japanese Vocab/Phrases/Grammar Mix
41
Language - Japanese
Undergraduate 4
07/10/2012

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Term
一口・ひと口
Definition
  1. mouthful; bite; sip; draft; draught
  2. one word
Term

手中

手中にする

手中に納める・手中に収める・手中におさめる

Definition

shuchuu

 

in one's hands; in one's control

to be in one's hands

to make one's own; to take possession of

Term

ぎこちない

Definition
  1. awkward;  clumsy;  stiff;  crude;  unrefined;  constrained
Term
身も蓋も無い・身も蓋もない
Definition

mimofutamonai

 

point blank; blunt

Term
序でに・序に
Definition

tsuideni

 

incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

Term
空揚げ・唐揚げ・空揚・唐揚
Definition

karaage

 

fried (e.g. potatoes, chicken)

Term
話話・話々
Definition

hanashibanashi

 

small talk

Term
相当
Definition

soutou

  1. befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable
  2. considerable; substantial
  3. to be worthy of; to be proportionate to
  4. to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent
  5. extremely; considerably
Term
精一杯・精いっぱい
Definition

seiippai

 

with all one's might

Term
思いきや
Definition

omoikiya

 

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

Term
口調
Definition

kuchou

 

tone

(e.g. of voice, etc.);

(verbal) expression

Term
進歩
Definition

shinpo

 

progress; development

Term
力になる
Definition

chikaraninaru

 

to be helpful; to be dependable

Term
恩義・恩誼
Definition

ongi

 

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

Term
反省
Definition

hansei

 

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; meditation; contemplation

Term
過小評価
Definition

かしょうひょうか


  1. underestimation;  undervaluation
Term

過大評価

Definition

かだいひょうか


  1. overestimation;  overvaluing
Term

見下す

Definition

みくだす


  1. to despise;  to look down on
Term
所属
Definition

shozoku

 

attached to; belong to; member

Term
注ぐ・漑ぐ・濺ぐ・潅ぐ・灌ぐ
Definition

sosogu

  1. to pour (into); to fill
  2. to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears)
  3. to concentrate one's spirit or strength on
  4. to fall onto (of rain, snow)
Term
背を向ける
Definition

sewomukeru

 

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

Term
冷やかす・冷かす
Definition

hiyakasu

  1. to banter; to make fun of; to jeer at
  2. to cool; to refrigerate
Term
に相当する
Definition

nisoutousuru

 

equivalent

Term
と言わんばかりに
Definition
as if to say
Term

つい

Definition
 
  1. just (now)
  2. quite (near)
  3. unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; against one's better judgement (judgment)
Term
〜ものだから
Definition
so, therefore (explaining something
unavoidable)
Term
隙に 
Definition

sukini

 

While 〜 To take advantage of a moment of time to do
something (there is an element of cunning in its meaning)

Term
到底 
Definition

toutei

 

(can't) possibly / very much

--- Notes ---
(到底 ) itself means 'possibly', but grammatically it is usually
used with a negative

Term
泣いても笑っても
Definition

naitemowarattemo

 

whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events

Term
真偽の程・真偽のほど
Definition

shinginohodo

 

whether it is true or not

Term
無しには
Definition

nashiniha

 

without

Term
無しで済ます・なしで済ます
Definition

nashidesumasu

 

to do without

Term

十分  ·  充分

Definition

じゅうぶんに

 

adequately

Term
できる限り早期・出来る限り早期
Definition

dekirukagirisouki

 

as soon as possible; ASAP

Term

(それ)なのに  

Definition
and yet;  despite this;  but even so;  but even then;  however;  nevertheless;  for all that;  notwithstanding that
Term
がてら
Definition
while doing something

--- Notes ---
[がてら]
Used to express getting one thing accomplished while doing a second thing.
Perhaps a good English equivalent would be 'to kill two birds with one
stone.'

--- Examples ---
散歩がてら本屋に寄った。
 Since I took a walk. I stopped at a bookshop.
Term
〜を余所に
Definition

(woyosoni)

 

Without consideration for... /
Despite... / Without thinking..

Term
余り
Definition

あまり

 

Expresses that a lot of or too much of (something) was the reason for (x)

(Dictionary form) verb + あまり
Noun +の+あまり

Term
移動
Definition

idou

  1. removal; migration; movement
  2. mobile (e.g. communications
Term
挙げ句の果て
Definition

あげくのはて


finally;  in the end;  on top of all that

Term

揚げ句  ·  揚句  ·  挙げ句  ·  挙句

Definition

あげく


  1. in the end;  finally;  after all;  at last
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