Words — 65 found
くだ
かみ砕く
1. to crunch; to masticate
2. to simplify; to explain plainly
噛み砕く 【かみくだく】、噛砕く 【かみくだく】
と
解きほどく
1. to unravel; to unpick; to unstitch
2. to explain in detail; to unravel
解き解く 【ときほどく】
ひととお
一通り
1. generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
2. (more or less) everything; all parts; bit of everything; whole process
3. ordinary; usual; average; commonusu. in the negative
4. one method
- 自身の研究が世界的に高い評価を受けるまで、
- はかせ博士 の
- くろう苦労 は
- ひととお一通り ではなかったはずだ。
くどくど
1. tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great lengthOnomatopoeic or mimetic word
あいきょうげん
間狂言
1. kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)Noh, See also 本狂言
1. taking turns reading, explaining, etc.; round-table (discussion)
1. popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language
2. adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
ざんかんじょう
斬奸状
1. letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
1. giving guidance; explaining
1. giving guidance; explaining
1. translating and explaining
あいきょうげん
間の狂言
1. kyogen interlude; short scene during a noh play, performed by a kyogen actor (usu. explaining the play)Noh, See also 間狂言
かみそり
ハンロンの剃刀
1. Hanlon's razor ("Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity")
せいあもうみかたべ
井蛙は以って海を語る可からず
1. a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to itProverb, See also 井の中の蛙、大海を知らず, See also 井蛙