Words — 53 found
くふう
工夫
1. devising (a way); contriving; inventing; thinking up; figuring out; coming up with; working out
- これ
- は
- わたし私
- が
- くふう工夫
- した
- けいかく計画
- です 。
2. device; design; idea; plan; invention
3. dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
功夫 【くふう】
功夫: Rarely-used kanji form.
あらた
改まる
1. to be renewed; to change
- ながねん長年
- の
- しゅうかん習慣
- は
- なかなか
- あらた改まらない 。
2. to be improved; to be reformed; to be revised; to be corrected
3. to stand on ceremony; to be formal
4. to take a turn for the worse (of an illness); to take a serious turnesp. 革まる
革まる 【あらたまる】
だ
ダメ出し
1. criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; finding fault
2. calling for a retake; ordering (someone) to redo something
駄目出し 【だめだし】
- リハーサルが終わった
- とたん途端 、監督はダンサーたちに
- だめだ駄目出し を
- おこな行い 、
- きび厳しく 指導し始めた。
のなや
伸び悩む
1. to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
てあ
手を挙げる
1. to raise one's handusu. 手を挙げる
- せいと生徒
- は
- あまり
- 手を挙げません 。
2. to surrenderIdiomatic expression, usu. 手を上げる
3. to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike)usu. 手を上げる
5. to throw one's hat in the ring; to volunteer; to indicate one intends to participate; to raise one's handIdiomatic expression, usu. 手を挙げる
手を上げる 【てをあげる】、手をあげる 【てをあげる】
ば
化ける
1. to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
- ねこ猫
- は
- ば化ける
- といと言われる 。
2. to disguise oneself as
3. to change radically; to metamorphose
4. to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
かいほうむ
快方に向かう
1. to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
快方にむかう 【かいほうにむかう】、快方に向う 【かいほうにむかう】
かいりょうくわ
改良を加える
1. to improve upon; to make improvements to; to refine
てあ
手が上がる
1. to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol)Idiomatic expression
1. improvement (to a piece of writing or painting); revision; correction; touching up