Words — 111 found
さ
下げる
1. to hang; to suspend; to wear (e.g. decoration)
2. to lower; to reduce; to bring down
3. to demote; to move back; to pull back
4. to clear (plates); to remove (food, etc. from table or altar)
5. to keep on playing after one has formed a scoring combination with captured cardsHanafuda, See also 出来役
ひさ
引き下げる
1. to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
引下げる 【ひきさげる】
けず
削る
1. to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to plane; to whittle; to pare; to scrape off; to erode
- わたし私
- は
- ナイフ
- で
- えんぴつ鉛筆
- を
- けず削った 。
2. to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to reduce
- かれ彼
- の
- なまえ名前
- は
- リスト
- から
- けず削られた 。
3. to delete; to erase; to remove; to cross out; to strike out
わび
割り引く
1. to discount; to reduce (the price); to take off (a percentage)
2. to take with a grain of salt; to not take at face value; to discount
- かれ彼の
- はなし話
- は
- わりび割り引いて
- き聞いた
- ほう方がいい 。
割引く 【わりびく】
や
痩せる
1. to become thin; to lose weight; to slim
- わか若い
- ころ頃
- は
- や痩せてた
- んだ
- よ 。
2. to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile; to become barren
瘠せる 【やせる】
瘠せる: Rarely-used kanji form.
1. converting (fractions) to a common denominator; reduction to a common denominatorMathematics
つ
詰める
1. to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up
- この
- あな穴
- を
- なに何か
- で
- つ詰めなくて
- は 。
2. to shorten; to move closer together
- この
- ブラウス
- を
- つめて
- いただけます
- か 。
3. to reduce (spending); to conserve
5. to go through thoroughly; to work out (details); to bring to a conclusion; to wind up
6. to be on duty; to be stationed
7. to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
8. to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to catch (one's finger in a door, etc.)See also 指を詰める, the meaning "to catch one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai
9. to do non-stop; to do continuously; to keep doing (without a break)
10. to do completely; to do thoroughly
11. to force someone into a difficult situation by ...
ちぢ
縮める
1. to shorten; to reduce; to condense; to shrink
2. to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle
3. to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs); to duck (one's head)
- 最終走者はビリでバトンを受け取ると、
- もう猛スピード で走り始めた。みるみるうちに
- まえ前 の走者との
- さ差 を
- ちぢ縮める と、
- いっき一気に
- さんにん3人 を抜いてトップに
- おどりで躍り出た 。
きさ
切り下げる
1. to cut down; to prune; to reduce; to cut and hang down; to cut shorter
- われわれ我々
- は
- ひよう費用
- を
- きりさ切り下げ
- なければならない 。
2. to round down (e.g. fraction)
きり下げる 【きりさげる】、切りさげる 【きりさげる】
きつ
切り詰める
1. to shorten; to cut short; to trim
2. to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on; to economize; to economise
切りつめる 【きりつめる】、切詰める 【きりつめる】
お
落とす
1. to drop; to lose; to let fall; to shed (light); to cast (one's gaze); to pour in (liquid); to leave behind
- かれ彼
- は
- かびん花瓶
- を
- お落とした 。
2. to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose; to spend money at a certain place; to omit; to leave out; to secretly let escape
- トニー
- は
- シャツ
- を
- ぬ脱いで 、
- それ
- で
- ピアノ
- の
- よごれ
- を
- お落としました 。
3. to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to fail (a course); to defeat (in an election)
- さくねん昨年
- かれ彼
- は
- きまつ期末
- の ２
- かもく科目
- を
- お落とした 。
4. to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice); to lessen (e.g. production or body weight); to worsen (quality); to reduce (e.g. rank or popularity); to speak badly of; to make light of; to fall into straitened circumstances
- ほっそい
- みち道
- に
- ほとんど
- スピード
- を
- お落とさず 、
- はしりこ走りこんだ 。「
- ちかみち近道
- なんです
- よ 」「
- って
- ここ 、
- あぜ道～～～っ ！」
5. to fall into (e.g. a dilemma or sin); to make one's own; to have one's bid accepted; to force surrender; to take (e.g. an enemy camp or castle); to forcefully convince; to press for a confession; to deal with
6. to download; to copy from a computer to another mediumComputing
- にほんご日本語
- の
- ソフト
- を
- お落とす
- コツ ・
- いい
- サイト
- ありません
- か ？
7. to make someone swoon (judo)Martial arts
8. to finish a story (e.g. with the punch line)
9. to finish (a period, e.g. of fasting)
10. to win over; to seduce; to conquer (unwillingness)Colloquial
落す 【おとす】
せば
狭める
1. to narrow; to reduce; to contract
- できない理由を探しては自分の可能性を
- せば狭めて いないで、
- なん何でも チャレンジしたほうがいい。
ゆる
緩める
2. to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relieve (tension)
3. to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions); to loosen (control)
4. to reduce (speed); to slow down; to ease up
5. to make more gradual (of a slope)
弛める 【ゆるめる】
弛める: Rarely-used kanji form.
おとしい
陥れる
1. to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to throw (e.g. into turmoil); to trick (into doing); to lure (into a trap); to frame (for a crime)usu. 陥れる
- やつ奴
- が
- おれ俺
- を
- わな
- に
- はめて
- スキャンダル
- に
- おとしいれた 。
2. to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to reduceusu. 陥れる
3. to drop (something) intoorig. meaning; usu. 落とし入れる
- この
- むげん無限の
- くうかん空間
- に
- ただよ漂う
- えいえん永遠の
- ちんもく沈黙
- が
- わたし私
- を
- きょうふ恐怖
- に
- おとしい陥れる 。
落とし入れる 【おとしいれる】、落し入れる 【おとしいれる】、おとし入れる 【おとしいれる】
げん
減じる
1. to decrease; to be reduced; to grow less; to abate
2. to reduce; to lessen; to cut down; to mitigate; to diminish
3. to subtract; to deduct; to take off
き
切る
1. to cut; to cut through; to perform (surgery)
- ２．
- だいこん大根
- は
- ひょうしぎ拍子木
- に
- き切る 。
3. to turn off (e.g. the light)
- エアコン
- を
- き切って
- も
- かまいません
- か 。
- 「スミス
- さん
- を
- おねがお願い
- したい
- のです
- が 」「
- そのまま
- き切らず
- に
- まお待ち
- ください 」
5. to punch (a ticket); to tear off (a stub)
6. to open (something sealed)
- いったん
- ふう封
- を
- き切る
- と
- その
- テープ
- は
- へんぴん返品
- できません 。
7. to start
- てんしょく転職
- も
- ひっこ引っ越し
- も
- して 、
- しんきいってん心機一転 、
- あら新たな
- スタート
- を
- き切った 。
8. to set (a limit); to do (something) in less or within a certain time; to issue (cheques, vouchers, etc.)
10. to shake off (water, etc.); to let drip-dry; to let drain
11. to cross; to traverse
12. to criticize sharply
13. to act decisively; to do (something noticeable); to go first; to make (certain facial expressions, in kabuki)
14. to turn (vehicle, steering wheel, etc.)
15. to curl (a ball); to bend; to cut
- トランプ
- を
- よく
- き切って
- ください 。
16. to shuffle (cards)
17. to discard a tileMahjong
18. to dismiss; to sack; to let go; to expel; to excommunicate
- ハリー
- は
- なんとか
- その
- かわ川
- を
- およ泳ぎ
- きった 。
19. to dig (a groove); to cut (a stencil, on a mimeograph)
21. to cut (the connection between two groups)Go (game)
22. to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking a metal against stone)also written as 鑽る
23. to draw (a shape) in the air (with a sword, etc.)
25. to be completely ...; to be totally ...; to be terribly ...See also 疲れ切る, after the -masu stem of a verb
そ
削ぐ
1. to chip (off); to shave off; to slice off; to cut off
2. to sharpen
3. to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce; to diminish; to weaken; to spoilUsually written using kana alone
- あめ雨
- の
- ために
- かれ彼ら
- は
- きりょく気力
- を
- そがれた 。
殺ぐ 【そぐ】
まび
間引く
1. to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull
2. to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to reduce
3. to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)Historical term
ほうし
奉仕
1. service; ministry; attendance; church work
2. offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free