Words — 344 found
ぜったいぜつめい
絶体絶命
1. desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremityYojijukugo (four character compound)
絶対絶命 【ぜったいぜつめい】
絶対絶命: Irregular kanji usage.
ふうぜんともしび
風前の灯
1. precarious situation; precarious stateIdiomatic expression
風前の灯火 【ふうぜんのともしび】、風前のともし火 【ふうぜんのともしび】、風前のともしび 【ふうぜんのともしび】、風前之灯 【ふうぜんのともしび】
風前之灯: Rarely-used kanji form.
きしかいせい
起死回生
1. revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalizationYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. fatal situation
かねまわ
金回り
1. financial circumstances; financial situation
2. circulation of money
金まわり 【かねまわり】
それでは
1. well, ...; right, ...; now, ...used to end a conversation or introduce a remark
2. so; then
- それでは
- わたし私の
- たつせ立つ瀬
- が
- ない 。
3. that way (would mean ...); if that is the case; in that case
4. bye then
もよう
模様
1. pattern; figure; design
2. state; condition
3. conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems
4. model; pattern; example
5. indicates that something seems likely (e.g. rain or storm)after a noun
6. framework; territorial framework; moyoGo (game)
にりつはいはん
二律背反
1. antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternativesYojijukugo (four character compound)
いのち
命がけ
1. putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
- その
- しゃしん写真
- の
- なか中
- には
- 命がけ
- で
- と撮った
- もの
- も
- ある 。
命懸け 【いのちがけ】
ていきあつ
低気圧
1. low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; cyclone
- これらの
- ふね船
- は
- すうじつかん数日間
- ていきあつ低気圧
- の
- なか中
- に
- いる
- ことができる
- くらい
- はや速く
- はし走れる 。
2. bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
ばやい
場合
1. case; occasion; situation; circumstancesColloquial, Usually written using kana alone, See also 場合 ばあい, dialectal
場合 【ばわい】、バヤイ、バワイ
きょくめんだかい
局面打開
1. breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situationYojijukugo (four character compound)
げんじょうはあく
現状把握
1. grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
だん
段
1. step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
- かれ彼
- は
- かいだん階段
- を
- いちど一度に
- さん三
- だん段
- ずつ
- かけあがった 。
2. shelf; layer; tier
3. grade; level; class
4. dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
5. paragraph; passage
6. column (of print)
7. act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
8. row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
9. stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
10. matter; occasionFormal or literary term, as ...の段
11. degree; extentas ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.
12. counter for breaks in written language or speech