| Term | Definition |
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nige o utsu (逃げを打つ) |
to try to escape, to evade |
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nigeashi ga hayai (逃げ足が速い) |
to be quick at flight |
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nigeba (逃げ場) |
a shelter |
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nigeba o ushinau (逃げ場を失う) |
to have one's escape cut off |
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nigedasu (逃げ出す) |
to run away, to scuttle away, to take to flight, to take to one's heels |
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nigegoshi ni naru (逃げ腰になる) |
[Infml.] to try to back out, to show the white feather |
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nigekaeru (逃げ帰る) |
to fly back, to return |
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nigekakure suru (逃げ隠れする) |
to skulk about, to lurk about |
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nigekomu (逃げ込む) |
to run into, to take refuge in |
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nigekōjō o iu (逃げ口上を言う) |
to make an excuse, to give an evasive answer |
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nigemawaru (逃げ回る) |
to run about trying to escape |
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nigemichi (逃げ道) |
an escape, a way out |
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nigemichi o tatsu (逃げ道を断つ) |
to cut off one's retreat |
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nigemizu (逃げ水) |
a mirage |
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nigensei (二元性) |
duality |
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nigentekina (二元的な) |
dual, dualistic |
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nigenhōsō (二元放送) |
simultaneous broadcast by two stations |
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nigenron (二元論) |
dualism |
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nigenobiru (逃げ延びる) |
to run away, to escape (safely) |
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nigeokureru (逃げ遅れる) |
to be left behind, to fail to escape |
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nigeru (逃げる) |
to run away, to flee, to escape, to sneak away; to evade, to back out |
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nigesokonau (逃げ損なう) |
to fail to escape |
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nigiraseru (握らせる) |
[金を] to slip into a person's hand, to tip, [賄賂を] to bribe |
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nigiri (握り) |
a grasp, a grip; a handle, a knob |
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hitonigiri no (一握りの) |
a handful of |
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nigirikobushi (握り拳) |
a (clenched) fist |
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nigirimeshi (握飯) |
a rice ball |
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nigirishimeru (握り締める) |
to grasp, to clasp, to squeeze, to wring |
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nigiritsubusu (握り潰す) |
to crush in the hand, [書類を] to shelve, [議案を] to pigeonhole, to kill, to table |
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nigiru (握る) |
to grasp, to hold in one's hand, to clasp |
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nigitekina (二義的な) |
secondary |
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nigiwai (賑わい) |
a crowd; prosperity |
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nigiwasu (賑わす) |
to enliven |
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nigiwau (賑わう) |
to be crowded; to be prosperous |
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nigiyakana (賑やかな) |
crowded, prosperous; lively, merry, cheerful |
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nigoru (濁る) |
to become muddy, to become cloudy, to become impure |
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nigosu (濁す) |
to make muddy |
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henji o nigosu (返事を濁す) |
to give a vague answer |
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nigotta (濁った) |
muddy, cloudy, impure, corrupt |
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nigō (二号) |
a (kept) mistress |
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nigun (二軍) |
[Baseball] a farm (team) |
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niguruma (荷車) |
a cart, a wagon |
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niguruma o hiku (荷車を引く) |
to draw a cart |
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nihiru (ニヒル) |
nihilism; a nihilist |
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nihiruna (ニヒルな) |
nihilistic |
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Nihon (日本) |
Japan |
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Nihon no (日本の) |
Japanese |
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Nihon Arupusu (日本アルプス) |
the Japan Alps, the Japanese Alps |
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Nihonga (日本画) |
a Japanese-style painting |
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Nihonkai (日本海) |
the Sea of Japan |
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Nihongaku (日本学) |
Japonology |
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Nihongami (日本髪) |
Japanese coiffure |
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Nihonginkō (日本銀行) |
the Bank of Japan |
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Nihongo (日本語) |
Japanese, the Japanese Language |
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Nihongoban (日本語版) |
the Japanese version |
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Nihonsankei (日本三景) |
the three most famous beauty-spots in Japan |
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Nihonsankōen (日本三公園) |
the three most famous parks in Japan |
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Nihonshiki (日本式) |
Japanese-style |
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Nihonshu (日本酒) |
sake |
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Nihonshirīzu (日本シリーズ) |
All Japan Pro-baseball Championship Series |
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Nihonjin (日本人) |
a Japanese |
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Nihonsekijūjisha (日本赤十字社) |
the Japan Red Cross Society |
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Nihontō (日本刀) |
a Japanese sword |
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Nihonnōen (日本脳炎) |
Japanese encephalitis, sleeping sickness |
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Nihonbare (日本晴れ) |
glorious/ideal weather |
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Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai (日本放送教会) |
the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, NHK |
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Nihonryōri (日本料理) |
Japanese cooking/food |
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Nihonrettō (日本列島) |
the Japanese Islands |
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nihondate (二本立て) |
a double feature |
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nihondate no (二本立ての) |
double-featured |
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nihyakunensai (二百年祭) |
a bicentennial, a bicentenary |
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nii de aru (二位である) |
to be second, to rank second |
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niinseido (二院制度) |
the two-chamber system, the bicameral system |
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niji (虹) |
a rainbow |
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nijiiro no (虹色の) |
a rainbow-coloured |
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niji no (二次の) |
second, secondary; quadratic |
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nijikai o yaru (二次会をやる) |
to have another spree |
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nijikansen (二次感染) |
secondary infection |
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nijisanpin (二次産品) |
secondary products |
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nijihōteishiki (二次方程式) |
a quadratic equation |
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nijimasu (虹鱒) |
a rainbow trout |
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nijimu (滲む) |
to blot, to run, to be blurred; to ooze out |
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nijiriyoru (躙り寄る) |
to edge up (to); to crawl on one's knees up (to) |
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Nijōki (二畳紀) |
the Permian (period) |
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nijū no (二重の) |
double, two-fold, dual |