Japanese DictionaryDefinition of きもいり/meaning-of-ほうそう
- (n) negative (static) charge; negative electric charge; (sometimes called "negative electricity")
- (v5u) to run along; to run beside
私たちは川に沿って散歩した。
We took a walk along the river. - to follow (a plan, etc.); to act in accordance with
- (n) koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)
- stringed instrument
- zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
- (v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened. - to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
- (aux) to be (auxiliary used in place of "aru" after "de" or "ni" when forming a copula); to do (auxiliary used in place of "-masu" after a -masu stem)
- (n) surname; family name
あなたの姓はどう発音するのですか。
How do you pronounce your last name? - hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (v5u) to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with
あなたの行為は私の期待にそわない。
Your behavior does not come up to my expectations. - to accompany; to stay by one's side
- to marry; to wed
- to be added
- (n) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
- side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
- type; category
- field (of study, etc.)
- indicates one side of a comparison
- way; method; manner; means
- length (of each side of a square)
- (vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
１０時までに来ます。
I'll come by 10. - to come back; to do ... and come back
私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place. - to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
- (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
- to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- (v1, vi) to be (of animate objects); to exist
民主主義に対する信頼をなくした者もいる。
Some have lost faith in democracy. - to stay
おかげで元気にしております。
They're all fine, thank you. - (v1, aux-v) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)
すっかり食べ終わってはいない。
I haven't quite finished eating.
- (n) face
蛙の面に水。
Like water off a duck's back. - surface
その男はトラの面をかぶっていた。
The man wore a mask of a tiger. - mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask)
- (n) positive electric charge; positive (static) charge; (sometimes called "positive electricity")
- (n) Halla okadai (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- (species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait)
- red mite (i.e. a chigger)
- (n) traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
- (ctr) counter for (small) boats
これらの人々が３艘の船で彼の国へやってきました。
These men had come to his country in three ships.
- (adv) in that way (concerning the actions of the listener or concerning the ideas expressed or understood by the listener; with a neg. sentence, implies that something isn't as much as one might think); thus; such
もう私は大人だから、そうは考えない。
Now that I am a grownup, I think otherwise. - (int) so (used to express agreement with something said)
「腰は痛む？」「いや、別に」「そう、それは不幸中の幸いね」
"Does your back hurt?" "No, not really." "Oh, that's something then, isn't it?" - so? (used to express some doubt with something said)
- (n) locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; (feeling of hopelessness); being in a bind
- (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- (n) miniature Chusan palm (Trachycarpus wagnerianus); (poss. Trachycarpus fortunei)
- (n) draft; rough copy
月には草が生えて無い。
There is no grass on the moon. - cursive script; "grass" kanji
- (n) Gokturks; Sky Turks; Tujue; (powerful Turkic confederation from medieval Inner Asia)