My words

茂る

しげる

to grow thickly, to be in full leaf, to be rampant, to luxuriate, to be luxurious

静まる

しずまる

to quieten down, to calm down, to subside, to die down, to abate, to be suppressed

死ぬ

しぬ

to die, to pass away to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead to cease, to stop

支払う

しはらう

to pay

縛る

しばる

to tie, to bind

痺れる

しびれる

to become numb, to go to sleep (e.g. a limb) to be excited, to be titillated, to be mesmerized

萎む

しぼむ

to wither (e.g. flowers, dreams), to sag (e.g. balloon, grapes), to fade (away), to shrivel, to wilt, to deflate

絞る

しぼる

to squeeze (fruit to extract juice), to press, to extract, to milk, to express milk to rack (ones brains), to strain (ones voice) to extort, to exploit to chew out, to reprimand severely, to rake over the coals, to give a sound scolding, to tell someone off, to scold, to rebuke to drill into, to train to narrow down (ones focus), to whittle down to gather up (curtain, etc.), to tighten (drawstring) to stop down (lens) to turn down (e.g. radio) to bend (bow), to draw to hold down, to constrict, to immobilize to squeeze

仕舞う

しまう

to finish, to stop, to end, to put an end to, to bring to a close to close (a business, etc.), to close down, to shut down, to shut up to put away, to put back, to keep, to store to finish..., to do... completely

閉まる

しまる

to be shut, to close, to be closed to be firm (of a body, face, etc.), to be well-knit to be locked to tighten, to be tightened to become sober, to become tense

締め切る

しめきる

to close up, to shut up (e.g. behind doors), to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired)

示す

しめす

to (take out and) show, to demonstrate, to tell, to exemplify, to make apparent to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.) to indicate, to show, to represent, to signify, to display

占める

しめる

to occupy, to hold to account for, to make up, to take up

湿る

しめる しとる

to be wet, to become wet, to be damp, to be moist to be in low spirits, to feel depressed

閉める

しめる

to close, to shut

締める

しめる

to tie, to fasten to total, to sum to be strict with to economize, to economise, to cut down on to salt, to marinate, to pickle, to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt to wear (necktie), to put on (necktie)

しゃがむ

to squat, to crouch

しゃぶる

to suck, to chew

喋る

しゃべる

to talk, to chat, to chatter

生じる

しょうじる

to produce, to yield, to cause to result from, to arise, to be generated

知らせる

しらせる

to notify, to advise, to inform

調べる

しらべる

to examine, to investigate, to check up, to sense, to study, to inquire, to search

知る

しる

to be aware of, to know, to be conscious of, to cognize, to cognise to notice, to feel to understand, to comprehend, to grasp to remember, to be acquainted with (a procedure) to experience, to go through, to learn to be acquainted with (a person), to get to know to concern

信じる

しんじる

to believe, to believe in, to place trust in, to confide in, to have faith in

吸う

すう

to smoke, to breathe in, to inhale to suck, to sip, to slurp to absorb, to soak up to kiss

透き通る

すきとおる

to be(come) transparent

過ぎる

すぎる よぎる

to go by, to cross, to pass by, to float across

救う

すくう

to rescue from, to help out of, to save

優れる

すぐれる

to surpass, to outstrip, to excel

過ごす

すごす

to pass (time), to spend to overdo (esp. of ones alcohol consumption), to drink (alcohol) to take care of, to support to overdo, to do too much to... without acting on it