My words

羨む

うらやむ

to envy

描く

えがく かく

to draw to paint to sketch to depict to describe to picture in ones mind to imagine to form a certain shape (eg path of an action appearance of an object etc)

追いつく

おいつく

to overtake to catch up (with)

お出でになる

おいでになる

to be to come to go

応じる

おうじる

to respond to satisfy to accept to comply with to apply for

終える

おえる

to finish to graduate

拝む

おがむ

to assume the posture of praying to press the palms and fingers of both hands together to do reverence (eg before a statue of the Buddha) to pay ones respects to beg to make a supplication to see (something or someone of high status)

補う

おぎなう

to compensate for to supplement

遅れる

おくれる

to be late to be delayed to fall behind schedule to be overdue

行う

おこなう

to perform to do to conduct oneself to carry out

起こる

おこる

to occur to happen

怒る

おこる いかる

to get angry to get mad to tell someone off to scold to be angular to be square

押さえる

おさえる

to pin something down to hold something down to hold something back to stop to restrain to curb to seize to grasp to arrest to gain control of something to govern to keep down (eg information) to suppress to catch happening to determine (important points) to find (proof) to understand

収める

おさめる

to dedicate to make an offering to pay (fees) to supply to store to finish to bring to a close to restore (something to its place) to achieve (eg a result)

治める

おさめる

to govern to manage to subdue

教える

おしえる

to teach to inform to instruct

恐れる

おそれる

to fear to be afraid of

教わる

おそわる

to be taught

落ち着く

おちつく

to calm down to compose oneself to regain presence of mind to calm down to settle down to die down to become stable to abate to settle down (in a location job etc) to settle in to be settled to be fixed to have been reached to harmonize with to harmonise with to match to suit to fit to be unobtrusive to be quiet to be subdued

仰る

おっしゃる

to say to speak to tell to talk

脅かす

おどかす おびやかす

to intimidate to scare to jeopardize to endanger to imperil

劣る

おとる

to be inferior to to be less good at to fall behind

驚かす

おどろかす

to surprise to frighten to create a stir

驚く

おどろく

to be surprised to be astonished

溺れる

おぼれる

to drown to nearly drown to sink below the surface (of water) to indulge in to lose ones head over something to wallow in

思い込む

おもいこむ

to be under impression that to be convinced that to imagine that to set ones heart on to be bent on

折れる

おれる

to break to be broken to snap to fracture to be folded to give in to back down to yield to submit to turn (a corner)

落とす

おとす

to drop to lose to let fall to shed (light) to cast (ones gaze) to pour in (liquid) to leave behind to clean off (dirt makeup paint etc) to remove (eg stains or facial hair) to lose to spend money at a certain place to omit to leave out to secretly let escape to lose (a match) to reject (an applicant) to fail (a course) to defeat (in an election) to lower (eg shoulders or voice) to lessen (eg production or body weight) to worsen (quality) to reduce (eg rank or popularity) to speak badly of to make light of to fall into straitened circumstances to fall into (eg a dilemma or sin) to make ones own to have ones bid accepted to force surrender to take (eg an enemy camp or castle) to forcefully convince to press for a confession to deal with to download to copy from a computer to another medium to make someone swoon (judo) to finish a story (eg with the punch line) to finish (a period eg of fasting)

下ろす

おろす

to take down (eg flag) to launch (eg boat) to drop to lower (eg ladder) to let (a person) off to unload to discharge to drop off (a passenger from a vehicle) to let (a person) off to withdraw money from an account to wear (clothing) for the first time to fillet (eg a fish)

卸す

おろす

to sell wholesale to grate (eg vegetables) to cut up fish