My words

誓う

ちかう

to swear to vow to take an oath to pledge

受かる

うかる

to pass (examination)

敗れる

やぶれる

to be defeated, to be beaten, to be unsuccessful, to lose

撒く

まく

to scatter to sprinkle to strew to distribute (handbills etc) to spread (rumours to give the slip to throw off to shake off to lose

掘る

ほる

to dig, to excavate, to hollow to delve into to dig up (e.g. vegetables) (for two men) to have anal sex

耕す

たがやす

to till, to plow, to plough, to cultivate

濯ぐ

すすぐ ゆすぐ そそぐ

to rinse, to wash out to have ones revenge, to wipe out a disgrace

掻き回す

かきまわす

to stir up, to churn, to ransack, to disturb

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 (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)

ぶら下げる

ぶらさげる

to hang to suspend to dangle to swing to carry

組み立てる

くみたてる

to assemble to set up to construct

使い分ける

つかいわける

to use properly, to use (different things) for different purposes

仕上げる

しあげる

to finish up, to complete, to finish off, to get through, to polish off

刷る

する

to print to color or pattern fabric using a wooden mold

突く

つく つつく

to poke (repeatedly, lightly), to nudge to peck at (ones food), to pick at to peck at (someones faults, etc.) to egg on, to put up to

覆う

おおう

to cover, to hide, to conceal, to wrap, to disguise

受け入れる

うけいれる

to accept, to receive, to agree

作り出す

つくりだす

to manufacture to produce to raise (crops) to invent to dream up to create

覗く

のぞく

to peek (though a keyhole, gap, etc.) to look down into (a ravine, etc.) to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.) to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.) to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy to face

見つめる

みつめる

to stare at, to gaze at, to look hard at, to watch intently, to fix ones eyes on

見直す

みなおす

to look again to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.), to review to get a better opinion of, to see something in a more positive light to improve, to recover (market, illness, etc.)

見分ける

みわける

to distinguish, to recognize, to recognise, to tell apart, to differentiate (both figuratively and visually) to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect), to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

引き返す

ひきかえす

to repeat, to send back, to bring back, to retrace ones steps

引っ込む

ひっこむ

to draw back, to sink, to cave in to be set back (e.g. from a road) to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye), to retire to (somewhere), to stay indoors, to butt out, to stay out of it

止す

さす よす

to cease, to desist, to cut it out, to lay off (an activity), to drop (a subject) to abolish, to resign, to give up

終える

おえる

to finish to graduate

欠かす

かかす

to miss (doing), to fail (to do)

追う

おう

to chase, to run after, to pursue to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend) to drive out, to oust, to expel to drive (i.e. a herd) (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

捕らえる

とらえる

to seize, to capture, to arrest to grasp, to perceive, to treat (as)

除く

のぞく

to remove, to eliminate, to eradicate to exclude, to except