My words

学ぶ

まなぶ

to study (in depth) to learn to take lessons in

編み物

あみもの

knitting knitted material crochet

扱う

あつかう

to deal with (a person) to treat to handle to take care of to entertain to deal with (a problem) to handle to manage to operate (eg a machine) to handle to work to deal in to sell to cover (a topic) to treat to discuss to take up to treat A as B to mediate (an argument) to be too much for one to find unmanageable to gossip

増税

ぞうぜい

tax increase

証拠

しょうこ

evidence, proof

幼稚

ようち

infancy, childish, infantile

散らかす

ちらかす

to scatter around, to leave untidy

退かす

どかす

to remove

仕切り直し

しきりなおし

starting again, getting a fresh start, going back to square one, toeing the mark again, getting poised again for charging

立てこもる

たてこもる

to barricade oneself in, to hold (a fort, etc.), to shut oneself up, to be besieged, to dig in

直に

じかに

directly, in person, firsthand

透明性

とうめいせい

transparency

こそこそ

sneakily, secretly, to move stealthily

売国奴

ばいこくど

traitor (to one's country)

肩入れ

かたいれ

support, backing, patronage

擁護

ようご

protection, advocacy, support, defence, championship, vindication, to protect (e.g. rights, etc.), to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.), to support

失格

しっかく

disqualification, elimination, incapacity (legal)

それ処か

それどころか

on the contrary

鬼ごっこ

おにごっこ

game of tag

挑む

いどむ

to challenge, to throw down the gauntlet, to contend for, to tackle, to pressure someone for sex, to woo, to make love to

頼る

たよる

to rely on, to have recourse to, to depend on

練り直す

ねりなおす

to knead again, to rework, to revise, to polish

引き摺り出す

ひきずりだす

to drag out

晒す

さらす

to expose (to the air, to the public, to danger, etc.), to bleach, to refine

罠

わな

snare, trap (for catching wild game, etc.), trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

止す

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

拝む

おがむ

to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects, to beg, to make a supplication, to see (something or someone of high status)

三下

さんした

petty underling, small fry

振り向く

ふりむく

to turn one's face, to turn around, to look over one's shoulder

黒子

ほくろ こくし ははくそ ははくろ ほくそ

dark mole, facial mole, beauty spot