[もと, moto] (n) (1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; (5) (元 only) (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (ctr) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (n) (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip; (P) #170
[や, ya] (suf) (1) (usu. 屋) (See パン屋) (something) shop; (2) (usu. 屋, can be derog.) (See 殺し屋) somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); (3) (usu. 屋) (See 照れ屋) somebody with a (certain) personality trait; (n) (4) (usu. 家) house; (5) roof #1042
[できる, dekiru] (v1, vi) (1) (uk) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; (2) to be ready; to be completed; (3) to be made; to be built; (4) to be good at; to be permitted (to do); (5) to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); (6) to grow; to be raised; (P) #2154
[ひとごと;たにんごと(他人事), hitogoto ; taningoto ( taningoto )] (n) other people's affairs; somebody else's problem #2596
[きょう, kyou] (suf) (1) (some type of) enthusiast; (2) somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality #7076
[だれか, dareka] (n) (uk) someone; somebody; (P) #9884
[しょうそく(P);しょうそこ(ok), shousoku (P); shousoko (ok)] (n) (1) news (from somebody); letter; contact; (2) (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements; (P) #12442
[よばわり, yobawari] (vs) to call (e.g. somebody a thief); to denounce; to brand as #16027
[ぶる, buru] (v5r, vt) (1) to wave; to shake; to swing; (2) to sprinkle; to throw (dice); (3) to cast (actor); to allocate (work); (4) to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump; (5) to abandon; to give up; to ruin; (6) (See 振り仮名) to add kana indicating a reading of a word; (7) to slightly change headings; to change directions; (8) to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct; (9) to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine); (10) to bring up the main topic; (11) to replace; to substitute; (12) to set up a joke for somebody else; (P) #18866
[あごでつかう, agodetsukau] (exp, v5u) (1) (See 頤で人を使う・あごでひとをつかう) to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; to indicate by pointing one's chin; (2) (sl) to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
[ochokuru ; chokuru ; ochokeru ; chokeru] (v5r, vt) (See 茶化す) to tease; to banter; to make fun of somebody
[kutabarizokonai] (exp) (vulg) worthless (of a person); somebody who wouldn't be missed if they died
[さんづけ, sanduke] (n, vs) (See 呼び捨て) attaching 'san' to somebody's name
[ちゃんづけ, chanduke] (n, vs) (See さん付け) attaching 'chan' to somebody's name
[のけものにする, nokemononisuru] (exp, vs-i) to shun somebody; to send a person to Coventry; to ignore someone
[やりすごす, yarisugosu] (v5s, vt) (1) to let something (or somebody) go past; (2) to do too much; (P)
[ようにいう, youniiu] (exp, v5u) to tell (somebody) to (do something)
[aji ru] (v5r, vt) (See アジテーション) to stir up; to instigate (somebody to do something); to agitate; to foment
[ダメだし(ダメ出し);だめだし(駄目出し), dame dashi ( dame dashi ); damedashi ( dame dashi )] (n) (sl) judging someone (negatively) and urging them to improve; finding fault (in somebody's work)
[いをくむ, iwokumu] (exp, v5m) to enter into a person's feelings; to guess what somebody feels (using one's intuition)
[いちころ, ichikoro] (n) trouncing; beating somebody hands down
[ひとかどのにんげん, hitokadononingen] (n) (See 一角の人物) somebody (important); someone
[ひとかどのじんぶつ, hitokadonojinbutsu] (n) somebody (important); someone
[のます, nomasu] (v5s, vt) to make somebody drink
[のませる, nomaseru] (v1) to make somebody drink; to give someone a drink
[かいじゅうさく, kaijuusaku] (n) measure to win somebody over to one's side
[あまいかおをする, amaikaowosuru] (exp, vs-i) to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient
[かおをつぶす, kaowotsubusu] (exp, v5s) to make somebody lose face; to cause loss of face; to embarrass someone; to make someone look foolish; (P)
[きぼうにそう, kibounisou] (exp, v5u) to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
[きをひきたてる, kiwohikitateru] (exp, v1) to cheer; to raise somebody's spirits
[きをひく, kiwohiku] (exp, v5k) (1) to attract someone's affection; (2) to sound out somebody; (3) to get one's hooks into
[きぶんをたかめる, kibunwotakameru] (exp, v1) to raise somebody's spirits; to enhance a mood
[ぎす, gisu] (v5s, vt) (See 議する) to consult (somebody); to talk something over
[ぎする, gisuru] (vs-s, vt) to consult somebody; to talk something over
[さかてにとる, sakatenitoru] (exp, v5r) to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
[うおごころ, uogokoro] (n) (See 魚心あれば水心) favor done for somebody
[うおごころあればみずごころ, uogokoroarebamizugokoro] (exp) (id) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; mutual back-scratching
[うおこころあればみずこころあり, uokokoroarebamizukokoroari] (exp) (id) (See 魚心あれば水心) if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours
[ぎょうむぼうがい, gyoumubougai] (n) interference with somebody's duties
[にがていしき, nigateishiki] (n) awareness that somebody (something) is (will be) hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something
[むかえにいく, mukaeniiku] (exp, v5k) to go to meet somebody
[むかえにくる, mukaenikuru] (exp, vk) to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
[げいごう, geigou] (n, vs) ingratiation; going along with somebody's views; adjusting oneself (to something, to somebody); flattery; (P)
[きめつける, kimetsukeru] (v1, vt) (1) to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; (2) to scold; to take (a person) to task; (P)
[やる, yaru] (v5r, vt) (1) (uk) (col) to do; (2) (often 犯る) to have sexual intercourse; (3) (often 殺る) to kill; (4) to give (to inferiors, animals, etc.); (aux-v) (5) to do for (inferiors); (6) (See 使いにやる) to send (e.g. somebody somewhere); to dispatch (e.g. letter) (despatch); (7) to move (something to); to row (a boat); (8) (used in place of other verb) to have (eat, drink, smoke); to study; to run or operate (a restaurant); (P)
[いいくるめる, iikurumeru] (v1, vt) to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
[いいそびれる, iisobireru] (v1, vt) to fail to mention something or tell somebody something; to miss one's chance to tell somebody something
[いうとおり, iutoori] (exp) (often as 〜が言う通りに〜 or 〜の言うの通りに〜) as (somebody) says
[ことばじりをとらえる, kotobajiriwotoraeru] (exp, v1) to cavil at a person's words; to use somebody's words to trip him up
[ふるぎや, furugiya] (n) (1) second hand clothes shop; (2) somebody who sells second hand clothes