Meaning of %s in Japanese

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Definition of %s

  1. (adj-na) obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit; overt

    あからさまに言えば彼は嫌いだ。
    Frankly, I don't like him.

  1. (int, n) useless; no good; hopeless
  1. (adj-i) gaudy; showy; excessive
  2. crooked; vicious

    あくどい事をするな。
    Don't do wicked things.

  1. (v5u, vt) to discuss
  2. to find fault with; to criticize; to criticise

    彼はいろいろ他人の欠点をあげつらうのにうんざりしてしまった。そこで彼らの言うことは何でも、たとえどんなにくだらなくてもそのまま認めることにしている。
    He got tired of being the devil's advocate and now agrees with every idea they suggest, no matter how dumb.

あそこ(asoko) · あすこ(asuko) · かしこ(kashiko) · あしこ(ashiko) · あこ(ako) 彼処 ·彼所

彼処所 Kanji Details

  1. (pn, adj-no) there (place physically distant from both speaker and listener); over there; that place; yonder →Related words: 何処 , 此処 , 其処

    あそこから人影が見えた。
    A form appeared from over there.

  2. (n) genitals

    ちょっと屈めば、アソコがチラチラと見え隠れします。
    If you just crouch a little, her crotch can just be seen flicking in and out of sight.

  3. that far (something psychologically distant from both speaker and listener); that much; that point →Related words: あれほど
あやふや(ayafuya)
  1. (adj-na, n) uncertain; vague; ambiguous
あら(ara) · アラ(ara)

Kanji Details

  1. (n) saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)
あられ(arare)
  1. (n) roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, or sweetened with sugar, etc.) →Related words: 霰餅
あれ(are) · (a)

彼 Kanji Details

  1. (n) that (indicating something distant from both speaker and listener (in space, time or psychologically), or something understood without naming it directly) →Related words: 何れ , 此れ , 其れ

    あれがこの町の大通りだ。
    That is the main street of this city.

  2. that person (used to refer to one's equals or inferiors)

    あれなら絶対大丈夫!
    Yeah, she must be the sure thing!

  3. over there

    私の前の彼はポルトガル育ちでした。
    My ex-boyfriend was brought up in Portugal.

  4. down there (i.e. one's genitals)

    アレが痛いんですよ、アレが。んー、何て言うの?コーガン?とにかく、男性の大事なものです。
    Down there hurts, down there. Er, what do you call them? Testicles? In any case a male's 'important parts'.

  5. period; menses
  6. (int) hey (expression of surprise or suspicion); eh?

    「あれ?恵子は?」「今日は三者面談だから遅れるって」
    "Eh? Where's Keiko?" "Said she's got a parent and child meeting so she'll be late."

  7. (n) that (something mentioned before which is distant psychologically or in terms of time)
  1. (adj-i) suspicious; dubious; unreliable

    学生たるものはいかがわしい場所にちかづかない方がよい。
    Students are expected to stay away from dubious places.

  2. indecent; unseemly
  1. (exp) wrong; not good; of no use

    「風邪気味です」「それはいけませんね」
    "I've a touch of a cold." "That's too bad."

  2. hopeless; past hope
  3. must not do
いざこざ(izakoza)
  1. (n) trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
いらっしゃる(irassharu)
  1. (v5aru, vi) to come; to go; to be (somewhere)
  2. (aux-v) (after a -te form, or the particle "de") is (doing); are (doing)
  1. (adv, n, vs) in swarms
うだうだ(udauda)
  1. (adv) idle; long-winded and meaningless
うねうね(uneune)
  1. (adv, n, vs) winding; meandering; zigzag; sinuous; tortuous
うん(un)
  1. (int) yes; yeah; uh huh
  2. (n-pref) some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
うんこ(unko)
  1. (n, vs) poop; faeces; feces
うんざり(unzari)
  1. (adv, n, vs) tedious; boring; being fed up with
うんち(unchi)
  1. (n, vs) poop; faeces; feces
ええ(ee)
  1. (int) yes; that is correct; right
  2. um; errr
  3. huh?
  4. grrr; gah; Must I?
  5. (adj-f) good
えつ(etsu) · エツ(etsu) 斉魚

斉魚 Kanji Details

  1. (n) Japanese grenadier anchovy (Coilia nasus)
おざなりになって(ozanarininatte)
  1. (exp) to say commonplace things
おたおた(otaota)
  1. (adv, n, vs) shocked speechless
  1. (adj-na, n) penis →Related words: ちんちん
おっぱい(oppai) · オッパイ(oppai)
  1. (n) breasts; boobies; tits
  2. breast milk
おなら(onara) · (he)

屁 Kanji Details

  1. (n) wind; gas; fart

    おばあさんは必ずおならをする。
    The old lady is bound to fart.

  2. something worthless; something not worth considering
  1. (conj, exp) to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

    おまけに雨まで降っていた。
    It was raining into the bargain.

おろおろ(orooro) · オロオロ(orooro)
  1. (adv, adv-to, vs) nervous; flustered; in a dither; all shook up
  1. (n) grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing

    私が今日あるのは両親のおかげである。
    I owe what I am to my parents.

  2. assistance; help; aid
  3. effects; influence →Related words: お蔭で
  1. (n) wearing one's hair in braids
  1. (n) confections; sweets; candy

    お菓子で赤ちゃんが窒息するところだった。
    The baby almost choked on a piece of candy.

  1. (n) used article (esp. clothes)
  1. (n) savoury pancake with various ingredients
  1. (n) elder sister →Related words: 姉さん

    あなたのお姉さんは審美感があるね。
    Your sister has a sense of beauty.

  2. (vocative) young lady
  3. miss (referring to a waitress, etc.)
  4. ma'am (used by geisha to refer to their superiors)
  1. (n) child (someone else's)

    いいお子様たちだと愛想を言う。
    Say pretty things about a person's children.

  1. (n) all over; given in; given up hope; bring to knees
おしり(oshiri) · オシリ(oshiri) お尻 ·御尻

尻御 Kanji Details

  1. (n) bottom; buttocks

    赤ん坊のお尻みたいにすべすべだ。
    It's as smooth as a baby's bottom.

  1. (n) pickled vegetables; pickles →Related words: 新香
  1. (n) sacred wine or sake; sake offered to the gods →Related words: 神酒
  2. sake
  1. (v5r) to shamelessly demand one's rights
  1. (exp) thank you; many thanks; much appreciated
  2. that's enough for today
  1. (n) son (of others)
  2. young master
  3. green young man from a well-to-do family →Related words: 坊ちゃん
  1. (n) rice cakes; pounded mochi rice
  1. (adj-na, adj-no) smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious →Related words: 洒落

    彼女はオシャレだ。
    She's fashionable.

  2. (n) someone smartly dressed
  3. (vs) to dress up; to be fashionable
かちかち(kachikachi) · こちこち(kochikochi) · カチカチ(kachikachi) · コチコチ(kochikochi)
  1. (adv-to, adv) ticktock
  2. chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking
  3. (adj-no, adj-na) dry and hard; (frozen) stiff
  4. hidebound; die-hard; stubborn; obstinate; bigoted
  5. scared stiff; tense; nervous; frightened
かちっと(kachitto)
  1. (adv, vs) with a click (door sound)
  2. with tenseness or firmness
  1. (exp) may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

    あなたの言うことは正しいかもしれない。
    You could be right, I suppose.

  1. (exp) may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly →Related words: かも知れない

    旅行でこのガイドブックが役に立つかもしれませんよ。
    This guidebook might be of use to you on your trip.

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