Definition of きます
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(v5r, vt) to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened. - to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
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(n) measuring container; measure
灯火をますの下にかくすな。
Hide not your light under a bushel. - box (seating at a theatre, etc.)
- square on a grid; cell of a grid
- square bearing block (at the top of a pillar)
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(n) trout; sea trout
彼らは川でマスを釣った。
They fished the stream for trout.
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(vk, vi, aux-v) to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive
１０時までに来ます。
I'll come by 10. -
to come back; to do ... and come back
私の父は私に、ぜひそこを見てくるようにといった。
My father insisted that I should go to see the place. - to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue
- (vk, vi) to come from; to be caused by; to derive from
- to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
- (n) rickets
- someone suffering from rickets
- (aux-v) used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
- used to indicate respect for those affected by the action
Words related to きます
- (exp) expression of gratitude before meals
- (n) rock cod; black-saddled grouper
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(exp) I'm off; see you later
一時間したら行ってきます。
I'm going out in an hour.
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(exp) may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
窓をしめるようおねがいできますか。
May I ask you to close the window?
- (n) sea-run variety of red-spotted masu trout (subspecies of cherry salmon, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae); red-spotted masu salmon
