Definition of さいてきとり
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(v5k, vt) to tear; to rip up
その少女はその布を裂いた。
The girl tore the cloth. - to cut up; to cleave; to cut open (esp. the abdomen)
- to forcibly separate (i.e. two lovers)
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to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something
貴重なお時間の数分をさいていただけますか。
Can you spare me a few minutes of your valuable time? - to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
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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)
- (n) plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off; crossout; reduce; curtail
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(pref) last (year); yesterday
おじは私に昨日本をくれました。これがその本です。
My uncle gave me a book yesterday. This is the book.
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(n) fence; paling; railing
少年はらくらくと柵を飛び越えた。
The boy skipped over the fence.
- (n) rope; cord
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(n) hand; arm
こちらに来るように手で合図した。
I made motions at him to come here with my hand. - forepaw; foreleg
- handle
- hand; worker; help
- trouble; care; effort
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means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
いい手を思いついた。
I hit upon a good idea. - hand; handwriting
- kind; type; sort
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one's hands; one's possession
本は現在誰の手にも入る。
Books are now within the reach of everybody. -
ability to cope
あいつらには手が負えない。
They are out of hand. -
hand (of cards)
いい手が配られた。
I was dealt a good hand. - direction
- (n, n-suf, ctr) move (in go, shogi, etc.)
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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
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(v5r, vt) to adopt (measure, proposal)
ドルが円をはじめとする主要なアジア通貨に対して急落しているなか、実質上のドルペッグ政策を採っている中国の人民元は割安となっている。
In the midst of the dollar falling hard against the Yen and other major Eastern currencies the Chinese Yuan, with China effectively taking a 'dollar peg' policy, has become cheap. -
to pick (e.g. fruit); to catch (e.g. insects); to take (e.g. a sample)
このカップに尿をとってください。
Please leave a urine sample in this cup. - to assume (attitude)
- to take on (i.e. hire); to engage
- (n) pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
- sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
- (n) jue (ancient 3-legged Chinese wine pitcher, usu. made of bronze)
- peerage (hereditary title bestowed by the emperor)
- (n) capsule (moss sporangium)
- capsule (type of dehiscent fruit)
- (n) mat (made of pieces of split bamboo or reeds tied together)