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びる

Reading

Kana: びる
Romaji: biru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

suf
v1
1

seeming to be ...; becoming like ...; behaving as ...

See also: 大人びる 鄙びる

Example Sentences

(かみ)()びてきた。
➥My hair has grown out.
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(わたし)をいびらないで。
➥Don't pick on me, please.
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この(はがね)()びない。
➥This steel is stainless.
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(かれ)無礼(ぶれい)()びた。
➥He apologized for his rudeness.
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(やす)みすぎは()びる。
➥Too much rest is rust.
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(かれ)(つめ)たい(みず)()びた。
➥He poured cold water over himself.
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ヒル

Reading

Kana: ヒル
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

hill

Example Sentences

アヒルに()てるの。
➥It looks like a duck.
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アヒル(たち)(いけ)のあちこちを(およ)いでいた。
➥Ducks were swimming about on the pond.
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(わたし)昨日(きのう)()った(おとこ)(ひと)名前(なまえ)はヒルです。
➥The name of the man I met yesterday is Mr. Hill.
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(みにく)いアヒルの()優雅(ゆうが)白鳥(はくちょう)となった。
➥An ugly duckling became a graceful swan.
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アヒルとガチョウの区別(くべつ)()きますか。
➥Can you tell a duck from a goose?
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私達(わたしたち)公園(こうえん)()(おとこ)(ひと)はヒルさんです。
➥The man whom we saw in the park was Mr Hill.
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ビル

Reading

Kana: ビル
Romaji: biru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

multi-floor building; multi-storey building

Note: abbreviation
See also: ビルディング
2

bill

Example Sentences

(わたし)はビルを()つけた。
➥I found the building.
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あの灰色(はいいろ)のビルですか。
➥That gray building?
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ビルの(まえ)(くるま)があります。
➥There is a car in front of the building.
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あのビルのとなりです。
➥It's next to that building.
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そのビルの(うし)ろですよ。
➥It's at the back of the building.
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そのビルは現在(げんざい)建設中(けんせつちゅう)だ。
➥The building is under construction.
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ピル

Reading

Kana: ピル
Romaji: piru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

pill

2

birth-control pill; oral contraceptive; the pill

Note: colloquialism

Example Sentences

ピルを服用(ふくよう)したいのです。
➥I'd like to take the pill.
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5ヶ月分(かげつぶん)のピル(くだ)さいと()って、()かりましたといわれた。
➥I said, "Five months worth of the Pill, please," and was told "Certainly."
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干る

Reading

Kana: ひる
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v1
vi
1

to dry

Kanji

Readings: カン、 ほ.す、 ほ.し-、 -ぼ.し、 ひ.る
Meanings: dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

午、

Reading

Kana: ひる
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

n-t
1

noon; midday

See also: 御昼
2

daytime

Note: Only 昼、 晝
3

lunch

Note: Only 昼、 晝

Kanji

Readings: チュウ、 ひる
Meanings: daytime, noon
Readings: ゴ、 うま
Meanings: noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: チュウ、 ひる
Meanings: daytime, daylight

Example Sentences

(ひる)にね。
➥See you at lunch.
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(ひる)にしよう。
➥Let's have lunch.
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昼食(ちゅうしょく)()べよう。
➥Let's eat lunch.
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(ひる)ですよ。
➥Lunch is on.
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(ひる)ごはんよ。
➥Lunch is on.
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昼食(ちゅうしょく)はいらない。
➥I don't want lunch.
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Reading

Kana: ひる
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

strong-smelling edible plant (esp. perennials of the family Liliaceae, e.g. Welsh onion, garlic, wild rocambole, etc.)

Note: archaism

Kanji

Readings: サン、 にんにく、 ひる、 のびる
Meaning: garlic
Reading: 
Meaning: garlic

Example Sentences

にんにくは食事(しょくじ)風味(ふうみ)()す。
➥Garlic enhances the flavor of meals.
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この料理(りょうり)はにんにくがきいている。
➥This dish has a strong flavor of garlic.
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このスープはニンニクの(あじ)がする。
➥The soup tastes of garlic.
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にんにくは(つよ)いにおいを(はな)つ。
➥Garlic gives off a strong odor.
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その(にお)いはニンニク特有(とくゆう)のものだ。
➥The smell is characteristic of garlic.
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その()(もの)(すこ)しニンニクの(あじ)がした。
➥The food tasted slightly of garlic.
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Readings

Kana: ひる、ヒル
Romaji: hiru, hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

leech

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

Readings: シツ、 チツ、 ひる
Meaning: leech

放る

Reading

Kana: ひる
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v5r
vt
1

to expel (from the body); to excrete; to defecate; to give birth

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 はな.す、 -っぱな.し、 はな.つ、 はな.れる、 こ.く、 ほう.る
Meanings: set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate

Example Sentences

その(くるま)(なん)週間(しゅうかん)(はな)ってある。
➥The car has been kicking around the roadside for weeks.
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(きみ)虐待(ぎゃくたい)されているのを(はな)ってはいられない。
➥I will not allow you to be ill-treated.
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いい(たま)(ほう)るようになったな、恵一(けいいち)(くん)
➥You throw a good ball nowadays, Keiichi.
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嚏る

Reading

Kana: ひる
Romaji: hiru
Kana
Romaji

Definition

v1
vt
1

to sneeze

Note: usu. as 鼻をひる
Note: archaism
See also: 嚔ひる (reading はなひる)

Kanji

Readings: テイ、 くしゃみ、 くさめ、 くさみ、 はな.ひる、 ひ.る
Meaning: sneeze