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トピ

Reading

Kana: トピ
Romaji: topi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

topic

Note: abbreviation
See also: トピック

Example Sentences

トピずれです。すみません。
➥This is off-topic. Sorry.
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最近(さいきん)、赤(あか)ちゃんのアトピー性(せい)皮膚炎(ひふえん)が増(ふ)えています。
➥Atopic dermatitis has been increasing on babies recently.
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今日(きょう)のトピックは「北朝鮮(きたちょうせん)による日本人(にっぽんじん)拉致(らち)問題(もんだい)」です。
➥Today's topic is "the problem of Japanese people abducted by North Korea".
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アトピー性(せい)皮膚炎(ひふえん)で悩(なや)んでいます。
➥I'm troubled with atopic dermatitis.
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トピ主(ぬし)さんが親思(おやおも)いの娘(むすめ)さんであることはわかります。
➥I can tell that you're a daughter who cares much for your parents.
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私(わたし)たちは新聞(しんぶん)を毎日(まいにち)読(よ)まずには最新(さいしん)のトピックスについてゆけない。
➥We can not follow the latest topics without reading a newspaper every day.
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徒費

Reading

Kana: とひ
Romaji: tohi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
vs
1

waste

Kanji

徒
Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
費
Readings: ヒ、 つい.やす、 つい.える
Meanings: expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

渡比

Reading

Kana: とひ
Romaji: tohi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
vs
1

going to the Philippines; moving to the Philippines; migration to the Philippines

Kanji

渡
Readings: ト、 わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す
Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate
比
Readings: ヒ、 くら.べる
Meanings: compare, race, ratio, Philipines

都鄙

Reading

Kana: とひ
Romaji: tohi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

town and country

Kanji

都
Readings: ト、 ツ、 みやこ
Meanings: metropolis, capital
鄙
Readings: ヒ、 ひな、 ひな.びる、 いや.しい
Meanings: lowly, the country, the countryside, be countrified

土匪

Reading

Kana: どひ
Romaji: dohi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

local rebels

Kanji

土
Readings: ド、 ト、 つち
Meanings: soil, earth, ground, Turkey
匪
Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず、 かたみ
Meanings: negation, wicked person

奴婢

Readings

Kana: どひ、ぬひ
Romaji: dohi, nuhi
Kana
Romaji

Definition

noun
1

servant

Kanji

奴
Readings: ド、 やつ、 やっこ
Meanings: guy, slave, manservant, fellow
婢
Readings: ヒ、 はしため
Meaning: maidservant

鳶

鴟、 鵄

Readings

Kana: とび、とんび、トビ、トンビ
Romaji: tobi, tonbi, tobi, tonbi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

black kite (Milvus migrans)

Note: word usually written using kana alone
2

construction worker; scaffold erector; firefighter

Note: abbreviation
See also: 鳶職
3

Inverness cape

Note: abbreviation
See also: 鳶合羽

Kanji

鳶
Readings: エン、 とび、 とんび
Meanings: black kite, fireman, hook
鴟
Readings: シ、 とび
Meaning: kite
鵄
Readings: シ、 とび
Meanings: kite, horned owl, wine cups

Example Sentences

鳶(とび)が鷹(たか)を生(う)む。
➥Black hens lay white eggs.
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鳶(とび)に油揚(あぶらあ)げをさらわれたようなものだ。
➥I was robbed of my rightful share.
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庭(にわ)は木(こ)の葉(は)が落(お)ちてとび色(しょく)だ。
➥The garden is bare and brown.
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飛び

跳び

Reading

Kana: とび
Romaji: tobi
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

noun
1

flying; leaping; flight; leap

Note: abbreviation
See also: 飛ぶ
2

naught; zero; oh

Note: when reading a number aloud
3

flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

See also: 飛魚
4

running out of points (zero or fewer); game ending due to a player running out of points

(Mahjong term)
Note: Only 飛び

Kanji

飛
Readings: ヒ、 と.ぶ、 と.ばす、 -と.ばす
Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter
跳
Readings: チョウ、 は.ねる、 と.ぶ、 -と.び
Meanings: hop, leap up, spring, jerk, prance, buck, splash, sputter, snap

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は飛(と)び乗(の)った。
➥He jumped on.
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鳥(とり)は空(そら)を飛(と)びます。
➥Birds fly in the sky.
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馬(うま)は門(もん)を飛(と)び越(こ)えた。
➥The horse jumped the gate.
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彼(かれ)は飛(と)び起(お)きた。
➥He jumped out of bed.
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彼(かれ)は水(みず)に飛(と)び込(こ)んだ。
➥He jumped into the water.
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その烏(からす)は飛(と)び去(さ)った。
➥The crow flew away.
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