ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

けれども、ポーラ・グレイソンのような管理(かんり)職(しょく)の人々(ひとびと)は、なんとかその習慣(しゅうかん)を変え(かえ)てもらおうと、説得(せっとく)に努め(つとめ)ています。

Vocabulary List

ポーラ () (adj-f) (1) polar; (n) (2) (obsc) poral (type of 'summer' fabric with large 'pores') [EDICT] ・ (なかぽち) (n) (See 中黒,中点) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT] (なかぽつ(・;中ぽつ);なかポツ(・;中ポツ)) (n) (See 中黒,中点) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT] (なかぐろ) (n) middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation) [EDICT] グレイ () (n) grace [EDICT] () (n) grave [EDICT] ソン () (n) song; (P) [EDICT] の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] よう () (exp) (volitional form of verb + ga) regardless of; whether (or not) [EDICT] () (adj-pn) (See 様だ) like; similar to [EDICT] () (exp) (1) in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); (2) hoping or wishing for something; (P) [EDICT] () (int) alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay; (P) [EDICT] (酔う) (v5u,vi) to get drunk; to become intoxicated; (P) [EDICT] (様) (n-suf,n) (1) (uk) (See 様だ) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) appearing ...; looking ...; (2) (usu. after the -masu stem of a verb) way to ...; method of ...ing; (3) (usu. after a noun) form; style; design; (4) (usu. after a noun) like; similar to; (n) (5) thing (thought or spoken); (P) [EDICT] (用) (n,n-suf) (1) task; business; (2) use; duty; service; (3) (See 用を足す) call of nature; excretion; (P) [EDICT] (葉) (suf,ctr) (1) counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (2) (arch) counter for boats [EDICT] (要) (n) (1) cornerstone; main point; keystone; (2) requirement; need; (adj-f) (3) necessary; required [EDICT] (陽) (n) (1) (ant [EDICT] (良う) (adv) (1) (uk) (See 良く・1) well; properly; skillfully; (2) (See 良く・2) often [EDICT] (善う) (adv) (1) (uk) (See 良く・1) well; properly; skillfully; (2) (See 良く・2) often [EDICT] (能う) (adv) (1) (uk) (See 良く・1) well; properly; skillfully; (2) (See 良く・2) often [EDICT] (杳) (adj-t,adv-to) (See 杳として) dark; ununderstood; unknown [EDICT] (癰) (n) (uk) carbuncle [EDICT] だ () (prt) (1) (as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs) -ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (2) (used adverbially) doing such things as...; (3) (as …たり…たり at sentence-end, after the ren'youkei forms of a repeated verb) expresses a command; (aux-v) (4) (たり only) (arch) (from とあり) (See たる) (after a noun) to be; (5) (たり only) (arch) (from 〜てあり, after the ren'youkei form of a verb) indicates completion or continuation of an action; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (fam) marks wh-question (what, where, who); (2) (chn) strengthens one's judgment or conclusion; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) if it's the case; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) even [EDICT] () (suf,prt) and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not; (P) [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (See でしょう) seems; I think; I guess; I wonder; I hope; (2) don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (col) (abbr) (See 友達) friend [EDICT] () (n) undercut (of a machined edge) [EDICT] (駄) (pref) (1) (See 駄文・1) poor; low-grade; trivial; insignificant; worthless; (n-suf,ctr) (2) (See 一駄) load; pack; horse load; (n) (3) packhorse [EDICT] (兌) (n) dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching [EDICT] 管理 (かんり) (n,vs) control; management (e.g. of a business); (P) [EDICT] (guǎn lǐ, ㄍㄨㄢˇ ㄌㄧˇ) to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration [CE-DICT] 職 (しき) (n) (See 律令制) agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) [EDICT] (しょく) (n,n-suf) employment; (P) [EDICT] (zhí, ㄓˊ) office; duty [CE-DICT] 人々 (ひとびと(P);にんにん) (n,adj-no) each person; people; men; human; everybody; (P) [EDICT] は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT] なんとか (何とか) (exp,adv,n) (1) something; something or other; so-and-so; (2) somehow; anyhow; one way or another; (P) [EDICT] その (其の) (adj-pn) (1) (uk) (See 何の・どの,此の,其れ・1,彼の) that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; (int) (2) um...; er...; uh...; (P) [EDICT] 習慣 (しゅうかん) ขนบธรรมเนียม, ประเพณี [LongdoJP] (しゅうかん) (n,adj-no) custom; habit; manners; (P) [EDICT] (xí guàn, ㄒㄧˊ ㄍㄨㄢˋ) habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to [CE-DICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT] 変える (かえる) (v1,vt) to change; to alter; to vary; to convert; to revise; to amend; to transform [EDICT] て () (conj) (col) (See と言うか) or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean [EDICT] () (prt) a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun [EDICT] () (prt) (1) (also でも, っても) even if; even though; (int) (2) (abbr) (See さても) wow [EDICT] (手) (n) (1) (occ. pronounced た when a prefix) (See お手・おて・1) hand; arm; (2) (col) (See お手・おて・3) forepaw; foreleg; (3) handle; (4) hand; worker; help; (5) trouble; care; effort; (6) means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; (7) hand; handwriting; (8) kind; type; sort; (9) (See 手に入る) one's hands; one's possession; (10) (See 手に余る) ability to cope; (11) hand (of cards); (12) (See 山の手・1) direction; (P) [EDICT] もらう (貰う) (v5u,vt) (1) (uk) to receive; to take; to accept; (2) to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in "te" form); (P) [EDICT] う () (int) (arch) (See うん) yea; uh huh [EDICT] () (int) (1) yeah; uh huh; (n-pref) (2) (also ん) some (at the start of a number in place of a digit); (P) [EDICT] () (aux-v) (1) (arch) (See んとする) will probably be; (2) intending to; will; (3) should [EDICT] (宇) (ctr) counter for buildings, etc. [EDICT] (羽) (n) (See 五音) fifth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale) [EDICT] (鵜) (n) cormorant [EDICT] (得) (v2a-s,vt) (1) (See 得る・うる) to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain; (2) (as 〜することを得, etc.) to be possible [EDICT] (有) (n) {Buddh} bhava (becoming, existence) [EDICT] と () (prt,conj) among other things; such things as; or something like that; (P) [EDICT] () (n) regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen [EDICT] () (prt) (1) even; (2) even if; even though; (3) because of; on the grounds that [EDICT] () (prt) indicates word or phrase being defined; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (sl) last (in a contest) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; (2) even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; (3) (with neg. verb) without even; without so much as; (4) (after an adverb) (See 遅くとも) at the (least, earliest, etc.); (5) (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と) (See と・1,と・2,と・3,と・4) emphatic particle; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r) (equiv. of -ている indicating continuing action as a verb ending; poss. contraction of -て ending + おる auxiliary verb) is being [EDICT] () (n) fatty, more expensive tuna meat; (P) [EDICT] () (adv-to,adv) (on-mim) tap; knock; bonk [EDICT] (戸) (n) (1) (戸 only) (See 扉) door (esp. Japanese-style); (2) (arch) entrance (to a home); (3) (arch) narrows; (P) [EDICT] (門) (n) (1) (戸 only) (See 扉) door (esp. Japanese-style); (2) (arch) entrance (to a home); (3) (arch) narrows; (P) [EDICT] (人) (suf) person [EDICT] (徒) (n) party; set; gang [EDICT] (斗) (n) (1) (obs) to (measure of volume, approx. 18 litres); (2) (See 枡形) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (3) (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (P) [EDICT] (途) (n) way; (P) [EDICT] (都) (n,adj-no) metropolitan; municipal [EDICT] 説得 (せっとく) (n,vs) persuasion; (P) [EDICT] に (二) สอง [LongdoJP] () (prt) indicates location of action (formal literary form of "de"); at; in; (P) [EDICT] () (prt) (See に,は) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] () (exp) also; too; not ... either; as well; even [EDICT] () (exp) (1) (also にゃあ) (See ねば) if not ... (negative conditional); (2) (See には) for (in regard to); in order to [EDICT] (荷) (n) (1) load; baggage; cargo; freight; goods; (2) burden; responsibility; (P) [EDICT] (似) (suf) takes after (his mother) [EDICT] (丹) (n) red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion; (P) [EDICT] (土) (n) (arch) soil (esp. reddish soil) [EDICT] (尼) (n,n-suf) (abbr) (See 比丘尼) bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun) [EDICT] (弐) (num) two (used in legal documents) [EDICT] 努める (つとめる) (v1,vt) to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent; (P) [EDICT] いる (居る) (v1,vi) (1) (uk) (See 在る・1) to be (of animate objects); to exist; (2) to stay; (v1,aux-v) (3) (the い is sometimes dropped) (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing); (P) [EDICT] (射る) (v1,vt) to shoot; (P) [EDICT] (煎る) (v5r,vt) to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil) [EDICT] (炒る) (v5r,vt) to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil) [EDICT] (熬る) (v5r,vt) to parch; to fry; to fire; to broil; to roast; to boil down (in oil) [EDICT] (鋳る) (v1,vt) to cast; to mint; to coin; (P) [EDICT] (入る) (v5r,vi) (See 気に入る) to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in; (P) [EDICT] (要る) (v5r,vi) to need; (P) [EDICT] (沒る) (v5r) (poet) (See 入る・いる) to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun) [EDICT] (没る) (v5r) (poet) (See 入る・いる) to set beyond the Western horizon (i.e. the sun) [EDICT] ます (升) (n) (1) measuring container; measure; (2) box (seating at a theatre, etc.); (3) square on a grid; cell of a grid; (4) (斗 only) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (P) [EDICT] (枡) (n) (1) measuring container; measure; (2) box (seating at a theatre, etc.); (3) square on a grid; cell of a grid; (4) (斗 only) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (P) [EDICT] (桝) (n) (1) measuring container; measure; (2) box (seating at a theatre, etc.); (3) square on a grid; cell of a grid; (4) (斗 only) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (P) [EDICT] (斗) (n) (1) measuring container; measure; (2) box (seating at a theatre, etc.); (3) square on a grid; cell of a grid; (4) (斗 only) square bearing block (at the top of a pillar); (P) [EDICT] (増す) (v5s,vi,vt) to increase; to grow; (P) [EDICT]