ติดโพย (PopThai)

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Pronunciation

高額(こうがく)品(ひん)の値下げ(ねさげ)などときれいごとをいっても、結局(けっきょく)のところ新(しん)消費(しょうひ)税(ぜい)への風当たり(かぜあたり)を和らげる(やわらげる)口実(こうじつ)にすぎない。

Vocabulary List

高額 (こうがく) (adj-na,n,adj-no) large sum (money); (P) [EDICT] 品 (ひん) (n) (1) elegance; grace; refinement; class; dignity; (suf) (2) article; item; (suf,ctr) (3) (sometimes pronounced ぴん) counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant); (P) [EDICT] (ほん) (n) (1) court rank; (suf) (2) {Buddh} (sometimes pronounced ぼん, ぽん as a suffix) (See 九品・1) level; grade; (3) {Buddh} chapter; section; volume [EDICT] (しな) (n) (1) (esp. 品) article; item; thing; goods; stock; (2) quality; (3) (uk) (esp. 科) (See 科を作る) flirtatiousness; coquetry; (P) [EDICT] (pǐn, ㄆㄧㄣˇ) conduct; grade; thing; product; good [CE-DICT] 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] 値下げ (ねさげ) (n,vs) cut in price; (P) [EDICT] など (等) (n,n-suf,prt) (1) (uk) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; (2) (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something; (3) (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of; (P) [EDICT] (抔) (n,n-suf,prt) (1) (uk) et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; (2) (indicating an approximate quote or vague suggestion) or something; (3) (lessening the significance or value of the previous word) the likes of; (P) [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] きれい (奇麗) สวย [LongdoJP] (奇麗) สะอาด [LongdoJP] (奇麗) (adj-na) (1) (uk) pretty; lovely; beautiful; fair; (2) clean; clear; pure; tidy; neat; (3) (as 奇麗に) completely; entirely; (P) [EDICT] ごと () (adv-to,adv) thump; clang; clank [EDICT] (事) (suf) (1) (See 事・こと・6) nominalizing suffix; (2) (See 事・こと・7) pretending to ...; playing make-believe ... [EDICT] (毎) (n-adv,n-suf) each respectively; (P) [EDICT] を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [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 () (adv,int) (1) (See すでに) already; anymore; (2) soon; shortly; (3) more; further; other; again; (int,adv) (4) interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation); (P) [EDICT] () (n) (from a reversal of くも) (See 雲・くも) cigarette; cig; smoke; fag [EDICT] () (int) excuse me! (when calling out to someone) [EDICT] () (adv) (abbr) (col) (See 勿論・もちろん) of course; for sure; definitely [EDICT] () (n) (abbr) {food} (See 臓物) entrails; giblets; guts; internal organs [EDICT] () (pref) (before a verb) (See もて囃す,もて扱う・1) emphatic prefix [EDICT] (裳) (n) ancient skirt [EDICT] (喪) (n,adj-no) mourning; (P) [EDICT] (藻) (n) duckweed; seaweed; algae; (P) [EDICT] 結局 (けっきょく) (n-adv,n) after all; eventually; in the end; (P) [EDICT] (jié jú, ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄐㄩˊ) conclusion; ending [CE-DICT] 新 (しん) (n-pref,n,n-suf) (1) new; neo-; (n) (2) (abbr) (See 新暦) Gregorian calendar; (3) Xin (dynasty of China); (P) [EDICT] (さら;あら(新);にい(新)) (n,adj-no) (1) (さら only) (arch) new (i.e. brand-new, never used); (pref) (2) new; (adj-na) (3) (更 only) obvious; natural [EDICT] (xīn, ㄒㄧㄣ) new; newly; abbr. for Xinjiang 新疆; meso- (chem.) [CE-DICT] 消費 (しょうひ) (n,vs,adj-no) consumption; expenditure; (P) [EDICT] (xiāo fèi, ㄒㄧㄠ ㄈㄟˋ) to consume [CE-DICT] 税 (ぜい) ภาษี [LongdoJP] (ぜい) (n,suf) tax [EDICT] (shuì, ㄕㄨㄟˋ) taxes; duties [CE-DICT] へ () (int) oh, yes?; really? [EDICT] () (adj-na,n) (See 下手・へた,平凡) bungler; greenhorn; clumsy; poor hand [EDICT] () (adj-na,n) blunder; bungle; gaffe [EDICT] () (exp) (ksb [EDICT] 風当たり (かぜあたり) (n) wind blowing against; being subject to outside pressures or criticism; oppression; (P) [EDICT] 和らげる (やわらげる) (v1,vt) to soften; to moderate; to relieve; (P) [EDICT] 口実 (こうじつ) (n) excuse; pretext; (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] すぎる (過ぎる) (v1,vi) (1) to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; (2) to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; (3) to have expired; to have ended; to be over; (4) to exceed; to surpass; to be above; (5) (as 〜に過ぎない, etc.) to be no more than ...; (v1,vi,suf) (6) (often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs) to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...; (P) [EDICT] ない () (exp) (1) (See ませんか) (used to ask a question in the negative) won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); (2) (used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands) won't you [EDICT] () (conj,aux) (1) (See ない) without doing ...; (aux) (2) used in sentence-final position as an indirect prohibition [EDICT] (内) (suf) inside; within [EDICT] (亡い) (adj-i) (See 無い) dead [EDICT] (無い) (adj-i) (1) (uk) (See 亡い) nonexistent; not being (there); (2) unpossessed; unowned; not had; (3) (See またとない) unique; (4) (as ...ことがない, etc.) indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; (aux-adj) (5) (See ない) (after the ren'youkei form of an adjective) not ...; (6) (after the -te form of a verb) to not be...; to have not ...; (P) [EDICT]