| 即将 | [jí jiāng, ㄐㄧˊ ㄐㄧㄤ, 即 将 / 即 將] on the eve of; to be about to; to be on the verge of #1,666 [Add to Longdo] |
| 待 | [dài, ㄉㄞˋ, 待] to wait; to treat; to deal with; to need; going to (do sth); about to; intending to #1,864 [Add to Longdo] |
| 临 | [lín, ㄌㄧㄣˊ, 临 / 臨] to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before #4,233 [Add to Longdo] |
| 长达 | [cháng dá, ㄔㄤˊ ㄉㄚˊ, 长 达 / 長 達] extend as long as; lengthen out to #4,733 [Add to Longdo] |
| 差点 | [chà diǎn, ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ, 差 点 / 差 點] not quite; not good enough; almost; barely; a bit different; just about to; nearly starting; on the verge of #4,782 [Add to Longdo] |
| 招呼 | [zhāo hu, ㄓㄠ ㄏㄨ˙, 招 呼] to call out to sb; to greet sb; to inform sb; to instruct sb to do sth; to take care of sb #7,409 [Add to Longdo] |
| 弥漫 | [mí màn, ㄇㄧˊ ㄇㄢˋ, 弥 漫 / 瀰 漫] to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) #9,088 [Add to Longdo] |
| 出局 | [chū jú, ㄔㄨ ㄐㄩˊ, 出 局] to send off (player for a foul); to knock out (i.e. to beat in a knock-out tournament); to eliminate; to call out; to kill off; to pull out of (a competition); to retire (a runner in baseball); out (i.e. man out in baseball) #9,932 [Add to Longdo] |
| 产妇 | [chǎn fù, ㄔㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ, 产 妇 / 產 婦] pregnant woman; lady about to give birth #11,536 [Add to Longdo] |
| 属实 | [shǔ shí, ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˊ, 属 实 / 屬 實] turn out to be true; verified; true #14,038 [Add to Longdo] |
| 差一点 | [chà yī diǎn, ㄔㄚˋ ㄧ ㄉㄧㄢˇ, 差 一 点 / 差 一 點] same as 差點|差点; not quite; not good enough; almost; barely; a bit different; just about to; nearly starting; on the verge of, See also: 差點, 差点 #18,324 [Add to Longdo] |
| 征兆 | [zhēng zhào, ㄓㄥ ㄓㄠˋ, 征 兆 / 徵 兆] omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign #18,838 [Add to Longdo] |
| 行将 | [xíng jiāng, ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄧㄤ, 行 将 / 行 將] be about to (do something) #23,641 [Add to Longdo] |
| 风干 | [fēng gān, ㄈㄥ ㄍㄢ, 风 干 / 風 乾] to hang sth out to dry #32,025 [Add to Longdo] |
| 打工仔 | [dǎ gōng zǎi, ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄗㄞˇ, 打 工 仔 / 打 工 崽] young household member who goes out to work #32,879 [Add to Longdo] |
| 差点儿 | [chà diǎn r, ㄔㄚˋ ㄉㄧㄢˇ ㄦ˙, 差 点 儿 / 差 點 兒] erhua variant of 差點|差点, not quite; not good enough; almost; barely; a bit different; just about to; nearly starting; on the verge of, See also: 差點, 差点 #34,856 [Add to Longdo] |
| 临产 | [lín chǎn, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄢˇ, 临 产 / 臨 產] to face childbirth; about to give birth; refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions #37,583 [Add to Longdo] |
| 打工妹 | [dǎ gōng mèi, ㄉㄚˇ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄇㄟˋ, 打 工 妹] junior female of the household who goes out to work #39,028 [Add to Longdo] |
| 捧杯 | [pěng bēi, ㄆㄥˇ ㄅㄟ, 捧 杯] to win a championship; to come out top; to take the cup #45,562 [Add to Longdo] |
| 厮混 | [sī hùn, ㄙ ㄏㄨㄣˋ, 厮 混 / 廝 混] to hang out together with (derog.); to mix with #56,261 [Add to Longdo] |
| 危楼 | [wēi lóu, ㄨㄟ ㄌㄡˊ, 危 楼 / 危 樓] dangerous housing; building that is about to collapse #69,732 [Add to Longdo] |
| 指鹿为马 | [zhǐ lù wéi mǎ, ㄓˇ ㄌㄨˋ ㄨㄟˊ ㄇㄚˇ, 指 鹿 为 马 / 指 鹿 為 馬] making a deer out to be a horse (成语 saw); deliberate misrepresentation #76,185 [Add to Longdo] |
| 弥留 | [mí liú, ㄇㄧˊ ㄌㄧㄡˊ, 弥 留 / 彌 留] seriously ill and about to die #81,100 [Add to Longdo] |
| 曈 | [tóng, ㄊㄨㄥˊ, 曈] sun about to rise #84,112 [Add to Longdo] |
| 有眉目 | [yǒu méi mù, ㄧㄡˇ ㄇㄟˊ ㄇㄨˋ, 有 眉 目] to begin to take shape; to be about to materialize #92,390 [Add to Longdo] |
| 鹬蚌相争 | [yù bàng xiāng zhēng, ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄥ, 鹬 蚌 相 争 / 鷸 蚌 相 爭] lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, 成语 saw); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party #116,794 [Add to Longdo] |
| 郢书燕说 | [Yǐng shū Yān shuō, ㄧㄥˇ ㄕㄨ ㄧㄢ ㄕㄨㄛ, 郢 书 燕 说 / 郢 書 燕 說] words distorted in reading (成语 saw); cf letter from Chu 楚 capital Ying 郢|郢 contains inadvertent words "hold up the candle" that minister of Yan 燕 puzzles out to mean "brilliant prospects", See also: 成语, 楚, 郢, 燕 #453,435 [Add to Longdo] |
| 南极洲半岛 | [Nán jí zhōu bàn dǎo, ㄋㄢˊ ㄐㄧˊ ㄓㄡ ㄅㄢˋ ㄉㄠˇ, 南 极 洲 半 岛 / 南 極 洲 半 島] the Antartic Peninsula (jutting out towards South America) #836,603 [Add to Longdo] |
| 摊晒 | [tān shài, ㄊㄢ ㄕㄞˋ, 摊 晒 / 攤 曬] to lay sth out to dry [Add to Longdo] |
| 银样鑞枪头 | [yín yàng là qiāng tóu, ㄧㄣˊ ㄧㄤˋ ㄌㄚˋ ㄑㄧㄤ ㄊㄡˊ, 银 样 鑞 枪 头 / 銀 樣 鑞 槍 頭] lit. pseudo-silver pewter spear-head; fig. an initially impressive person who turns out to be useless [Add to Longdo] |
| 鹬蚌相争渔翁得利 | [yù bàng xiāng zhēng yú wēng dé lì, ㄩˋ ㄅㄤˋ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄓㄥ ㄩˊ ㄨㄥ ㄉㄜˊ ㄌㄧˋ, 鹬 蚌 相 争 渔 翁 得 利 / 鷸 蚌 相 爭 漁 翁 得 利] lit. sandpiper and clam war together (and the fisherman catches both, 成语 saw); fig. neighbors who can't agree lose out to a third party [Add to Longdo] |
| 所(P);処;處(oK) | [ところ(P);とこ(所), tokoro (P); toko ( tokoro )] (n, suf) (1) (also pronounced どころ when a suffix) place; spot; scene; site; (2) address; (3) district; area; locality; (4) one's house; (5) point; (6) part; (7) space; room; (8) (uk) (after the plain past form of a verb) whereupon; as a result; (9) (after present form of a verb) about to; on the verge of; (P) #235 [Add to Longdo] |
| よ | [yo] (prt) (1) (at sentence end) indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; (2) (after a noun) used when calling out to someone; (3) (in mid-sentence) used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; (int) (4) yo!; (P) #441 [Add to Longdo] |
| もし | [moshi] (int) excuse me! (when calling out to someone) #494 [Add to Longdo] |
| え | [e] (int) (1) eh? (surprise); (2) eh (agreement); (prt) (3) (arch) (See かえ, ぞえ, わえ) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (4) (after a noun) used when calling out to someone #611 [Add to Longdo] |
| 申し | [もうし, moushi] (int) (arch) excuse me! (when calling out to someone) #1,970 [Add to Longdo] |
| 迎える(P);邀える | [むかえる, mukaeru] (v1, vt) (1) to go out to meet; (2) to receive; to welcome; (3) to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); (4) to call for; to summon; to invite; (5) to approach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); (P) #6,614 [Add to Longdo] |
| 矢先 | [やさき, yasaki] (n) (1) arrowhead; brunt; target; (2) (See 矢先に) being about to; being on the point of; (P) #11,451 [Add to Longdo] |
| 出航 | [しゅっこう, shukkou] (n, vs) departure; sailing; shipping out; putting out to sea; takeoff; leaving port #14,653 [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼びかける(P);呼び掛ける(P);呼掛ける | [よびかける, yobikakeru] (v1, vt) to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal; (P) #15,799 [Add to Longdo] |
| お出掛け;お出かけ | [おでかけ, odekake] (n) (See 出掛・1) about to start out; just about to leave or go out [Add to Longdo] |
| こら | [kora] (conj, int) (1) interjection meant to scold or reprove someone; hey!; (2) interjection to call out to someone; hey! [Add to Longdo] |
| とする | [tosuru] (exp, vs-i) (1) (after the volitional form of verb) to try to ...; to be about to do ...; (2) (after the dictionary form of verb) to decide to ...; (3) to take as; to treat as; (4) to use for; (5) to suppose that (such) is the case; to assume; (6) to decide that; to think that; (7) to make into; to change into; (8) to feel (e.g. after sound symbolism or psychological experience word); to look; to feel like; (9) (with を目的) to intend; to have the intention [Add to Longdo] |
| もしもし | [moshimoshi] (int) (1) hello (e.g. on phone); (2) excuse me! (when calling out to someone); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| やい;やーい;ヤイ;ヤーイ | [yai ; ya-i ; yai ; ya-i] (int, suf) (used when calling out to someone, somewhat aggressive) (See やいやい・2) hey; hey you [Add to Longdo] |
| んとする;んとす;むとす | [ntosuru ; ntosu ; mutosu] (exp, vs-i) (1) (after a -nai stem) to be trying to; (2) to be just about to [Add to Longdo] |
| テンパる | [tenpa ru] (v5r) to be about to blow one's fuse [Add to Longdo] |
| 為る | [する, suru] (vs-i) (1) (uk) to do; (2) to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); (3) to serve as; to act as; to work as; (4) to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); (5) (as 〜にする, 〜とする) to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; (6) to decide on; to choose; (vs-i, vi) (7) (as 〜がする) to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); (8) to be (in a state, condition, etc.); (9) to be worth; to cost; (10) to pass (of time); to elapse; (suf, vs-i) (11) verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); (aux-v, vs-i) (12) (See お願いします, 御・お) creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); (13) (as 〜うとする, 〜ようとする) (See とする・1) to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 一直 | [いっちょく, icchoku] (n) lining out to first base [Add to Longdo] |
| 横座り;横坐り | [よこずわり, yokozuwari] (n, vs) sitting with one's legs out to one side [Add to Longdo] |
| 餓死寸前 | [がしすんぜん, gashisunzen] (n) being on the verge of starvation; being about to starve [Add to Longdo] |
| 帰りがけ;帰り掛け | [かえりがけ, kaerigake] (n-t) (1) on the way back; (2) when about to go back [Add to Longdo] |
| 帰りしな | [かえりしな, kaerishina] (exp) (1) when about to go back; (2) on the way back; on the way home [Add to Longdo] |
| 泣きべそ | [なきべそ, nakibeso] (n) face contorted and about to cry [Add to Longdo] |
| 見櫓;見せ櫓 | [みせやぐら, miseyagura] (n) observation tower; scout tower [Add to Longdo] |
| 遣り抜く;やり抜く | [やりぬく, yarinuku] (v5k, vt) to carry out to completion; to accomplish [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼び合う | [よびあう, yobiau] (v5u) to call each other; to call out to one another [Add to Longdo] |
| 呼び込み;呼込み | [よびこみ, yobikomi] (n) (1) barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public; (vs) (2) calling out to potential customers [Add to Longdo] |
| 巷説 | [こうせつ, kousetsu] (n) gossip; talk about town [Add to Longdo] |
| 行き掛かる | [ゆきかかる, yukikakaru] (v5r) to be about to go; to start going; to pass by [Add to Longdo] |
| 仕立て上げる | [したてあげる, shitateageru] (v1, vt) to be made out to be [Add to Longdo] |
| 思いを馳せる;思いをはせる | [おもいをはせる, omoiwohaseru] (exp, v1) (See 思いを致す) to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) [Add to Longdo] |
| 死にそう | [しにそう, shinisou] (adj-na) (1) at the point of death; almost dead; about to die; (2) at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
| 死に掛ける;死にかける | [しにかける, shinikakeru] (v1) to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death [Add to Longdo] |
| 手向け | [たむけ, tamuke] (n) (1) offering to a deity or somebody's spirit; (2) tribute to a person who is about to depart [Add to Longdo] |
| 手向ける | [たむける, tamukeru] (v1, vt) (1) to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit; (2) to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart [Add to Longdo] |
| 出掛け;出掛;出がけ | [でがけ, degake] (n) (1) (See お出掛け) about to start out; about to leave; (2) having just left; on the way [Add to Longdo] |
| 出郷 | [しゅっきょう, shukkyou] (n, vs) leaving one's home town; priest going out to teach [Add to Longdo] |
| 乗り掛かる;乗り掛る;乗りかかる | [のりかかる, norikakaru] (v5r) to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with [Add to Longdo] |
| 乗り掛ける;乗りかける | [のりかける, norikakeru] (v1, vt) to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with [Add to Longdo] |
| 心を寄せる | [こころをよせる, kokorowoyoseru] (exp, v1) to take to; to let one's heart go out to [Add to Longdo] |
| 心を通わせる | [こころをかよわせる, kokorowokayowaseru] (exp, v1) to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to [Add to Longdo] |
| 新聞辞令 | [しんぶんじれい, shinbunjirei] (n) Appointment conjecturally reported in a newspaper; announcement of an appointment which is (turns out to be) mere press speculation [Add to Longdo] |
| 申し申し | [もうしもうし, moushimoushi] (int) (arch) (See もしもし・2) excuse me! (when calling out to someone) [Add to Longdo] |
| 人後 | [じんご, jingo] (n-adv, n-t) behind others; losing out to others [Add to Longdo] |
| 正に(P);将に;当に | [まさに, masani] (adv) (1) (uk) (esp. 正に) exactly; surely; certainly; (2) (esp. 将に) just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening); (3) (esp. 当に) duly; naturally; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 声をかける;声を掛ける | [こえをかける, koewokakeru] (exp, v1) to greet; to call out to someone [Add to Longdo] |
| 洗い張り | [あらいはり, araihari] (n, vs) lay or stretch out to dry [Add to Longdo] |
| 船出 | [ふなで, funade] (n, vs) setting sail; putting out to sea; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 大衆に阿る | [たいしゅうにおもねる, taishuuniomoneru] (exp, v5r) to sell out to the masses [Add to Longdo] |
| 通人 | [つうじん, tsuujin] (n) man of the world; man about town; dilettante; well-informed person [Add to Longdo] |
