My words

操る

あやつる

to manipulate, to operate, to handle, to operate (e.g. a machine), to steer (a ship), to have a good command of (a language), to be fluent in, to operate a puppet, to pull the strings of a puppet, to mastermind, to pull the strings, to control from the shadows, to play (a musical instrument)

虐待

ぎゃくたい

abuse, ill-treatment, maltreatment, mistreatment, cruelty

動作品

Dōsa-hin

Working item

浸かる

つかる

to be pickled, to be well seasoned, to be submerged, to be soaked, to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

勢力

せいりょく

influence, power, might, strength, potency, force, energy

定義

ていぎ

definition

仕組み

しくみ

structure, construction, arrangement, contrivance, plan, plot, contrivance

和解

わかい わげ

court-mediated settlement, translation of a foreign language into Japanese, accommodation, amicable settlement, rapprochement, reconciliation, mediation, compromise

鉄線

てっせん

iron (steel) wire, Chinese clematis, Clematis florida, leather flower

稽古

けいこ

practice, practising, training, study

細かい

こまかい

small, fine, minute, minor, trivial, sensitive, attentive

前提

ぜんてい

preamble, premise, reason, prerequisite, condition, assumption, hypothesis, given

凭れる

もたれる

to lean against, to lean on, to recline on, to lie heavy (on the stomach), to be uneasily digested

悲観的

ひかんてき

pessimistic, gloomy

分が悪い

ぶがわるい ぶんがわるい

at disadvantage, having no edge, having poor prospects

差異

さい

difference, disparity, gap

致命的

ちめいてき

fatal, lethal

優柔

ゆうじゅう

indecisiveness

優柔不断

ゆうじゅうふだん

shilly-shally, indecisiveness

弓

たらし きゅう ゆみ ゆ

bow (and arrow), archery, bow (for a violin, etc.)

中途

ちゅうと

in the middle, half-way

中途半端

ちゅうとはんぱ

halfway, half measures, unfinished, incomplete, by halves, half-baked, half-cocked

成果

せいか

fruits (of one's labors), results, outcome, accomplishment

朗報

ろうほう

good news

在籍

ざいせき

enrollment, enrolment

参考

さんこう

reference, consultation

不死

ふし

immortality, eternal life, undeath, undead

理論的

りろんてき

theoretical

理論

りろん

theory

洞窟

どうくつ

cavern, cave, cave system, grotto, caves