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Simple Dictionary Definition

指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます

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 yubikirigenmanusotsuitaraharisenbonnomasu
    ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます
(expression) (idiom) (See 指切り・ゆびきり) Finger cut-off, ten thousand fist-punches, whoever lies has to swallow a thousand needles; words said when making a pinky swear

Variations:
鵜呑みにする
鵜のみにする(sK)

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 unominisuru
    うのみにする
(exp,vs-i) (1) (idiom) to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; (exp,vs-i) (2) to swallow (food term) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

Variations:
飲む(P)
呑む(P)
飮む(oK)

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 nomu
    のむ
(transitive verb) (1) (呑む often means swallowing whole, gulping, etc.) to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); (transitive verb) (2) (also written 喫む) (See 喫む) to smoke (tobacco); (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to overwhelm; (transitive verb) (4) to keep down; to suppress; (transitive verb) (5) to accept (e.g. demand, condition); (transitive verb) (6) to make light of; to conceal

Variations:
ツバメの巣
燕の巣
つばめの巣(sK)

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 tsubamenosu
    つばめのす
(1) swallow's nest; (2) {food} swift's nest (used to make bird's nest soup)

Variations:
燕返し
ツバメ返し
つばめ返し
燕返(sK)

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 tsubamegaeshi
    つばめがえし
(1) quickly reversed cut (sword technique); (2) {MA} swallow counter (judo technique); swallow flight reversal; (3) {mahj} swapping one's hand with the bottom row of the nearest wall (cheating technique); (4) {mahj} completing a hand with an opponent's discarded riichi tile

Variations:
吸い込む(P)
吸込む(sK)
吸いこむ(sK)

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 suikomu
    すいこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to soak up; to absorb; (transitive verb) (2) (usu. in the passive) to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in

Variations:
巻き込む(P)
巻きこむ
巻込む(P)
まき込む

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 makikomu
    まきこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (2) to involve; to drag into

Variations:
飲み込む(P)
呑み込む
飲みこむ
呑みこむ
のみ込む
飲込む

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 nomikomu
    のみこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to swallow; to gulp down; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn; (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (4) to be filled with (people); to contain; (transitive verb) (5) to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back

Variations:
飲み込む(P)
呑み込む
飲みこむ
呑みこむ
のみ込む
飲込む
呑込む

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 nomikomu
    のみこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to gulp down; to swallow deeply; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to take in; to catch on to; to learn; to digest; (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (4) to be filled with (people); to be crowded; (transitive verb) (5) to hold back from saying something; to swallow (one's words)

Variations:
巻き込む(P)
捲き込む(rK)
巻込む(sK)
巻きこむ(sK)
まき込む(sK)

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 makikomu
    まきこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (2) to involve; to drag into

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A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

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