Search Terms: ざる*
Dictionary results(showing 12 results)
noun
1.
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo), colander, strainer, sieve(usually kana)
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strong drinker, someone who can drink like a fish(colloquialism, usually kana)
noun
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Burchard's cockle (Vasticardium burchardi)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ザルガイ
noun
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Cardiidae, family of bivalve molluscs comprising the cockles
Other readings:
笊貝科【ざるがいか】
noun
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zaru soba (soba served on a bamboo draining basket with dipping sauce)(usually kana)
Other readings:
ざるそば《笊蕎麦》
、ざるそば《笊そば》
、ザルそば《ザル蕎麦》
zarubekarazu
noun
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memory like a sieve, going in one ear and out the other
Other readings:
笊耳【ざるみみ】
expression, adjective
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cannot help (doing), have no choice but to, am compelled to, am obliged to, it is incumbent upon (me) to(after the -nai stem of a verb)
expression
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cannot help (doing), have no choice but to, am compelled to, am obliged to, it is incumbent upon (me) to
See also:ざるを得ない (ざるをえない)