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Dictionary results(showing 22 results)


Godan-gu verb, transitive verb
1.
to endure, to keep out (e.g. rain), to stave off (e.g. starvation)
2.
to pull through, to get over, to survive
3.
to surpass, to outdo, to excel, to eclipse, to defy, to slight

あめつゆ
ametsuyuwoshinogu
expression, Godan-gu verb
•
to protect against the elements, to shelter oneself from the weather
Other readings:
雨露を凌ぐ【あめつゆをしのぐ】

いちじ
ichijishinogi
noun
•
makeshift, temporary expedient, stopgap measure
Other readings:
一時凌ぎ【いちじしのぎ】

きゅうば
kyuubawoshinogu
expression, Godan-gu verb
•
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
Other readings:
急場を凌ぐ【きゅうばをしのぐ】

ここうしの
kokouwoshinogu
expression, Godan-gu verb
•
to eke out a living, to get a bare livelihood, to live from hand to mouth

そうしゃしの
soushawoshinogu
expression, Godan-gu verb
•
to put young men to shame

noun, no-adjective
•
stopgap, makeshift, temporary measure
Other readings:
その場凌ぎ【そのばしのぎ】
、
其の場凌ぎ【そのばしのぎ】

たいくつ
taikutsushinogi
noun
•
killing time, staving off boredom
Other readings:
退屈凌ぎ【たいくつしのぎ】

noun
•
Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
Other readings:
凌霄花【りょうしょうか】
、
ノウゼンカズラ

noun
•
nasturtium (species of Indian cress, Tropaeolum majus)(usually kana)
See also:金蓮花
Other readings:
ノウゼンハレン

no-adjective
•
skyscraping, very high, above the clouds, above this mortal world
Other readings:
陵雲【りょううん】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
excelling, surpassing, outdoing
Other readings:
陵駕【りょうが】

noun, auxillary suru verb
•
humiliation, indignity, affront, assault
Other readings:
陵虐【りょうぎゃく】

noun
•
Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)
See also:凌霄花

noun, auxillary suru verb
1.
insult, affront, disgrace, indignity
2.
sexual assault, rape
Other readings:
凌辱【りょうじょく】

noun
•
lingchi, death by a thousand cuts, slow torture by slicing off parts of the body(historical term)

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


凌
Written with 10 strokes
Jinmeiyou Kanji (used in names)
endure, keep (rain)out, stave off, tide over, defy, slight, surpass
KUN:
  • しの.ぐ
    shino.gu
ON:
  • リョウ
    ryou

Sentence results (showing 9 results)


She surpasses her sister in beauty

The money will carry us for about a month

How are you keeping off this intense heat

She had some cookies to stay her hunger until dinner

Thousands of Americans have a hard time keeping the wolf from the door

The hut kept the rain and dew out after a fashion

We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather

This new car will put other cars to shame

For the first time in my life, I felt a pang of conscience, but there was no other way out