Meanings
Suffix
Verb (5-dan, る)
Usually written in kana
1. to be prominently ...; to be persistently ...
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Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to covet; to lust for
to be stubborn; to be obstinate; to be perverse; to not give in
to be bony; to be angular
to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to be pretentious; to put on airs
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to become sinewy; to behave formally
to adhere to formalities
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
to be soldierly; to be martial
to be formal; to be ceremonious; to stand on ceremony
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
to formalize; to formalise; to stick to formality; to be ceremonious; to punctilious
to strain; to bear down (in giving birth)
to assume an air of importance; to stand on one's dignity
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
to stick out one's elbows; to be obstinate; to be haughty
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner
to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner