| あられもない | [, araremonai] (adj-i) (1) unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; (2) unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous |
| カッと(P);かっと | [, katsu to (P); katto] (adv,vs) (1) (on-mim) flaring up; burning hotly; suddenly becoming bright; (2) (on-mim) flying into a rage; losing one's cool; (3) (on-mim) opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (4) (on-mim) (arch) acting resolutely; (P) |
| じり貧 | [じりひん, jirihin] (n) gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse |
| ダウン | [, daun] (n-suf) (1) down (feathers); (2) down (opposite of up); becoming lower; (3) down (e.g. with a cold) and unable to continue (work); (4) {comp} not running (e.g. of servers); (5) (abbr) {comp} download; downstream; (P) |
| つんでれ;ツンデレ | [, tsundere ; tsundere] (adj-f,n) (1) (See つんつん,でれでれ) being on the surface sharp and sarcastic (tsuntsun) but underneath lovestruck and fawning (deredere); characteristic of a gap between acted out actions and feelings in mind; (2) normally being sharp but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type |
| ぴりぴり | [, piripiri] (adv,n,vs) (on-mim) tingle; sting; smart; hot; burning the tongue; becoming tense; (P) |
| びる | [, biru] (suf,v1) (See 大人びる,鄙びる) seeming to be ...; becoming like ...; behaving as ... |
| ブレイク(P);ブレーク(P) | [, bureiku (P); bure-ku (P)] (n) (1) break (e.g. holiday, rest-period); (2) break (e.g. ordering two boxers apart); (3) break (to win or score well against an opponent's serve); (4) brake; (n,vs) (5) suddenly becoming popular (from break); (P) |
| ほろり | [, horori] (adv-to) (on-mim) (also ほろりとする) being moved (to tears); being touched by; becoming sentimental |
| マンネリ化 | [マンネリか, manneri ka] (vs) (See マンネリ) getting stuck in a rut; becoming stereotyped |
| らしい | [, rashii] (aux-adj) (1) seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; (suf,adj-i) (2) (after a noun, adverb or adjective stem) -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...; (P) |
| 一丁前 | [いっちょうまえ;いっちょまえ, icchoumae ; icchomae] (adj-na,n) (See 一人前) becoming an adult or full-fledged member of (a) society |
| 一人前(P);一人まえ | [いちにんまえ(P);ひとりまえ, ichininmae (P); hitorimae] (n) (1) becoming adult; attaining full manhood or womanhood; coming of age; (2) one helping; one portion; (P) |
| 不似合い;不似合 | [ふにあい, funiai] (adj-na,n) unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of |
| 世間離れ | [せけんばなれ, sekenbanare] (n,vs) (See 世離れる) becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms |
| 事案 | [じあん, jian] (n) concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court) |
| 亡命 | [ぼうめい, boumei] (n,vs) flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee; (P) |
| 仏作 | [ほとけづくる, hotokedukuru] (n,vs) becoming haggard |
| 似気無い;似気ない | [にげない, nigenai] (adj-i) unlike; unbecoming; unworthy of; out of keeping with |
| 促迫 | [そくはく, sokuhaku] (n,vs) growing urgent; becoming distressful |
| 俗了 | [ぞくりょう, zokuryou] (n,vs) a refined thing becoming vulgar |
| 凋悴 | [ちょうすい, chousui] (n) becoming emaciated |
| 加入 | [かにゅう, kanyuu] (n,vs,adj-no) becoming a member; joining; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation; adherence; signing; (P) |
| 収まりがつかない | [おさまりがつかない, osamarigatsukanai] (exp) getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied |
| 可笑しい(P);奇怪しい(iK) | [おかしい, okashii] (adj-i) (1) (uk) funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous; (2) (uk) strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric; (3) (uk) improper; unsuitable; unbecoming; (4) (uk) suspicious; (P) |
| 台頭(P);擡頭 | [たいとう, taitou] (n,vs) rise of; appearance of; raising one's head; coming to power; becoming famous; (being in the) forefront; prominence; (P) |
| 年甲斐も無い;年甲斐もない;年がいもない | [としがいもない, toshigaimonai] (exp,adj-i) unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age |
| 弛緩 | [しかん;ちかん, shikan ; chikan] (n,vs) relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid |
| 形骸化 | [けいがいか, keigaika] (n,vs) becoming a mere shell or dead letter |
| 得度 | [とくど, tokudo] (n,vs) {Buddh} becoming a monk; entering priesthood |
| 懇ろ;懇(io) | [ねんごろ;ねもころ(ok), nengoro ; nemokoro (ok)] (adj-na) (1) kind; courteous; hospitable; warmly respectful; (2) (See 懇ろになる) intimate; (n,vs) (3) (arch) becoming intimate; having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship) |
| 懐胎 | [かいたい, kaitai] (n,vs) conception; becoming pregnant; pregnancy |
| 成仏 | [じょうぶつ, joubutsu] (n,vs) (1) entering Nirvana; becoming a Buddha; (2) going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully) |
| 有るまじき | [あるまじき, arumajiki] (adj-pn) unworthy; unbecoming; improper |
| 期限切れ | [きげんぎれ, kigengire] (n,adj-no) expiration of a term; becoming overdue |
| 末広がり | [すえひろがり, suehirogari] (n) spreading out like an open fan; becoming prosperous |
| 枯渇(P);涸渇 | [こかつ, kokatsu] (n,vs) drying up; becoming exhausted; running dry; starvation; (P) |
| 玩物喪志 | [がんぶつそうし, ganbutsusoushi] (n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal |
| 現実離れ | [げんじつばなれ, genjitsubanare] (n,vs) unreality; becoming disconnected from reality |
| 癌化 | [がんか, ganka] (n,vs) becoming cancerous; canceration |