張

Meaning

張 centers on extending something under tension: stretching a bowstring, spreading a net, or putting up a tent. The counter use for bows and stringed instruments comes from the same idea of stringing or stretching.

• 頑張るがんばる
  N5

  to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best

• 主張しゅちょう
  N3

  claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet

• 張るはる
  N5

  to stick; to paste; to affix

• 緊張きんちょう
  N4

  tension; strain; nervousness; stress

• 拡張かくちょう
  N2

  expansion; extension; enlargement

• 出張しゅっちょう
  N4

  business trip; official trip

• 張りばり

  in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of

• 引っ張るひっぱる
  N3

  to pull; to draw; to pull tight

• 膨張ぼうちょう
  N1

  expansion; swelling; increase; growth

• 縄張りなわばり
  N1

  stretching a rope around; roping off; cordoning off; demarcation

• 誇張こちょう
  N1

  exaggeration

• 張本人ちょうほんにん
  N1

  originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

• 見張りみはり

  watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

• 欲張りよくばり
  N2

  greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person

• 張り紙はりがみ
  N1

  paper patch attached to something; paper backing; sticker; label

• 見張るみはる
  N1

  to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out

• 出張所しゅっちょうじょ

  branch office; agency; sub-branch

• ガラス張りガラスばり

  glazing; fitting with glass

• 欲張るよくばる

  to be greedy; to be avaricious; to want badly; to desire intensely; to covet

• 威張るいばる
  N2

  to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag

• 突っ張りつっぱり

  prop; strut; support; brace; bar

• 踏ん張るふんばる
  N1

  to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)

• 張り切るはりきる
  N2

  to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point

• 張り出すはりだす
  N1

  to project; to overhang; to stick out; to jut out; to overlie

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