JLPT N1 Vocabulary N1

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• 踏ん張るto brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)
• 踏襲following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to
• 蹉跌failure; stumbling; setback
• 蹲踞stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
• 蹴返しminor inner footsweep
• 躊躇hesitation; indecision; vacillation
• 躊躇いfaltering; hesitation
• 躊躇うto hesitate; to waver
• 躍動lively motion; throb
• 躍起desperate; frantic; excited
• 躍進making rapid progress; making great advances; rush
• 躓くto trip (over); to stumble
• 身ぐるみall one has; all one's possessions
• 身に付くto master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit)
• 身に付けるto learn; to acquire knowledge
• 身に余るto be undeserved; to be more than one deserves
• 身に応える
• 身に染みるto sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart
• 身に沁みるto sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart
• 身に覚えがあるto have the memory of having done something oneself
• 身の丈stature; body height
• 身の上one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances
• 身の回りone's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life
• 身の振り方one's future course
• 身の毛がよだつto have one's hair stand on end
• 身の程one's social position; one's place; one's standing
• 身を乗り出すto bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
• 身を以てwith one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience
• 身を任せるto give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
• 身を修めるto order one's life
• 身を処する
• 身を切る
• 身を削るto undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
• 身を包むto wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in
• 身を呈するto risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line
• 身を固めるto settle down; to get a steady job; to marry and raise a family
• 身を委ねるto yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
• 身を守るto defend oneself; to protect oneself
• 身を寄せるto live under another's roof; to become a dependent on
• 身を引くto resign; to abandon; to step aside
• 身を投じるto throw oneself (into an activity)
• 身を持する
• 身を挺するto risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line
• 身を潜めるto hide oneself
• 身を立てるto make a success in life
• 身を竦める
• 身を粉にするto work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort
• 身を縮める
• 身を翻すto turn aside adroitly; to dodge
• 身を賭する