Results, one-upmanship
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- 工夫を凝らす【くふうをこらす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
- シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】双碰待ち・双ポン待ち
noun:
- wait to turn either of two pairs into a pung to finish one's hand - Mahjong term
- 捨万求一【しゃばんきゅういつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others - four character idiom
- ゲン直し【ゲンなおし】験直し・げん直し【げんなおし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- improvement in one's luck; changing one's luck ➜ 縁起直し
- 位牌を汚す【いはいをけがす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to disgrace one's ancestors; to tarnish the honour of one's ancestors
- 手に汗を握る【てにあせをにぎる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense
- 投身自殺【とうしんじさつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- throwing oneself to one's death; precipitating oneself to one's death; leaping to one's death ➜ 投身
- 一文字【ひともじ】ひと文字
noun:
- one (written) character
- Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) - archaism - female language ➜ 葱
- 英気を養う【えいきをやしなう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries
- 一目置く【いちもくおく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority - from the weaker player in a game of go being allowed to place an extra stone as a handicap - idiom
- 胸を貸す【むねをかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to allow a less skilled person to practice with one (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を借りる
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