Results, one-upmanship
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- 先手必勝【せんてひっしょう】
expression:
- victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom
- 妻入り【つまいり】妻入irr.
noun:
- Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り
- 膝行【しっこう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)
- なりふりかまわず《形振り構わず・なりふり構わず》
expression:
- with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
- 買い漁る【かいあさる】買いあさる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
- 横綱相撲【よこづなずもう】
noun:
- facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term
- 昼夜逆転【ちゅうやぎゃくてん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- one's days and nights being reversed - four character idiom
- 分の一【ぶんのいち】分の1
expression / suffix:
- one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N - after number N ➜ 分の
- 積善の家には必ず余慶あり【せきぜんのいえにはかならずよけいあり】積善の家には必ず余慶有り
expression:
- one's good deeds shall be repaid even to one's descendants ➜ 積不善の家には必ず余殃あり
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