Results, one-upmanship

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舐り箸【ねぶりばしneburibashi】ねぶり箸: noun:
licking one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
頭をもたげる【あたまをもたげるatamawomotageru】頭を擡げる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
理解の範疇を超える【りかいのはんちゅうをこえるrikainohanchuuwokoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to go over one's head; to be beyond one's comprehension
踵を返す【きびすをかえすkibisuwokaesu・くびすをかえすkubisuwokaesu】きびすを返す【きびすをかえすkibisuwokaesu】くびすを返す【くびすをかえすkubisuwokaesu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
食もたれ【しょくもたれshokumotare】食靠れ Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
sitting heavy in one's stomach; remaining undigested
寓目【ぐうもくguumoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
fastening one's eyes upon
巻土重来【けんどじゅうらいkendojuurai・けんどちょうらいkendochourai】捲土重来・けん土重来: noun:
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts - four character idiom
板唐戸【いたからどitakarado】: noun:
door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework ➜ 桟唐戸
真剣白刃取り【しんけんしらはどりshinkenshirahadori】: noun:
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands ➜ 白刃取り【しらはどり】
居ながら【いながらinagara】居乍ら・坐ら^old: adverb:
from where one sits; while sitting by
妻子眷属【さいしけんぞくsaishikenzoku】: noun:
one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family - four character idiom
一形式【いつけいしきitsukeishiki・いちけいしきichikeishiki】: noun:
one form (of); a form of
位負【くらいまけkuraimake】位負け Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
being unworthy of one's rank; being outranked
遅かりし由良之助【おそかりしゆらのすけosokarishiyuranosuke】: expression:
to let a chance to do something slip through one's fingers - obscure term
転落死【てんらくしtenrakushi】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
言うことなし【いうことなしiukotonashi】言う事なし・言うこと無し・言う事無し: expression:
nothing one can say (e.g. about something perfect)
伝家の宝刀を抜く【でんかのほうとうをぬくdenkanohoutouwonuku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom
一世一元【いっせいいちげんisseiichigen】: noun:
the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor - four character idiom
好みにより【このみによりkonominiyori】: noun:
depending on one's preference
感情を殺す【かんじょうをころすkanjouwokorosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to suppress one's emotions
二つに一つ【ふたつにひとつfutatsunihitotsu】２つに１つ: expression:
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
常在戦場【じょうざいせんじょうjouzaisenjou】: noun:
always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom
端から【はしからhashikara】: expression:
every last one; one and all; from A to Z
as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone
実年【じつねんjitsunen】: noun:
one's actual age ➜ 実年齢
one's fifties and sixties - now officially referred to as 中高年 ➜ 中高年
心を疲らす【こころをつからすkokorowotsukarasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to fatigue one's mind

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