Results, one-upmanship
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- 猿臂を伸ばす【えんぴをのばす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to stretch one's arms; to elongate one's arms - obscure term
- 思案投首【しあんなげくび】思案投げ首
noun:
- being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do) - four character idiom
- 間が持たない【まがもたない】
expression:
- not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand - unorthodox form ➜ 間が持てない
- シャンポン《双ポン・双碰》
noun:
- wait to turn either of two pairs into a three-of-a-kind to finish one's hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ シャンポン待ち【シャンポンまち】
- 意見具申【いけんぐしん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- offering one's opinion (to someone on something) - four character idiom
- 僭上越権【せんじょうえっけん】
noun:
- exceeding (overstepping) one's powers (competence, authority); abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires - four character idiom
- 顔を曇らす【かおをくもらす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / expression:
- to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look ➜ 曇らす
- ワンコール・ワン・コール Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- one-ring scam - From English "one call"
- one ring; disconnecting a call after one ring has gone through
- 飲み倒す【のみたおす】飲倒す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to skip out on one's bar bill
- to drink oneself to ruin; to drink everything vigorously; to get wasted ➜ 飲み潰す【のみつぶす】
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