Results, one-upmanship
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- 採長補短【さいちょうほたん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom
- 過ぎ者【すぎもの】過ぎ物・過者・過物
noun:
- someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means
- 身にしみる【みにしみる】身に染みる・身に沁みる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart
- to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
- 箸を取る【はしをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
- 言いなりになる【いいなりになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
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