Results, one-upmanship

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さいちょうほたんsaichouhotan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points - four character idiom
すぎものsugimono

noun:

  • someone (e.g. a woman) who is out of one's league; something beyond one's means
うでまくらudemakura Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • using one's arms as a pillow
じぶんりゅうjibunryuu

noun:

のうみそをしぼるnoumisowoshiboru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to rack one's brains
いっきikki

noun:

  • one machine
  • an aircraft (airplane); one aircraft
  • one player (in video games)
わらじをぬぐwarajiwonugu Inflection

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

  • to complete one's journey
しょうぎだおれshougidaore

noun:

  • falling one after another
ぎりのあにgirinoani

noun:

  • one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
みにしみるminishimiru 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.)
いっしゃくisshaku

noun:

  • one shaku
くはらくのたねkuharakunotane

expression:

  • one cannot have pleasure without pain; no pain, no gain
メンフォンパイMENFUONPAI

noun:

  • tiles matching one's seat wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese 門風
ぼうていboutei

noun:

  • one's deceased younger brother
あそびくらすasobikurasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to idle away one's time
はしをとるhashiwotoru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to take up one's chopsticks (to begin a meal); to start to eat; to eat
くびをちぢめるkubiwochijimeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to duck one's head
いいなりになるiinarininaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
おおぼえがめでたいooboegamedetai

expression:

やどyado

noun:

  • outside near the door to one's home - archaism
げんどうgendou

noun:

  • hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people 和光同塵
らいたくraitaku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • coming of a visitor to one's home
たきあわせtakiawase

noun:

  • food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish
いっしほうこくisshihoukoku

noun:

  • dying for one's country - four character idiom
おもうさまomousama

adverb:

  • to one's heart's content

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