Results, one-upmanship
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- 石に漱ぎ流れに枕す【いしにくちすすぎながれにまくらす】
expression:
- to refuse stubbornly to admit one is wrong - idiom - obscure term
- 義理の姉【ぎりのあね】
noun:
- one's sister-in-law; stepsister (elder)
義理の姉は五年間で四人の子供を生んだ。 My sister-in-law had four children in five years.
- 楽は苦の種苦は楽の種【らくはくのたねくはらくのたね】
expression:
- one cannot have pain without pleasure, and one cannot have pleasure without pain
- 薀蓄を傾ける【うんちくをかたむける】蘊蓄を傾ける・うん蓄を傾ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to draw upon one's profound knowledge - obsolete term
- 戦意喪失【せんいそうしつ】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart - four character idiom
- 麻姑掻痒【まこそうよう】
noun:
- things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes - four character idiom
- 気に障る【きにさわる】気にさわる・気に触るirr. Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
- かっ込む【かっこむ】掻っ込む・掻込むirr.・搔っ込むold・搔込むirr.old Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to bolt one's food; to gulp down
- 合間を縫う【あいまをぬう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to make good use of one's spare moments
- to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
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