Results, one-upmanship
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- 逆鱗に触れる【げきりんにふれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one
- to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor - orig. meaning
- 裸単騎【はだかたんき】
noun:
- waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand while the rest of one's hand is exposed; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds exposed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】
- 萎え落ち【なえおち】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- disconnecting from an online game because one is losing - slang
- 心の欲する所に従えども矩を踰えず【こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえず】
expression:
- following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb
- 漿を乞いて酒を得る【しょうをこいてさけをうる】
expression:
- to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine [literal] - idiom
- かき込む【かきこむ】掻き込む・掻きこむ Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to bolt down one's food; to gulp down; to eat quickly ➜ 掻っ込む【かっこむ】
- to carry under the arm; to rake in; to scoop up ➜ 掻い込む
- 六親眷属【ろくしんけんぞく】
noun:
- all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom
- 大ぼらを吹く【おおぼらをふく】大法螺を吹く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to talk through one's hat; to blow one's own horn - idiom
- 職場を離れる【しょくばをはなれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
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