Results, one-upmanship

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こづれkozure

noun:

  • taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.)
げきりんにふれるgekirinnifureru 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
はだかたんきhadakatanki

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】
なえおちnaeochi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • disconnecting from an online game because one is losing - slang
はらのたしharanotashi

expression / noun:

  • food to fill one's stomach; something to satisfy one's hunger
じぶんでまいたたねjibundemaitatane

expression:

  • situation of one's own doing
こころのほっするところにしたがえどものりをこえずkokoronohossurutokoronishitagaedomonoriwokoezu

expression:

  • following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb
たいてんtaiten

noun:

  • one's earthly existence; living under heaven
漿しょうをこいてさけをうるshouwokoitesakewouru

expression:

  • to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine [literal] - idiom
ワンぎりさぎWANgirisagi

noun:

  • one-ring fraud
かきこむkakikomu Inflection

godan ~む verb / transitive:

ろくしんけんぞくrokushinkenzoku

noun:

  • all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom
あとからあとからatokaraatokara

expression:

  • one after another; in rapid succession
おおぼらをふくooborawofuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to talk through one's hat; to blow one's own horn - idiom
ひびのかてhibinokate

noun:

  • one's daily bread
しょくばをはなれるshokubawohanareru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
ばいしょくbaishoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • dining with one's superior; dining with one's superiors
しゅびりつshubiritsu

noun:

  • one's fielding average
ひごろのおこないhigoronookonai

expression:

  • one's habitual behaviour (behavior)
おもうがままomougamama

expression:

からだをこわすkaradawokowasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to harm one's health
のみりょうnomiryou

noun:

  • one's (portion of a) drink
いっきくikkiku

noun:

  • one scoop (of water)
あたらしがりやatarashigariya

noun:

  • one who loves novelty; one who goes after all the latest fads
ねちがいnechigai

noun:

  • kink in one's neck; sprained neck 寝違え

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