Results, one-upmanship

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親勝り【おやまさりoyamasari】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
surpassing one's parents
良知良能【りょうちりょうのうryouchiryounou】: noun:
one's innate intelligence and ability - four character idiom
大先輩【だいせんぱいdaisenpai】: noun / ~の noun:
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
口の利き方【くちのききかたkuchinokikikata】口のきき方・口の効き方: expression:
the way one talks; one's way of speaking
愛染【あいぜんaizen】: noun:
being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion - Buddhism term
Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) - abbreviation ➜ 愛染明王
持ち替える【もちかえるmochikaeru】持ちかえる・持ち換える・持替える Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
腕によりをかける【うでによりをかけるudeniyoriwokakeru】腕に縒りをかける・腕によりを掛ける・腕に縒りを掛ける・腕に縒を掛ける・腕に縒をかける Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability
目明き【めあきmeaki】: noun:
one who can see; educated or sensible person
帰去来【ききょらいkikyorai】: noun:
quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown - archaism ➜ 帰りなんいざ
固唾【かたずkatazu・かたづkatazu】: noun:
saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension ➜ 固唾をのむ【かたずをのむ】
起きて半畳寝て一畳【おきてはんじょうねていちじょうokitehanjouneteichijou】: expression:
one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]
才能を伸ばす【さいのうをのばすsainouwonobasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to develop one's ability
ワンサイドゲームWANSAIDOGEEMU・ワンサイド・ゲームWANSAIDO/GEEMU: noun:
one-sided game
独往【どくおうdokuou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
going on one's own or one's own way
直話【じきわjikiwa・ちょくわchokuwa・じきばなしjikibanashi】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
one's own account (of something); account one got (heard) from somebody at first hand
身の毛がよだつ【みのけがよだつminokegayodatsu】身の毛が弥立つ Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to have one's hair stand on end ➜ 身の毛の弥立つ
下手したら【へたしたらhetashitara】: expression:
if one is unlucky; if one is careless ➜ 下手すると
記憶をたどる【きおくをたどるkiokuwotadoru】記憶を辿る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
追いかけっこ【おいかけっこoikakekko】追い掛けっこ: noun:
chasing one another; playing tag
足拍子【あしびょうしashibyoushi】: noun:
beating time with one's foot
命の洗濯【いのちのせんたくinochinosentaku】: expression / noun:
casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back
肝をつぶす【きもをつぶすkimowotsubusu】肝を潰す Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to be frightened out of one's wits; to be amazed; to be astounded; to be stunned
自縄自縛に陥る【じじょうじばくにおちいるjijoujibakuniochiiru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be caught in one's own trap
陰腹【かげばらkagebara】: noun:
secretly slitting one's belly (and only eventually revealing one's mortal wound) (in kabuki, bunraku, etc.)
逃げ延びる【にげのびるnigenobiru】逃げのびる・逃延びる Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape

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