Results, one-upmanship

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さんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはやすくしんちゅうのぞくをやぶるはかたしsanchuunozokuwoyaburuhayasukushinchuunozokuwoyaburuhakatashi

expression:

  • it's hard to discipline one's mind; defeating the bandits in the mountains is easy; defeating the bandit in one's heart is hard [literal] - proverb
げんせいgensei

noun:

ぜんかんzenkan

noun:

  • one's former post
せいしゅんじだいseishunjidai

noun:

  • one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life - four character idiom
ないせんいったいnaisen'ittai

expression:

  • Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)
つかえtsukaeirr.

noun:

  • load on one's chest
  • obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty 支え・閊え
ワンルームWANRUUMUワン・ルームWAN/RUUMU

noun:

  • one room apartment; studio apartment - From English "one room"
やせてもかれてもyasetemokaretemo

expression:

  • even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be
やけのみyakenomi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • drowning one's cares in drink
いちびょうそくさいichibyousokusai

expression:

  • one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom
うきみukimi

noun:

  • floating on one's back
おもいびとomoibito

noun:

  • loved one; lover; sweetheart
ペンだこPENdako

noun:

  • callus on one's middle finger (from writing)
じんせいさいあくjinseisaiaku

noun:

  • worst ... of one's life
むあくふぞうmuakufuzou

expression:

  • Do as much evil as one wants
おもいをはらすomoiwoharasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to get one's revenge
ホールインワンHOORUINWANホール・イン・ワンHOORU/IN/WAN

noun:

  • hole in one
とうふくtoufukuとうぶくtoubukuobs.

noun:

  • child born to one's current wife
しゅぎょうshugyou

noun:

  • one's main profession
おめいへんじょうomeihenjou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear (vindicate) one's honor (reputation) - four character idiom
りにさといrinisatoi Inflection

adjective:

  • wide-awake to one's interests
シャンプーハットSHANPUUHATTO

noun:

  • broad-rimmed topless cap worn (esp. by young children) to prevent shampoo getting into one's eyes - trademark of Pip Co., Ltd. - From English "shampoo hat"
婿あいせいaisei

noun:

  • one's favorite son-in-law; one's favourite son-in-law
ガンぎれGANgireガンギレGANGIRE Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • losing one's cool; blowing one's top - slang キレる
ガンバリズムGANBARIZUMU

noun:

  • attitude that one must keep going no matter what - From English "gambarism"

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