Results, situation
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- 岡目八目【おかめはちもく】傍目八目
noun:
- bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation - four character idiom
expression:
- onlookers see more of the game than the players do; people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead [literal]
彼女が彼に惚れてるのは岡目八目疑いのないところだよ。 As a disinterested third-party, I can declare that she secretly loves him.
- 劣勢☆【れっせい】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation Antonym: 優勢
あのダークホースは予備選挙の前は、劣勢でした。 The dark horse candidate was losing in the polls before the primary.
- 命がけ☆【いのちがけ】命懸け☆・命掛けirr.
noun / ~の noun:
- putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation ➜ 命をかける
その写真の中には命がけで撮ったものもある。 Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life.
- 泣寝入り【なきねいり】泣き寝入り☆ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
- 現状打破【げんじょうだは】
noun:
- abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation - four character idiom
地球側の圧政に苦しむコロニーの人々の中で、テロによる現状打破を目論む勢力が誕生。 Among the people of the colonies suffering under Earth's tyranny a force emerges intending to overthrow the status quo through terrorism.
- 身の置き場がない【みのおきばがない】身の置き場が無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】
- 様子次第【ようすしだい】
noun:
- according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops - four character idiom
- 場慣れ【ばなれ】場馴れ・場なれ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
- 無策無為【むさくむい】
noun:
- donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation - four character idiom
- 善後処置【ぜんごしょち】
noun:
- remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom
- 善後措置【ぜんごそち】
noun:
- remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom
- 善後対策【ぜんごたいさく】
noun:
- remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom
- 別状【べつじょう】別条☆
noun:
- something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation - usu. in the negative: 別状なく, 別状がない, etc.
- あの☆・かの《彼の》 Inflection
pre-noun adjectival:
- あんな☆ Inflection
pre-noun adjectival:
- 反映☆【はんえい】反影 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting
- influence; application (e.g. of an update)
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