Results, one-upmanship

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叩き上げ【たたきあげtatakiage】たたき上げ

noun:

  • working one's way up

noun / ~の noun:

  • self-made person; veteran
取り放題【とりほうだいtorihoudai】取放題

noun:

  • as much as one can take or carry away
化けの皮【ばけのかわbakenokawa】化の皮irr.

noun:

  • masking one's true character; disguise; sheep's clothing
一強多弱【いっきょうたじゃくikkyoutajaku】一強他弱

expression:

  • one strong, many weak - four character idiom
片【かたkata】

prefix:

  • one (of a pair)
  • incomplete; imperfect; fragmentary
  • few; little
  • off-centre; remote
  • side; problem; question; matters ➜ 片が付く

紀元前kigenzen508年nenにniアテネATENEのno指導shidou者shaとtoなっnaたtaクレイステネスKUREISUTENESUはha、僭主senshuのno出現shutsugenをwo防止boushiするsuruためtameにni陶tou片kata追放tsuihouのno制度seidoをwo始めhajimeたta。 In 508BC, the ruler of Athens, Cleisthenes established ostracism to prevent the appearance of a tyrant.

一芸に秀でる【いちげいにひいでるichigeinihiideru】 Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
節欲【せつよくsetsuyoku】節慾 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • control one's desires; abstinence
合掌礼拝【がっしょうらいはいgasshouraihai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom
夢を追う【ゆめをおうyumewoou】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to go after one's dreams; to follow one's dreams; to purse one's dreams
我が物【わがものwagamono】我がもの・我物・わが物

expression / noun:

  • one's own property; possessions
寝刃を合わす【ねたばをあわすnetabawoawasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to hone one's blade; to sharpen a sword
  • to scheme; to plot
有言実行【ゆうげんじっこうyuugenjikkou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise - four character idiom
一幕見席【ひとまくみせきhitomakumiseki】

noun:

  • special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a kabuki play
行儀を直す【ぎょうぎをなおすgyougiwonaosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to mend one's manners
期待をかける【きたいをかけるkitaiwokakeru】期待を掛ける Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to hang one's hopes on; to expect from
小便を漏らす【しょうべんをもらすshoubenwomorasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to wet one's pants; to wet oneself
道を失う【みちをうしなうmichiwoushinau】 Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to lose one's way; to be at a loss
猫に鰹節【ねこにかつおぶしnekonikatsuobushi】

expression:

  • temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom
念持仏【ねんじぶつnenjibutsu】

noun:

  • Buddhist image used as jewellery or to decorate one's home - obscure term
踊り屋台【おどりやたいodoriyatai】

noun:

  • float at a festival upon which one can dance
祖述【そじゅつsojutsu】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • exposition (propagation) of one's master's teachings or doctrines
腰穿き【こしばきkoshibaki】腰ばき Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) - slang
忠義一途【ちゅうぎいちずchuugiichizu】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom
個々別々【ここべつべつkokobetsubetsu】個々別別・個個別別

noun:

  • each one separately
一振り【ひとふりhitofuri】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper)

noun:

  • one sword
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