Results, one-upmanship

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千夜一夜物語【せんやいちやものがたりsen'yaichiyamonogatari】: noun:
One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories)
フレスタFURESUTA: noun:
station where one meets friends (from friend and station)
アホの一つ覚え【アホのひとつおぼえAHOnohitotsuoboe】あほの一つ覚え【あほのひとつおぼえahonohitotsuoboe】あほうの一つ覚え・阿房の一つ覚え【あほうのひとつおぼえahounohitotsuoboe】: expression:
one who knows little often repeats it - proverb ➜ 馬鹿の一つ覚え
定散二善【じょうさんにぜんjousannizen】: noun:
wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs - Buddhism term
潔しとせず【いさぎよしとせずisagiyoshitosezu】: expression:
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do) ➜ 潔しとしない
家庭環境【かていかんきょうkateikankyou】: noun:
one's family (home) background (environment); 子供kodomo にはniha 幸福なkoufukuna家庭環境kateikankyouがga 必要hitsuyou だda。 Children need a happy home environment.
陪席【ばいせきbaiseki】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
sitting with one's superior; in attendance
日本有数【にほんゆうすうnihon'yuusuu】: ~の noun / noun:
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
決心が鈍る【けっしんがにぶるkesshinganiburu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to waver in one's resolution
声を殺す【こえをころすkoewokorosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
一対一の写像【いちたいいちのしゃぞうichitaiichinoshazou】: noun:
one-to-one mapping; 1-to-1 mapping
見る影もない【みるかげもないmirukagemonai】見る影も無い Inflection: expression / adjective:
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom
泣きはらす【なきはらすnakiharasu】泣き腫らす・泣腫らす Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to weep one's eyes out
酒気を帯びる【しゅきをおびるshukiwoobiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to tie one on; to get drunk
両雄並び立たず【りょうゆうならびたたずryouyuunarabitatazu】: expression:
if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb
指詰め【ゆびつめyubitsume】: noun:
getting one's finger caught (e.g. in a door); getting one's finger pinched; jamming one's finger in a door ➜ 指を詰める
yakuza finger-cutting ritual
恩がある【おんがあるongaaru】恩が有る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):
to be in one's debt
家職【かしょくkashoku】: noun:
one's trade or profession
足を滑らす【あしをすべらすashiwosuberasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to lose one's footing; to slip
続航【ぞっこうzokkou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
holding one's course; continuing the voyage
頬張る【ほおばるhoobaru・ほうばるhoubaru^irr.】頬ばる Inflection: godan ~る verb / transitive:
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
足を速める【あしをはやめるashiwohayameru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to quicken one's pace (steps)
個人事業主【こじんじぎょうぬしkojinjigyounushi・こじんじぎょうしゅkojinjigyoushu】: noun:
one-man business; sole proprietor; sole proprietorship; individual owner-manager
聞きしに勝る【ききしにまさるkikishinimasaru】聞きしにまさる: expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:
exceeding what one had heard; beyond one's expectations
出しにする【だしにするdashinisuru】 Inflection: expression / ~する verb (irregular):
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

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