Results, one-upmanship
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- 九仞の功を一簣に虧く【きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom
- 我が物にする【わがものにする】我がものにする・我物にする・わが物にする Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
- 書き溜める【かきためる】書きためる・描き溜める Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to accumulate one's unpublished paintings or writings
- 骨に刻む【ほねにきざむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom
- 名誉挽回【めいよばんかい】
noun:
- restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself - four character idiom
- 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】
expression:
- pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo
- イメージトレーニング・イメージ・トレーニング
noun:
- training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video); mental dry run - From English "image training"
- 勝手放題【かってほうだい】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:
- at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases
- 心骨に刻す【しんこつにこくす】 Inflection
expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):
- to engrave in one's heart - idiom
- 油断大敵【ゆだんたいてき】
expression:
- Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe - four character idiom
- 願ってもない【ねがってもない】願っても無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
- 手に余る【てにあまる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
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