Results, one-upmanship

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退すんしんしゃくたいsunshinshakutai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom
みみタコmimiTAKOみみたこmimitako

expression:

むすめぶんmusumebun

noun:

  • treating somebody as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter
  • woman who manages geisha (Edo period) - archaism
しりかくしshirikakushi

noun:

  • hiding one's mistakes (or wrongdoings, etc.)
  • back pocket
じせきjiseki

noun:

  • one's seat; one's desk

kaku自席jisekiniつきtsukiなさいnasai Go to your respective seats.

せがたつsegatatsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
きじもなかずばうたれまいkijimonakazubautaremai

expression:

  • avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb
いってきせんきんittekisenkin

expression:

  • being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom
ちゅうぎchuugi

noun:

  • small block of wood used to clean one's buttocks after defecating
かぞくかんkazokukan

noun:

  • one's views on the family; family values
しほうだいshihoudai Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
あいじょうaijou

noun:

  • one's beloved daughter
じとうjitou

noun:

  • the political party to which one belongs

地方chihouno党員touinたちtachiha自党jitouni有利なyuurinakatachino選挙senkyo区割りkuwariwoもくろんでいますmokurondeimasu Local party members are trying to gerrymander the district.

いけんをはくikenwohaku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to give one's opinion
姿ねすがたnesugata

noun:

  • one's figure during sleep
むきつけにmukitsukeni

adverb:

  • to one's face; in one's presence
きをてらうkiwoterau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
くにおもてkuniomote

noun:

  • one's home; one's native province
むかしとったきねづかmukashitottakinezuka

expression / noun:

  • skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past - idiom
こえをあげるkoewoageru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to raise one's voice
つけどころtsukedokoro

noun:

かざすkazasu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft
  • to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to cover something with something
  • to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
おおきなかおをするookinakaowosuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to look as if one is important; to swagger around
にんをはたすninwohatasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to fulfill one's duty; to discharge one's duties
ワンポイントレッスンWANPOINTORESSUNワンポイント・レッスンWANPOINTO/RESSUN

expression / noun:

  • short lesson dealing with one specific point - From English "one-point lesson"

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