Results, one-upmanship
Showing results 1876-1900:
- 寸進尺退【すんしんしゃくたい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom
- 耳タコ【みみタコ】耳たこ・耳胼胝【みみたこ】
expression:
- having been told something so often that one is fed up with it - abbreviation - idiom - colloquialism ➜ 耳に胼胝ができる【みみにたこができる】
- 娘分【むすめぶん】
noun:
- treating somebody as one's own daughter; someone who is treated as a daughter
- woman who manages geisha (Edo period) - archaism
- 背が立つ【せがたつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to have one's feet reach the bottom (e.g. when standing in water)
- 雉も鳴かずば撃たれまい【きじもなかずばうたれまい】
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
- 一擲千金【いってきせんきん】
expression:
- being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat - four character idiom
- し放題【しほうだい】仕放題・為放題 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
- 自党【じとう】
noun:
- the political party to which one belongs
地方の党員たちは自党に有利な形の選挙区割りをもくろんでいます。 Local party members are trying to gerrymander the district.
- 奇を衒う【きをてらう】奇をてらう Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
- 昔取った杵柄【むかしとったきねづか】昔とった杵柄
expression / noun:
- skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past - idiom
- かざす《翳す》 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.
- 大きな顔をする【おおきなかおをする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to look as if one is important; to swagger around
- 任を果たす【にんをはたす】 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・ワンポイント・レッスン
expression / noun:
- short lesson dealing with one specific point - From English "one-point lesson"
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