Results, one-upmanship

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族称【ぞくしょうzokushou】

noun:

  • (in Japanese history) one's class
落飾【らくしょくrakushoku】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure
持ち芸【もちげいmochigei】持芸

noun:

  • one's specialty performance; one's repertoire
百尺竿頭【ひゃくせきかんとうhyakusekikantou・ひゃくしゃくかんとうhyakushakukantou】

noun:

  • the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom
記憶に新しい【きおくにあたらしいkiokuniatarashii】 Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
勇を鼓す【ゆうをこすyuuwokosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to screw up one's courage; to take heart
がりがりgarigari《我利我利ateji》ガリガリGARIGARI Inflection

adverb / ~と adverb:

  • focussing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

  • selfish; self-serving - onomatopoeia

犬inuがga骨honeをwoがりがりgarigariかじっているkajitteiru。 The dog is crunching a bone.

とっかえひっかえtokkaehikkae《取っ替え引っ替え・取っ換え引っ換え・取っかえ引っかえ》 Inflection

adverb:

  • one after another; one after the other; in rotation

noun / ~する noun:

  • exchanging one after the other; changing repeatedly
生り木責め【なりきぜめnarikizeme】成り木責め・成木責め・成木責irr.

noun:

  • traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒
落涙滂沱【らくるいぼうだrakuruibouda】 Inflection

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

  • tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears - four character idiom
各員【かくいんkakuin】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • each one
借金を踏み倒す【しゃっきんをふみたおすshakkinwofumitaosu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to default on one's debt
衣鉢【いはつihatsu・えはつehatsu・えはちehachi】

noun:

  • mysteries of one's master's art
  • robes and a bowl (monk's key possessions auctioned off at his funeral); "transmission of the dharma from master to disciple (in Zen)" [figurative] - original meaning - Buddhism term
大学院進学【だいがくいんしんがくdaigakuinshingaku】

noun:

  • continuing one's education into graduate school
一塊【いっかいikkai・ひとかたまりhitokatamari】一塊り・ひと塊り・ひと塊【ひとかたまりhitokatamari】

noun:

  • one lump; one group
一方向性関数【いちほうこうせいかんすうichihoukouseikansuu】

noun:

  • one-way function - IT term
骨を刺す【ほねをさすhonewosasu】 Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to chill one's bones (e.g. because of cold, pain, etc.); to be very cold; to be scathing
警戒心を解く【けいかいしんをとくkeikaishinwotoku】 Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
郷党【きょうとうkyoutou】

noun:

  • people from one's hometown
一回りもふた回りも【ひとまわりもふたまわりもhitomawarimofutamawarimo】

expression:

  • one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
半身【はんみhanmi】

noun:

  • stance with legs in an L-shape, with one leg bent in front and other extended behind (martial arts, traditional theater)
手捕り【てどりtedori】

noun:

  • catch in one's hands; seizure
食べきれない【たべきれないtabekirenai】食べ切れない Inflection

adjective:

  • more than one can eat
揖譲【ゆうじょうyuujou】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
  • abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism
誰にともなく【だれにともなくdarenitomonaku】誰にとも無く

expression:

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