Results, 'possum up a gum tree

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トカゲの尻尾切り【トカゲのしっぽきりTOKAGEnoshippokiri・トカゲのしっぽぎりTOKAGEnoshippogiri】とかげの尻尾切り・蜥蜴の尻尾切り【とかげのしっぽきりtokagenoshippokiri・とかげのしっぽぎりtokagenoshippogiri】: expression:
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom
目の上のたんこぶ【めのうえのたんこぶmenouenotankobu】目の上のたん瘤: expression:
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action ➜ 目の上のこぶ
支持^★【しじshiji】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
support; backing; endorsement; approval
support; holding up; propping; 我々wareware はha こぞってkozotte 君kimi をwo支持shijiするsuru。 We are solidly behind you.
師事^☆【しじshiji】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to; ネイティブNEITEIBU スピーカーSUPIIKAA にni一度do もmo師事shijiするsuru ことkoto なくnaku 大学daigaku をwo 卒業sotsugyou できdeki たta 外国gaikoku 語go 教師kyoushi がga いるiru なんてnante、嘆かわしいnagekawashii ことkoto だda とto 思うomou。 I think it's a shame that some foreign language teachers were able to graduate from college without ever having studied with a native speaker.
警鐘^☆【けいしょうkeishou】: noun:
alarm bell; fire bell
warning; wake-up call
燃え上がる^☆【もえあがるmoeagaru】燃えあがる Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to flare up; to burst into flames; 遠くtooku にni 火hi がga燃え上がるmoeagaruのno がga 見えたmieta。 A fire was seen to blaze up far away.
居直る^☆【いなおるinaoru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
to sit up properly straight
to become aggressive
使い果たす^☆【つかいはたすtsukaihatasu】使い果す・遣い果たす・遣い果す Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to use up; to squander; 自分jibun たちtachi のno お金okane をwo 全部zenbu使い果たすtsukaihatasuなんてnante ばかげているbakageteiru。 It would be ridiculous to spend all their money.
はぐるhaguru Inflection: godan ~る verb / transitive:
to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to turn over
乾びる【からびるkarabiru】涸びる・嗄びる・枯らびる Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to dry up; to shrivel
行き着く【ゆきつくyukitsuku・いきつくikitsuku】行着く Inflection: godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
to arrive at; to end up; 「時間通りにjikandoorini、教室kyoushitsu にni うまくumaku行き着くikitsukuことができるkotogadekiru」とto 彼kare はha 思ったomotta。 "I can make it to my class on time," he thought.
食い倒す【くいたおすkuitaosu】 Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to bilk; to eat up one's fortune
洒落込む【しゃれこむsharekomu】しゃれ込む Inflection: godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
to get dressed up
to treat oneself
買いあおる【かいあおるkaiaoru】買い煽る Inflection: godan ~る verb / transitive:
to bid up; to corner the market
考えつく【かんがえつくkangaetsuku】考え付く Inflection: godan ~く verb / transitive:
to think of; to come up with
上がり下り【あがりおりagariori】上がり降り Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
going up and down; ascent and descent
振り起こす【ふりおこすfuriokosu】振り起す・振起こす・振起す Inflection: godan ~す verb / transitive:
to stir up; to stimulate
戦端を開く【せんたんをひらくsentanwohiraku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
諦めがつく【あきらめがつくakiramegatsuku】諦めが付く Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to give up; to accept (defeat, etc.)
改製【かいせいkaisei】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
re-drawing up (of family register); re-establishment
煽り立てる【あおりたてるaoritateru】あおり立てる Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
期待にかなう【きたいにかなうkitainikanau】期待に適う Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to live up to (one's) expectations
捲し上げる【まくしあげるmakushiageru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up ➜ 捲り上げる【まくりあげる】
今までにも【いままでにもimamadenimo】: expression:
up until now; as recently as the present
言い間違い【いいまちがいiimachigai】: noun:
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up

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