Results, one-upmanship
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- 一を聞いて十を知る【いちをきいてじゅうをしる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom
- 首がすわる【くびがすわる】首が据わる・首が座るirr. Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)
- 大学へ進む【だいがくへすすむ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to continue one's studies up to university; to go to university ➜ 進学
- 舌が肥える【したがこえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be particular about one's food; to have a discriminating palate ➜ 口が肥える
- 移り箸【うつりばし】
noun:
- using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 渡り箸
- 丈六【じょうろく】
noun:
- one jō and six shaku (4.85m)
- statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku
- sitting cross-legged
- つじつまを合わせる【つじつまをあわせる】辻褄を合わせる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation ➜ ばつを合わせる
- 足跡を残す【あしあとをのこす・そくせきをのこす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
- 瞑する【めいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
- to close one's eyes; to sleep
- to rest in peace
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