Results, one-upmanship

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せすじをのばすsesujiwonobasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
しょうじshouji

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

  • one's early days; little while
おつとめotsutome

noun:

  • one's business - archaism - polite language
  • reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha
  • bargain; discount
  • money paid to a prostitute or geisha
むなづもりmunazumori

noun:

  • calculating in one's head
ごダブリューいちエッチgoDABURYUUichiETCHI

noun:

  • the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how)
ひとつこころhitotsukokoro

noun:

  • one mind; the whole heart; wholeheartedness
うぶのがみubunogami

noun:

  • guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace
ちからをためすchikarawotamesu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to try one's strength
メンゼンチンMENZENCHIN

noun:

  • one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - Mahjong term - From Chinese
いちぞくろうとうichizokuroutou

noun:

  • one's family and followers; one's whole clan - four character idiom
せんせんだいsensendai

noun / ~の noun:

  • the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
ダブナンDABUNAN

noun:

  • pung (or kong) of south tiles when south is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term 連風牌
まなかいmanakai

noun:

  • between one's eyes; before one's eyes; space where one's left and right eyesight meet
ぜんざいさんzenzaisan

noun:

  • everything one owns
きがkiga Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • quitting one's job as a government official to return to live quietly in one's own native region
ワンペアWANPEAワン・ペアWAN/PEA

noun:

  • one pair (poker)
ねちがえるnechigaeru Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to sleep in an awkward position and wake with a crick in one's neck
まんぶんのいちmanbunnoichi

expression / noun:

  • one ten-thousandth
もちだいmochidai

noun:

  • money to see one over the New Year period
プクイチPUKUICHIプクいちPUKUichi

noun:

  • one hit; one drink; one toke - slang
ちょうあいこうじてあまになすchouaikoujiteamaninasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to love one's child too much for their own good; to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun [literal] - obscure term
パトライトPATORAITO

noun:

  • rotating warning light similar to the one on a patrol car - abbreviation - From English "patrol light" パトカー
いちにつくichinitsuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
おしいただくoshiitadaku Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to accept an object and hold it reverently over one's head
ばっけんbakken Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • drawing one's sword

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