Results, one-upmanship

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千番に一番の兼ね合い【せんばんにいちばんのかねあいsenbanniichibannokaneai】千番に一番の兼合: expression:
something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term
片肺【かたはいkatahai】: noun:
one lung
艮下艮上【ごんかごんしょうgonkagonshou】: noun:
one of the 64 trigrams
丑の時参り【うしのときまいりushinotokimairi】: expression / noun:
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り
知った事ではない【しったことではないshittakotodehanai】知ったことではない Inflection: expression / adjective:
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
職を退く【しょくをしりぞくshokuwoshirizoku】 Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to resign from one's post
隴を得て蜀を望む【ろうをえてしょくをのぞむrouwoeteshokuwonozomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom
鬱を散じる【うつをさんじるutsuwosanjiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to chase one's gloom away; to free one's thoughts from melancholy - obscure term
探り箸【さぐりばしsaguribashi】: noun:
using one's chopsticks to find a food one likes by rummaging in one's dish, pot, etc. (a breach of etiquette)
差し手争い【さしてあらそいsashitearasoi】: expression:
struggling to grab hold of one's opponent's belt with one's dominant hand - Sumo term
持ち球【もちだまmochidama】持ち玉: noun:
one's repertoire of pitches - usu. 持ち球 - Baseball term
balls at hand (in pachinko) - usu. 持ち玉
眼鏡越し【めがねごしmeganegoshi】メガネ越し【メガネごしMEGANEgoshi】眼鏡ごし・めがね越し【めがねごしmeganegoshi】: noun:
(looking) over the top of one's glasses
(looking) through a pair of glasses
人を使う【ひとをつかうhitowotsukau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to take a person in one's service; to employ
片一方【かたいっぽうkataippou・かたっぽkatappo】: noun:
one side; one of a pair; 火事kaji のno さなかsanaka にni 靴kutsu をwo片一方kataippouなくしてnakushite しまいましたshimaimashita。 I lost my shoe in the fire.
身のため【みのためminotame】身の為: expression / noun:
one's best interests; one's own good; 彼女kanojo はha 本当hontou のno ことkoto をwo 言ったitta ほうhou がga身のためminotameだda とto 悟ったsatotta。 She realized that she had better tell the truth.
向かって右【むかってみぎmukattemigi】: expression:
on the right as one faces (it)
技癢【ぎようgiyou】伎癢: noun:
itching to show off one's abilities
後手必敗【ごてひっぱいgotehippai】: expression:
Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom
生活不安【せいかつふあんseikatsufuan】: noun:
worry (uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity) about one's life (future) - four character idiom
念願成就【ねんがんじょうじゅnenganjouju】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom
合刻【ごうこくgoukoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
publication of two or more different books together as one - obscure term
目に涙がたまる【めになみだがたまるmeninamidagatamaru】目に涙が溜まる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
for tears to gather in one's eyes; for tears to well up in one's eyes
心に刻む【こころにきざむkokoronikizamu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
馬脚を現す【ばきゃくをあらわすbakyakuwoarawasu】馬脚を露わす・馬脚を露す Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to reveal one's true nature - idiom
影身【かげみkagemi】: noun:
person always at one's side

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