Results, one-upmanship
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- 切り抜ける【きりぬける】切抜ける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
問題はいかにして我々が現在の困難を切り抜けるかである。 The problem is how we cope with the present difficulties.
- 打たせ湯【うたせゆ】うたせ湯
noun:
- stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower
- 胸先三寸【むなさきさんずん】
noun:
- one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it - four character idiom
- 及びもつかない【およびもつかない】 Inflection
expression / adjective:
- far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかぬ
- 町石【ちょういし】丁石
noun:
- roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) ➜ 町【ちょう】
- ある時払い【あるときばらい】有る時払い・あるとき払い
noun:
- paying loan installments whenever one happens to have money (instalments)
- 意馬心猿【いばしんえん】
noun:
- it is hard to keep one's worldly desires and passions in check - four character idiom - Buddhism term
- 風を吹かす【かぜをふかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun) - after noun ➜ 先輩風を吹かす
- 玉串料【たまぐしりょう】玉ぐし料
noun:
- cash offering made on the occasion of one's visit to a shrine; money offering dedicated to the Shinto gods; fees for offering a branch of the sacred tree to the gods
- 一難去ってまた一難【いちなんさってまたいちなん】
expression:
- one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire - idiom
- 色仕掛け【いろじかけ】
noun:
- use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
彼女は色仕掛けで男を誘惑する。 She knows how to use her good looks to get what she wants out of men.
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