Results, one-upmanship

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うしのこくまいりushinokokumairi

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
げんこうふいっちgenkoufuitchi Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another
ふくをよごすfukuwoyogosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to soil one's clothes
えてがみetegami

noun:

  • letter made from a picture one has drawn
いっきょりょうぜんikkyoryouzen

noun:

  • killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends - four character idiom
がくばついしきgakubatsuishiki

noun:

  • strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom
にもつをつめるnimotsuwotsumeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to pack one's things
われもわれもwaremowaremo

noun:

  • vying with one another
きたくじかんkitakujikan

noun:

  • time one returns home
ぜんれいzenrei

noun:

  • one's whole soul
がいしゅつさきgaishutsusaki

noun:

  • where one has gone to; place where one has gone
しっぽをだすshippowodasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
ぶっしんいちにょbusshin'ichinyo

expression:

  • Matter and mind are one; body and mind as one - four character idiom
ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってんbanryokusouchuukouitten

expression:

  • one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men - proverb 万緑一紅
めぐりめぐってmegurimegutte

adverb:

  • (after) bouncing around from one place to the next
きょうおくkyouoku

noun:

  • one's inmost thoughts (feelings)
こでこにならぬほととぎすkodekoninaranuhototogisu

expression:

  • no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term
あといっぽatoippo

expression / adverb:

こころにかかるkokoronikakaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
いっこんikkon

noun:

  • one cup (of sake)
  • (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
ざんぜんzanzen

noun:

  • the remainder of one's life - archaism
えんタクenTAKU

noun:

  • one-yen taxi (in the Taisho and Showa periods); taxi - abbr. of 一円タクシー
ついのすみかtsuinosumika

noun:

  • one's final abode
てつきtetsuki

noun:

  • manner of using one's hands

あやふやなayafuyana手つきtetsukide一枚nokamiwo動かしたugokashita She fumbled with a piece of paper.

いきはじikihaji

noun:

  • dishonor during one's life; shame experienced during one's life 死に恥

最近のsaikinnoぼくbokuha、「生き恥ikihaji」「赤恥akahajiwoかくkakuことkotowo恐れなくosorenakuなりましたnarimashita Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule".

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