Results, one-upmanship
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- 丑の刻参り【うしのこくまいり】
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
- 言行不一致【げんこうふいっち】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- inconsistency between one's words and actions; insincerity; saying one thing and doing another
- 学閥意識【がくばついしき】
noun:
- strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie - four character idiom
- 尻尾を出す【しっぽをだす】しっぽを出す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
- 万緑叢中紅一点【ばんりょくそうちゅうこういってん】
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
- 子で子にならぬほととぎす【こでこにならぬほととぎす】子で子にならぬ時鳥
expression:
- no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term
- あと一歩【あといっぽ】後一歩
expression / adverb:
- one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
- not quite; not very good ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
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