Results, one-upmanship

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潔しとしない【いさぎよしとしないisagiyoshitoshinai】屑しとしない Inflection: expression / adjective:
find it against one's conscience (to do); too proud (to do)
名乗りを上げる【なのりをあげるnanoriwoageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to give one's name; to introduce oneself
to announce one's candidacy
町石卒塔婆【ちょうせきそとばchousekisotoba】: noun:
stupa-shaped stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) on a temple approach ➜ 町石
宇宙観【うちゅうかんuchuukan】: noun:
one's outlook on the universe
生まれてこの方【うまれてこのかたumaretekonokata】: expression:
in one's whole life; all one's life; since one's birth ➜ この方【このかた】
泣き潰す【なきつぶすnakitsubusu】泣潰す Inflection: godan ~す verb:
to cry one's eyes out; to weep oneself blind
混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウHONCHANTAIYAOCHUU】混全帯ヤオ九・混全帯么九: noun:
winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - Mahjong term
持ち札【もちふだmochifuda】持札: noun:
cards in one's hand; one's hand
何かに付けて【なにかにつけてnanikanitsukete】: adverb:
one way or another
顔面蒼白【がんめんそうはくganmensouhaku】: noun / ~の noun:
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face - four character idiom; 交通事故koutsuujiko のno ニュースNYUUSU にni 彼女kanojo はha顔面蒼白ganmensouhakuとto なったnatta。 The colour drained from her face at the news of the traffic accident.
独擅場【どくせんじょうdokusenjou】: noun:
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
棚へ上げる【たなへあげるtanaheageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
チャンタCHANTA: noun:
winning hand with at least one terminal or honor tile in each set - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 混全帯公九【ホンチャンタイヤオチュウ】
職住一体【しょくじゅういったいshokujuuittai】: noun:
having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.) - four character idiom
命を惜しむ【いのちをおしむinochiwooshimu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
仁道【じんどうjindou】: noun:
the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence
飛び移る【とびうつるtobiutsuru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb:
to jump from one thing to another
背水の陣【はいすいのじんhaisuinojin】: expression:
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom
独り占い【ひとりうらないhitoriuranai】: noun:
divining one's own fortune
よりどりみどりyoridorimidori《選り取り見取り》: noun:
having one's choice
妻【さいsai】: noun:
one's wife ➜ 妻【つま】
せせり箸【せせりばしseseribashi】挵り箸^old: noun:
poking one's food around using one's chopsticks; playing with one's food with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
はっちゃけるhatchakeru Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases - colloquialism
不遇を託つ【ふぐうをかこつfuguuwokakotsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to repine at one's hard lot
厨子甕【ずしがめzushigame】: noun:
decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子

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