Results, one-upmanship
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- 聞き耳を立てる【ききみみをたてる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
- 六十の手習い【ろくじゅうのてならい】
expression / noun:
- beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn - idiom
- 猿猴月を取る【えんこうつきをとる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to try and reach above one's station and fail; to try and accomplish something beyond one's abilities and fail; a monkey tries to catch the moon (and drowns) [literal] - idiom ➜ 猿猴捉月
- 憂さを晴らす【うさをはらす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to forget one's troubles by doing something enjoyable
- 後ろ指を指される【うしろゆびをさされる】後ろ指をさされる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be talked about behind one's back
- 知行【ちぎょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- carrying out one's duties
- ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege
noun:
- territory given by one's liege; fief; fiefdom
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