Results, one-upmanship

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どをうしなうdowoushinau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to lose one's presence of mind; be flummoxed; to get flustered
とりばしtoribashi

noun:

  • chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish 取り皿
ことばをつくすkotobawotsukusu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off
しでのたびshidenotabi

noun:

  • one's last journey; the journey to the other world; death
みをおさめるmiwoosameru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to order one's life
がをだすgawodasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to insist on one's own ideas
せいこんをかたむけるseikonwokatamukeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to put one's heart and soul into something
いんをおすinwoosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to affix one's seal
みればみるほどmirebamiruhodo

expression:

  • the more one looks (at it) the more...
くんおんkun'on

noun:

  • the favor of one's ruler (favour)
くちにふくむkuchinifukumu Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)
じょうみょうjoumyouていめいteimei

noun:

  • one's predestined length of life - Buddhism term 寿命
  • destiny; fate ていめい
こころのうちkokoronouchi

expression / noun:

  • one's mind
じがでるjigaderu Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to reveal one's true colors (colours); to betray oneself
テンパるTENPAru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to become one tile away from completion - Mahjong term 聴牌
  • to be at one's wits' end; to be about to blow one's fuse
せんようsen'you Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • exceeding one's authority to use something
とおりなtoorina

noun:

  • one's common name; one's popular name; alias
  • house name
たてごとtategoto

noun:

  • koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism 乞巧奠
あげぜんagezen

noun:

  • placing a meal in front of one
ワンラインダイヤグラムWANRAINDAIYAGURAMUワン・ライン・ダイヤグラムWAN/RAIN/DAIYAGURAMU

noun:

  • one-line diagram
かたなおれやつきるkatanaoreyatsukiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to exhaust all one's options - idiom
いきをととのえるikiwototonoeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
ちんちんもがもがchinchinmogamoga

noun:

  • children's game in which one skips on one leg
きょうがさめるkyougasameru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to have one's fun spoiled; to have one's enthusiasm dampened
さきのことはわからないsakinokotohawakaranai

expression:

  • one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

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