Results, one-upmanship

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喉越し【のどごしnodogoshi】のど越し・喉越^irr.: noun:
feeling of food or drink going down one's throat - often of beer
男がすたる【おとこがすたるotokogasutaru】男が廃る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to hurt one's reputation; to be ashamed of oneself; to lose one's honour
一人芝居【ひとりしばいhitorishibai】独り芝居 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
叶わぬ時の神頼み【かなわぬときのかみだのみkanawanutokinokamidanomi】: expression:
turning to God only in one's trouble - idiom
去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まず【さるものはおわずきたるものはこばまずsarumonohaowazukitarumonohakobamazu】去る者は追わず来たる者は拒まず: expression:
do not chase one who leaves, do not reject one who comes - proverb
楽髪【らくがみrakugami】: noun:
rapid growth of hair when one is relaxed - idiom
重い腰を上げる【おもいこしをあげるomoikoshiwoageru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to get one's lazy butt in gear; to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself - idiom
掌の玉【たなごころのたまtanagokoronotama】: expression / noun:
apple of one's eye ➜ 掌中の玉
二十一箇条要求【にじゅういっかじょうようきゅうnijuuikkajouyoukyuu】: noun:
The Twenty-One Demands
いつしかitsushika《何時しか》: adverb:
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares; いつしかitsushika睡魔suima がga 忍び寄ったshinobiyotta。 Sleep stole over us.
手底の玉【たなそこのたまtanasokonotama】: expression / noun:
apple of one's eye ➜ 掌の玉
てへぺろtehepero・テヘペロTEHEPERO: expression:
laughing embarrasedly and sticking out one's tongue - onomatopoeia - slang ➜ てへへ・ぺろりと
貸しを作る【かしをつくるkashiwotsukuru】 Inflection: godan ~る verb / expression:
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
寵愛一身【ちょうあいいっしんchouaiisshin】: noun:
standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection (favor) of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady - four character idiom
側める【そばめるsobameru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / transitive:
to shove to one side; to look at out of the corner of one's eyes
馬鹿も一芸【ばかもいちげいbakamoichigei】: expression:
even a fool has one talent
世を渡る【よをわたるyowowataru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to make one's way in the world; to earn one's living; to live - idiom
ベリースペシャルワンパターンBERIISUPESHARUWANPATAAN・ベリー・スペシャル・ワン・パターンBERII/SUPESHARU/WAN/PATAAN: noun / expression:
one-track mind; person who always acts the same or says the same thing (esp. person who always cracks the same kind of jokes) - humorous term - From English "very special one pattern"
瞑目【めいもくmeimoku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
closing one's eyes
passing away; dying peacefully
反魂香【はんごんこうhangonkou】: noun:
incense which supposedly allows the spirit of a departed loved one to be seen in the smoke
利き腕【ききうでkikiude】利腕: noun:
one's dominant arm
腹案【ふくあんfukuan】: noun:
one's plan
ごね得【ごねどくgonedoku】: noun:
getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus - colloquialism
渾身【こんしんkonshin】: noun / ~の noun:
one's whole body; all of one's might; 私watashi はha渾身konshinのno 力chikara をwo こめてkomete そのsono 戸to をwo 開けようakeyou としたtoshita。 I tried to open the door with all my force.
一食【いちじきichijiki・いっしょくisshoku】: noun:
one meal (a day)

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