Results, one-upmanship

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敵に後ろを見せる【てきにうしろをみせるtekiniushirowomiseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail
to expose one's weakness to an adversary
勉強に励む【べんきょうにはげむbenkyounihagemu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to work hard at one's lessons
帽子を取る【ぼうしをとるboushiwotoru】帽子をとる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to take off one's hat
暇暇【ひまひまhimahima】暇々: adverbial noun / temporal noun:
one's leisure hours
自作自演【じさくじえんjisakujien】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
put-up job; charade
sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
指汚しとて、切られもせず【ゆびきたなしとてきられもせずyubikitanashitotekiraremosezu】指汚しとて切られもせず: expression:
it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb
家を興す【いえをおこすiewookosu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house
目をつぶる【めをつぶるmewotsuburu】目をつむる【めをつむるmewotsumuru】目を瞑る・眼を瞑る【めをつぶるmewotsuburu・めをつむるmewotsumuru】眼をつぶる【めをつぶるmewotsuburu】眼をつむる【めをつむるmewotsumuru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to shut one's eyes
to ignore; to pretend not to know
to die
本領を発揮【ほんりょうをはっきhonryouwohakki】 Inflection: expression / ~する noun:
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride
歓を尽くす【かんをつくすkanwotsukusu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to enjoy oneself to one's hearts content; to enjoy oneself to the full
片恨み【かたうらみkataurami】: noun:
one-sided grudge
監寺【かんすkansu・かんずkanzu・かんじkanji】監主・監守: noun:
one of the six administrators of a Zen temple who substitutes for the chief priest - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事
一宇【いちうichiu】: noun / ~の noun:
one house; one roof ➜ 八紘一宇
書斎にこもる【しょさいにこもるshosainikomoru】書斎に籠もる・書斎に籠る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to shut oneself up in one's study
一方交通【いっぽうこうつうippoukoutsuu】: noun:
one-way traffic
顔パス【かおパスkaoPASU】: noun:
getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized; 「こんなkonna朝早く朝早kuからkara 開館kaikan してるshiteru んですndesu かka？」「私watashi はha顔パスkaoPASUよyo」 "Will they be open this early in the morning?" "They'll let me in on sight."
金券ショップ【きんけんショップkinkenSHOPPU】: noun:
shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.
片翼【かたよくkatayoku・かたつばさkatatsubasa・へんよくhen'yoku】: noun / ~の noun:
one wing; single wing ➜ 一翼【いちよく】
握り箸【にぎりばしnigiribashi】: noun:
grasping one's chopsticks the same way one might hold a walking stick (a breach of etiquette)
奥さん孝行【おくさんこうこうokusankoukou】: noun:
devoted to one's wife
空で【そらでsorade】: expression:
off the top of one's head; from thin air
from memory
断ち物【たちものtachimono】: noun:
foods abstained from in hopes of having one's desire granted
感情に走る【かんじょうにはしるkanjounihashiru】感情にはしる Inflection: godan ~る verb / intransitive verb / expression:
to act on one's emotions; to be carried away by one's feelings; to get emotional Antonym: 冷静になる
実見【じっけんjikken】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
seeing with one's own eyes; witnessing
社員同士【しゃいんどうしshaindoushi】: noun:
one's fellow workers; fellow employees

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