Results, one-upmanship
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- 他人迷惑【たにんめいわく】
noun:
- nuisance (annoyance, inconvenience) to people around one; social nuisance - four character idiom
- 首鼠両端を持す【しゅそりょうたんをじす】
expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):
- to be unable to make up one's mind; to sit on the fence ➜ 首鼠両端【しゅそりょうたん】
- ビルドゥングスロマン・ビルドゥングス・ロマン
noun:
- novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc,; coming-of-age story; Bildungsroman - From German ➜ 教養小説【きょうようしょうせつ】
- 商売柄【しょうばいがら】
temporal noun:
- nature of one's business; business instinct
商売柄いつもネクタイを締めなければならない。 I always have to wear a tie because of my job.
- ワンチャン
noun:
- one chance; only opportunity - abbreviation ➜ ワンチャンス
- maybe; perhaps; there is a chance that - slang
- one-night stand - slang
- 喉を潤す【のどをうるおす】のどを潤す・喉をうるおす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
- 面目躍如【めんもくやくじょ】 Inflection
~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- with evident joy of having lived up to one's reputation; having an effect of bolstering one's reputation - four character idiom
- 万に一つ【まんにひとつ】万にひとつ
expression / ~の noun:
- one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
- さばを読む【さばをよむ】鯖を読む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age - idiom
- 胸算用【むなざんよう・むねざんよう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- making a rough estimate in one's head
- expectation; anticipation
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