Results, one-upmanship

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たにんめいわくtaninmeiwaku

noun:

  • nuisance (annoyance, inconvenience) to people around one; social nuisance - four character idiom
しゅそりょうたんをじすshusoryoutanwojisu

expression / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

もんぷくmonpuku

noun:

  • clothing decorated with one's family crest
ビルドゥングスロマンBIRUDOUNGUSUROMANビルドゥングス・ロマンBIRUDOUNGUSU/ROMAN

noun:

しょうばいがらshoubaigara

temporal noun:

  • nature of one's business; business instinct

商売柄shoubaigaraいつもitsumoネクタイNEKUTAIwo締めshimeなければならないnakerebanaranai I always have to wear a tie because of my job.

くだをまくkudawomaku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to grumble over one's wine cups
つれこみtsurekomi

noun:

  • taking one's lover to a hotel

inuno連れ込みtsurekomiwo禁ずkinzu No dogs allowed.

きをゆるすkiwoyurusu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to let one's guard down
いちほうこうichihoukou

~の noun / noun:

  • one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive
りそんrison Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • leaving one's village
わかりしころwakarishikoro

expression / noun:

  • one's younger days; when one was young
せんもんがいsenmongai

noun / ~の noun:

そのsono問題mondaiha私のwatashino専門外senmongaida The problem is outside my field.

ワンチャンWANCHAN

noun:

  • one chance; only opportunity - abbreviation ワンチャンス
  • maybe; perhaps; there is a chance that - slang
  • one-night stand - slang
のどをうるおすnodowouruosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle
めんもくやくじょmenmokuyakujo 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
かたはらkatahara

noun:

  • one of a pair; one side
まんにひとつmannihitotsu

expression / ~の noun:

  • one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
ていねんきのうteinenkinou

noun:

  • post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits
さばをよむsabawoyomu 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
むなざんようmunazan'youむねざんようmunezan'you Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • making a rough estimate in one's head
  • expectation; anticipation
ひとつとってもhitotsutottemo

expression:

  • one example of (when there are more examples)
ワンダンWANDAN

noun:

  • down one out; one down
おっとをたてるottowotateru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to treat one's husband with due respect
ひっかhikka

noun:

  • troubles brought on by what one has written
かたをおとすkatawootosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to drop one's shoulders

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