Results, one-upmanship
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- 思い通り【おもいどおり】思いどおり Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
- 惑い箸【まどいばし】
noun:
- hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸
- 戸籍名【こせきめい】
noun:
- one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍
- 夜郎自大【やろうじだい】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; being a big fish in a small pond - four character idiom
- 手のひらを返す・手の平を返す【てのひらをかえす】掌を返す【てのひらをかえす・たなごころをかえす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to change one's attitude quickly - idiom
- to flip over one's hand - たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy
- さすがに《流石にateji》
adverb:
- as one would expect ➜ 流石
- still; all the same
さすがに偉大な学者だけあって、彼はその問いに容易に答えた。 Like the great scholar that he was, he answered the question easily.
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