Results, one-upmanship

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たいいくずわりtaiikuzuwariたいいくすわりtaiikusuwari

noun:

  • sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
いっかくikkaku

noun:

  • one block; enclosure
しょせいくんshoseikun

noun:

  • guiding motto for one's life
おもいどおりomoidoori Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

kimihaどうしてもdoushitemo自分jibunno思いどおりomoidoorinishiたがるtagaru You will have your own way.

つばさをひろげるtsubasawohirogeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

おさないころosanaikoro

expression:

  • when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
まどいばしmadoibashi

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
こせきめいkosekimei

noun:

  • one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register 戸籍
宿しゅくせshukuseすくせsukuse

noun:

  • one's previous existence - Buddhism term
せんいちやsen'ichiya

noun:

  • Thousand and One Nights
ひっつめるhittsumeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to pull one's hair back into a bun
がをはるgawoharu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to insist on one's own ideas
ワンランクWANRANKUワン・ランクWAN/RANKU

noun:

  • one rank; one grade
こころまかせkokoromakase

noun:

  • as one pleases
くにいりkuniiri

noun:

  • visiting one's constituency
  • feudal lord's return to his estate - archaism
いてんさきitensaki

noun:

  • one's new address
やろうじだいyaroujidai 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
てのひらをかえすtenohirawokaesuてのひらをかえすtenohirawokaesuたなごころをかえすtanagokorowokaesu 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
わってはいるwattehairu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to force one's way through
こころのおくそこkokoronookusoko

expression:

  • innermost depths of one's heart
さすがにsasuganiateji

adverb:

  • as one would expect 流石
  • still; all the same

さすがにsasugani偉大なidaina学者gakushaだけあってdakeattekarehaそのsono問いtoini容易にyouini答えたkotaeta Like the great scholar that he was, he answered the question easily.

かたごしkatagoshi

adverb:

  • over one's shoulder
しょうこうshoukou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • passing one's time
くみやしきkumiyashiki

noun:

  • residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) 与力同心
ものごころついていらいmonogokorotsuiteirai

expression:

  • for as long as one can remember

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