Results, one-upmanship

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そうをねるsouwoneru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to turn (a matter) over in one's mind; to think deeply
かげぜんkagezen

noun:

  • tray for absent one
おもうつぼomoutsuboおもうツボomouTSUBOおもうつぼomoutsubo

noun:

  • one's wishes; one's expectations
  • just as expected

向こうmukouno思う壷omoutsubodazo You will play into their hands.

きょうようしょうせつkyouyoushousetsu

noun:

  • novel about one's education, spiritual growth, etc.; Bildungsroman - four character idiom
タイマンTAIMAN

noun:

  • one-on-one fight; one-to-one fight - slang
さしばしsashibashi

noun:

  • skewering one's food with a chopstick in order to pick it up (a breach of etiquette)
モテきMOTEkiもてきmoteki

noun:

  • period (of life) when one is enjoying more romantic attention than usual - colloquialism
こうがいkougai

noun:

  • upsetting others with one's odour (strong perfume, etc.)
ほっかむりhokkamuriほっかぶりhokkaburi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head ほおかぶり
なかだかがたnakadakagata

noun:

  • one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch
ゆいあげるyuiageru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair
そでまくらsodemakura

noun:

  • using the sleeves of one's kimono as a pillow - archaism
がをたてるgawotateru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to insist on one's own ideas
いっせきさんちょうissekisanchou

expression:

かたほうこうつうしんkatahoukoutsuushin

noun:

  • one-way communication - IT term
むなひもmunahimoむねひもmunehimoむなひぼmunahibo

noun:

  • string tied to the chest of one's kimono or haori
  • childhood (period where one would wear such a string) - archaism
しょいこむshoikomuせおいこむseoikomuしょいこむshoikomu Inflection

godan ~む verb:

  • to carry on one's back
  • to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
いまいっぽimaippo

expression / adverb:

ほっけはっこうhokkehakkou

noun:

  • Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)
ちからまかせchikaramakase Inflection

adjectival noun:

  • with all one's strength; with all one's might
めをとじるmewotojiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes
  • to die; to breathe one's last
あせかきasekaki

noun:

  • one who perspires freely; great sweater
うでだめしudedameshi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • trying one's ability
てきをやぶるtekiwoyaburu Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to defeat one's enemy
さんきんsankinateji Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • going to serve one's lord

noun:

  • daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo era) - abbreviation 参勤交代

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