Results, one-upmanship

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へたるhetaru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities へたばる尻餅
せきわんsekiwan

noun:

  • one-armed person; one-handed person
メンチンMENCHIN

noun:

  • having only tiles of one suit and not having called any tiles (yaku); having only tiles of one suit and a concealed hand - Mahjong term - From Chinese メンゼン清一色
ワンオペレーションWAN'OPEREESHONワン・オペレーションWAN/OPEREESHON

noun:

  • staffing a retail outlet with one person - From English "one operation"
ばいかんbaikan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • viewing something in the company of one's superior
ぶぶんきょくひつbubunkyokuhitsu

noun:

  • twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth
るすのあいだrusunoaidaるすのまrusunomaるすのあいだrusunoaida

expression / ~の noun:

  • (in) one's absence

watashiga留守の間rusunomaあなたanatanoうちuchiniinuno世話をしてsewawoshiteほしいhoshii I'd like you to look after my dog.

ワンオペWAN'OPE

noun:

かたたがいkatatagai

noun:

  • setting off the night before one normally would have departed, travelling in a different direction, spending the night there, and leaving for one's destination in the morning (done to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction; a common practice during the Heian period) - archaism 方塞がり
やくをほされるyakuwohosareru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be deprived of one's role; to have one's livelihood taken away
いろチがいiroCHIgaiいろちがいirochigaiイロチがいIROCHIgai Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • buying more than one of the same item in different colors (colours) - slang イロチ
そのきsonoki

expression / noun:

  • what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
みぶんそうおうmibunsouou Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom
かみをなおすkamiwonaosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to fix one's hair (hairdo) (esp. if disheveled); to straighten one's hair; to make an adjustment to one's hair; to do (up) one's hair
まがもてないmagamotenai

expression:

  • not knowing what to do with the time one has on one's hand
ゆびぶえyubibue

noun:

  • whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
みのほどしらずminohodoshirazu

expression / noun / ~の noun:

  • not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
いわんとするiwantosuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • (what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

そのsono教授kyoujuha私のwatashinoいわんとするiwantosuruことkotoga理解rikaiできなかったdekinakatta The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.

しをつうずるshiwotsuuzuru Inflection

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

  • to present one's card - also 刺を通じる - obscure term
ねごとをいうnegotowoiu Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to talk in one's sleep
しょにちをだすshonichiwodasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term
なめずるnamezuru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to lick one's lips
せにするsenisuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to turn one's back to
だいこういでずんばdaikouidezunba

expression:

  • what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)
このほうkonohou

pronoun:

  • this one; this way; this method

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