Results, one-upmanship
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- 身上がり【みあがり】身揚がり・身上りirr.・身揚りirr.
noun:
- taking a day off by paying one's own fee to one's master (of a prostitute; often in order to see her lover)
- 私淑【ししゅく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:
- looking up to a person as one's own master or model; being influenced by a person through his works; idolizing
- 地団駄を踏む【じだんだをふむ】じだんだを踏む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.) - idiom
- 道楽仲間【どうらくなかま】
noun:
- companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities - four character idiom
- 理屈と膏薬はどこへでもつく【りくつとこうやくはどこへでもつく】理屈と膏薬はどこへでも付く
expression:
- one can give a plausible argument for anything - proverb
- 大上段に構える【だいじょうだんにかまえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to hold a sword above one's head ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】
- to be haughty; to be arrogant ➜ 大上段【だいじょうだん】
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