Results, one-upmanship

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肩の荷が下りる【かたのにがおりるkatanonigaoriru】肩の荷がおりる・肩の荷が降りる・肩のにがおりる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind - idiom
手が後ろに回る【てがうしろにまわるtegaushironimawaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to have one's hands tied behind one; to be arrested
遊び歩く【あそびあるくasobiaruku】 Inflection: godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
国を売る【くにをうるkuniwouru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to betray one's country (to an enemy)
位倒れ【くらいだおれkuraidaore】: noun:
inability to live up to one's rank; out of one's league
知恵を絞る【ちえをしぼるchiewoshiboru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to rack one's brain
頭が回る【あたまがまわるatamagamawaru】頭がまわる Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to get one's head around; to think about
生活様式【せいかつようしきseikatsuyoushiki】: noun:
one's lifestyle; これkore がga アメリカAMERIKA 風fuu のno生活様式seikatsuyoushikiだda。 This is the American way of life.
背筋が寒くなる【せすじがさむくなるsesujigasamukunaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to feel a chill run down one's spine - idiom
私利私欲【しりしよくshirishiyoku】: noun / ~の noun:
desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires - four character idiom
一場面【いちばめんichibamen】: noun:
one scene (in play)
鬱憤を晴らす【うっぷんをはらすuppunwoharasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to vent one's anger
頭を冷やす【あたまをひやすatamawohiyasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to cool down one's anger
亡兄【ぼうけいboukei】: noun:
one's deceased elder brother
孟母断機の教え【もうぼだんきのおしえmoubodankinooshie】: expression:
one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機
愛し合う【あいしあうaishiau】愛しあう Inflection: godan ~う verb:
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other
to have sex; to make love; 夫婦fuufu がga愛し合うaishiauのno はha 全くmattaku 自然shizen であるdearu。 It is quite natural the couple should love each other.
努力の賜物【どりょくのたまものdoryokunotamamono】努力のたまもの: expression / noun:
fruit of one's labor; result of one's efforts
ワンライティングシステムWANRAITEINGUSHISUTEMU・ワン・ライティング・システムWAN/RAITEINGU/SHISUTEMU: noun:
one-writing system
手水を使う【ちょうずをつかうchouzuwotsukau】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to wash one's face and hands
to go to the toilet
精根尽き果てる【せいこんつきはてるseikontsukihateru】 Inflection: ichidan verb:
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
身過ぎ世過ぎ【みすぎよすぎmisugiyosugi】身すぎ世すぎ: noun:
one's living; one's livelihood
思い出の記【おもいでのきomoidenoki】: expression / noun:
one's memoirs
keepsake (not from a dead person)
髪を整える【かみをととのえるkamiwototonoeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair
人生論【じんせいろんjinseiron】: noun:
one's world view; one's view of life; essay on life
名前負け【なまえまけnamaemake】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
failing to live up to one's name; being beaten by one's name; 神様kamisama のno 名前namae はha やっぱりyappari ＮＧＮＧだda とto 思うomouよ～yo～。.もうmou 名づけたnazuketa 時点jiten でde名前負けnamaemakeなna わけwake じゃんjan。 I think a god's name has got to be out. From the moment the kid's named you know he's not going to be able to live up to it!

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