Results, one-upmanship
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- 典座【てんざ・てんぞ】
noun:
- one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of food and other matters) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事
- 涙箸【なみだばし】
noun:
- dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)
- 名前出し【なまえだし】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- appearing with one's (full) name; showing one's name (on a nameplate, etc.)
- 焼きが回る【やきがまわる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile; to lose one's edge; to go downhill
- 取り乱す【とりみだす】取乱す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to go to pieces; to be shaken up; to break down; to be flustered; to blow one's cool
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb; to scatter about
- 五里霧中【ごりむちゅう】五里夢中irr.
~の noun / noun:
- totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air; mystified; bewildered - four character idiom
これからどう会社を経営していったらいいのか、五里霧中だ。 We're all at sea about where to take our company from here.
- くれる☆《呉れる》
ichidan ~くれる verb (spec.) / transitive / auxiliary verb:
- to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given - くれ is an irregular alternative imperative form
私は彼らにチケットをもう一枚送ってくれるように頼んだ。 I told them to send me another ticket.
- なんでも★《何でも》
expression / adverb:
- any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything
expression:
- I am told; I understand; they say; I hear - at start of sentence
冷蔵庫の中の物は、何でも御自由に召し上がってください。 Please feel free to help yourself to anything in the fridge.
- 脇☆【わき】腋・掖
noun:
- armpit; under one's arm; side; flank
- beside; close to; near; by - also written as 傍, 側
- aside; to the side; away; out of the way
- off-track; off-topic
- deuteragonist; supporting role - usu. written ワキ in Noh
- second verse (in a linked series of poems) - abbreviation ➜ 脇句
脇へ寄ってくださいませんか。 Would you mind standing aside?
彼がブリーフケースを脇に抱えてやってくるのが見えた。 I saw him coming with his briefcase under his arm.
道路脇には今は刈られて裸になった田畑が広がっている。 The number of empty harvested fields along the roads is increasing right now.
- 威張る☆【いばる・えばる】意張るirr.【いばる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy; to be pushy; to be proud; to be haughty; to be arrogant; to swagger; to boast; to brag
あの人はあまり威張るから好きになれない。 That man is too boastful for my liking.
- 所在★【しょざい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
その書類は何年も所在が分からなくなっていたが、不思議にも先日出てきた。 Missing for years, the document miraculously came to light the other day.
- どうにか☆ Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
- 併合☆【へいごう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- merger; joining into one; melding; merging; annexation; absorption
- 振り返る☆【ふりかえる】振りかえる・ふり返る・振返る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to turn head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to look back
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on); to reflect (on)
- 自炊☆【じすい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:
- cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; making food oneself; self-catering
- scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
- 謹慎☆【きんしん】
noun:
- self restraint; moderating one's behaviour; penitence; discipline
- confinement to one's home; house arrest
- まま☆・まんま《儘・侭》ママ
noun / adverbial noun:
- as it is; as one likes; because; as
noun:
- condition; state
- sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text [ママ] - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】
- 内輪☆【うちわ】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun:
- family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); one's fellows; in-group
- private matters; internal affairs
adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:
- conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
adjectival noun / noun:
- pigeon-toed
Kanji
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