Results, one-upmanship
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- 台頭★【たいとう】擡頭 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength
ロシアはもう1つの超大国として台頭していた。 Russia had emerged as a second superpower.
- 顔色☆【かおいろ・がんしょく】顔いろ【かおいろ】
noun:
- complexion; one's colour; one's color
- countenance; expression; one's face
久夫は死人のように青ざめた顔色をしていた。 Hisao's face was as pale as that of a corpse.
- 満腹☆【まんぷく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill Antonym: 空腹
~の noun:
- complete; total; full; heartfelt; sincere
- 更生☆【こうせい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- rehabilitation; remaking one's life; starting life anew
- rebirth; regeneration; reorganization; rebuilding; recovery; restoration; remaking
- coming back to life; revival; resuscitation
- 頷く☆【うなずく・うなづく】肯く・首肯く・点頭く Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
- 里帰り☆【さとがえり】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- returning home; visiting one's parents; new bride's first visit to parents
- ために☆《為に・爲にold》
conjunction:
- for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
- because of; as a result of
- 子供の頃☆【こどものころ】子供のころ・子どもの頃・子どものころ
expression / ~の noun:
- as a child; when one was a child; childhood
彼女が子供の頃のことを言うのをよく耳にする。 I often hear her refer to her childhood.
- 分身☆【ぶんしん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- parturition; delivery; one's child; branch; offshoot; one's other self
- ついてくる☆《付いてくる・付いて来る・ついて来る》 Inflection
~くる verb (spec.):
- to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
母はついてくるようにアリスに合図した。 My mother signaled for Alice to follow her.
- 勝手気まま☆【かってきまま】勝手気儘 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
- 一身☆【いっしん】
noun:
- oneself; one's own interests; throughout the body
目が見えない看護婦は年寄りの世話をすることに一身を捧げた。 The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.
- 好んで☆【このんで】
adverb:
- by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately; intentionally ➜ 好む
凍っていない水の中で、あるいは産卵期中に、魚を釣り、好んで死んでいる魚を拾う。 It catches fish in ice-holes or during spawning time and readily picks up dead fish.
- 腐心☆【ふしん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- taking pains to; racking one's brains; doing everything one can
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