Results, one-upmanship

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おもいあぐねるomoiaguneru Inflection

ichidan verb:

  • to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss
ふでをおくfudewooku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
あるときarutoki

expression:

  • once (e.g. "once, when I was studying .."); on one occasion; at one point
べんけいのなきどころbenkeinonakidokoro

expression / noun:

  • Achilles heel; one's weak point; shin - idiom
てきにしおをおくるtekinishiowookuru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty - from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off
くらがりからうしをひきだすkuragarikaraushiwohikidasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to drive black hogs in the dark; to be unable to distinguish one thing from another; to come out from the darkness with a cow [literal] - idiom
みみのいたいmiminoitai

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

  • being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark) 耳が痛い

私たちwatashitachiにとってnitotteha耳の痛いmiminoitai「真実」でしたdeshitagaこのkono映画eigawo観てmite地球chikyuuno危機kikiwo改めてaratamete感じましたkanjimashita It's a painful 'truth' for us, but watching this movie brought home to me again the danger facing Earth.

いんこうとういじょうかんしょうinkoutouijoukanshou

noun:

  • globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia - Medicine term
めにいれてもいたくないmeniiretemoitakunai

expression:

  • thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom
つんとすましてtsuntosumashite

expression:

  • primly; with one's nose in the air; smugly
うんをてんにまかせるunwotennimakaseru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven - idiom
じぶんでもjibundemo

expression:

  • I, myself; one-self; by one-self
  • even I; even one
それでこそsoredekoso

expression:

  • quintessential point; what one expects; Attaboy!
のぼせあがるnoboseagaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
もくよくmokuyoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
  • receiving a blessing; receiving an honor
ひとりおやかていhitorioyakatei

noun:

  • single-parent family; one-parent family; single-parent household
けんげんkengen Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal
じこしきんjikoshikin

noun:

  • personal funds; one's own money; self-funding
とりなきさとのこうもりtorinakisatonokoumori

expression / noun:

  • a man among the geese when the gander is away; a one-eyed king in the land of the blind; a bat in a village without birds [literal] - idiom
きにくわないkinikuwanai Inflection

expression / adjective:

  • unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
ざいじょうめいはくzaijoumeihaku Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • being proven guilty of a crime; having one's guilt for a crime made clear; (the) nature of offense being (becoming) clear - four character idiom
いしきてんかんishikitenkan Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances - four character idiom
ちゅういをかんきするchuuiwokankisuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
しょうにあうshouniau Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
イメージチェンジIMEEJICHENJIイメージ・チェンジIMEEJI/CHENJI

noun:

  • image change; changing one's image; makeover

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