Results, one-upmanship
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- 思いあぐねる【おもいあぐねる】思い倦ねる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss
- 筆を置く【ふでをおく】筆を擱く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to stop writing; to put down one's pen; to close (a letter)
- 敵に塩を送る【てきにしおをおくる】敵に塩を贈る 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
- 暗がりから牛を引き出す【くらがりからうしをひきだす】 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
- 耳の痛い【みみのいたい】
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
私たちにとっては耳の痛い「真実」でしたが、この映画を観て地球の危機を改めて感じました。 It's a painful 'truth' for us, but watching this movie brought home to me again the danger facing Earth.
- 咽喉頭異常感症【いんこうとういじょうかんしょう】
noun:
- globus pharyngis; lump in one's throat; pharyngolaryngeal paresthesia - Medicine term
- 目に入れても痛くない【めにいれてもいたくない】目にいれてもいたくない
expression:
- thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye; loving someone dearly - idiom
- 運を天に任せる【うんをてんにまかせる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to leave to chance; to resign oneself to one's fate; to leave the rest to heaven - idiom
- 逆上せ上がる【のぼせあがる】のぼせ上がる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
- 沐浴【もくよく】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution
- receiving a blessing; receiving an honor
- 献言【けんげん】建言 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- right to speak; offering one's opinion to one's superior; proposal
- 鳥無き里の蝙蝠【とりなきさとのこうもり】
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
- 気に食わない【きにくわない】気にくわない・気に喰わない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
- 罪状明白【ざいじょうめいはく】 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
- 意識転換【いしきてんかん】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances - four character idiom
- 注意を喚起する【ちゅういをかんきする】 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
- 性に合う【しょうにあう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
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