Results, one-upmanship
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- 百人百様【ひゃくにんひゃくよう】
expression:
- so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom
- たがが外れる【たががはずれる】タガが外れる【タガがはずれる】箍が外れる【たががはずれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered; to lose one's self-control
- 発信力【はっしんりょく】
noun:
- communicativity; ability to convey one's opinion, message, etc.; power to make oneself understood
- 百聞は一見にしかず【ひゃくぶんはいっけんにしかず】百聞は一見に如かず
expression:
- seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb
- 言行齟齬【げんこうそご】
noun:
- inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom
- 正気づく【しょうきづく】正気付く Inflection
godan ~く verb:
- to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
- 七転び八起き【ななころびやおき】七転八起【ななころびやおき・しちてんはっき】七顛八起【しちてんはっき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds; falling seven times, getting up eight times [literal] - idiom
noun:
- the vicissitudes of life; ups and downs in life - idiom
- 獅子身中【しししんちゅう】
noun:
- treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider - four character idiom
- 息を継ぐ【いきをつぐ】息をつぐ Inflection
expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
- to take a breath; to gather one's breath; to catch one's breath
- to take a rest; to take a break
- 総毛立つ【そうけだつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
- 一生★【いっしょう】
adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:
- whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
~の noun:
- (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
あなたは、一生勉強しなければならない。 You must study your whole life.
マイホームは一生の買い物だからね、そんな即断即決はできないよ。 A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.
- ぐっと
adverb:
- suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
- considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
- firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
- completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
- deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia
- のびのび☆《伸び伸び》 Inflection
adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:
- comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; calmly; without worries
- (growing) quickly
- 手持ち☆【てもち】手持
~の noun / noun:
- in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- handheld
- 含ませる☆【ふくませる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to soak; to saturate; to suckle; to make one hold something in the mouth; to include; to instruct; to make one understand ➜ 含む
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