Results, one-upmanship
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- 後にも先にも【あとにもさきにも】
adverb / expression:
- before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
- 口ほどにも無い【くちほどにもない】口ほどにもない・口程にも無い・口程にもない Inflection
expression / adjective:
- all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims
- 一本気【いっぽんぎ】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
- 反切【はんせつ】
noun:
- fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
- 相対す【あいたいす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to face each other; to be opposite one another ➜ 相対する
- to be in opposition; to conflict
- 知識を蓄える【ちしきをたくわえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
- 心願成就【しんがんじょうじゅ】
noun:
- earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes - four character idiom
- 芸術家肌【げいじゅつかはだ】
noun:
- being something of an artist; having something of the artist in one - four character idiom
- 威あって猛からず【いあってたけからず】威有って猛からず
expression:
- dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威ありて猛からず【いありてたけからず】
- 脂が乗る【あぶらがのる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
- (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter
- しゃべりまくる《喋りまくる・喋り捲る》 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to talk on and on; to talk one's head off
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