Results, one-upmanship
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- 乗り過ごす【のりすごす】乗り過すirr. Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to ride past; to miss one's stop (train, bus, etc.)
- 災いを転じて福となす【わざわいをてんじてふくとなす】禍を転じて福となす・禍を転じて福と為す・災いを転じて福と為す Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom ➜ 災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなす】
- 拳々服膺【けんけんふくよう】拳拳服膺 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind (heart) - four character idiom
- きゅんきゅん・キュンキュン Inflection
adverb / ~する noun:
- heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart - colloquialism - onomatopoeia
- 無駄口をたたく【むだぐちをたたく】無駄口を叩く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
- 秋の鹿は笛に寄る【あきのしかはふえによる】
expression:
- people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term
- 中陰【ちゅういん】
noun:
- bardo; state (or period) of intermediate existence between one's death and rebirth (in Japan, 49 days) - Buddhism term
- 噴飯もの【ふんぱんもの】噴飯物
noun:
- quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh
- extremely irritating thing
- 満を持す【まんをじす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to bide one's time; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持する
- 飛び降り自殺【とびおりじさつ】飛降り自殺・飛降自殺 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- killing oneself by jumping (e.g. from a tall building); plunging to one's death
- ジンベエザメ科【ジンベエザメか】
noun:
- Rhincodontidae; family of whale sharks containing only one species of one genus, Rhincodon typus
- なす術もない【なすすべもない】為す術もない・為すすべもない・為す術も無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; at one's wit's end
- 諫死【かんし】諌死 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- committing suicide (to remonstrate or dissuade one's lord); preparing to die in an effort to dissuade one's lord
- 残心【ざんしん】
noun:
- continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; remaining on one's guard; being prepared for a counterstroke
- follow-through (e.g. in archery)
- lingering affection; attachment; regret; regrets; reluctance - orig. meaning
- 目で物を言う【めでものをいう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to communicate with a look; to talk with one's eyes [literal]
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