Results, one-upmanship

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便乗者【びんじょうしゃbinjousha】: noun:
hitchhiker; one who catches a ride ➜ ヒッチハイカー
意識過剰【いしきかじょうishikikajou】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:
hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's imagination; letting imagination run away with one - four character idiom
あほうづらahouzura・あほづらahozura《阿呆面》アホづらAHOzura: noun:
stupid face; foolish look on one's face - Kansai dialect ➜ 馬鹿面
蕪辞【ぶじbuji】: noun:
coarse speech or writing; humble reference to one's own words
小馬鹿・小ばか【こばかkobaka】小バカ【こバカkoBAKA】小莫迦【こばかkobaka】: noun:
fool; someone beneath one's contempt ➜ 小馬鹿にする
臥する【がするgasuru】 Inflection: ~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
to lie down (in bed); to take to one's bed - obscure term
足の踏み場もない【あしのふみばもないashinofumibamonai】足の踏み場も無い Inflection: expression / adjective:
very messy (of a floor); no space even for one's feet [literal] - idiom
泣き濡れる【なきぬれるnakinureru】泣濡れる・泣きぬれる Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears
縦乗り【たてのりtatenori】タテノリTATENORI: noun:
pogo; dance in which one jumps up and down to the beat of the music
持ち歩く【もちあるくmochiaruku】持歩く Inflection: godan ~く verb / transitive:
to carry around; to carry on one's person; 武器buki をwo持ち歩くmochiarukuのno はha 法律違反houritsuihan であるdearu。 It's against the law to carry weapons.
一番勝負【いちばんしょうぶichibanshoubu】: noun:
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game - four character idiom
猫の手も借りたい【ねこのてもかりたいnekonotemokaritai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom
自由勝手【じゆうかってjiyuukatte】 Inflection: noun / adjectival noun:
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes - four character idiom
心にかなう【こころにかなうkokoronikanau】心に適う・心に叶う^irr. Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to be pleased with; to be to one's liking
快進撃【かいしんげきkaishingeki】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
steady advance; carrying all before one
着方【きかたkikata】: noun:
way of wearing; way one wears a garment
背約【はいやくhaiyaku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
a broken promise; breaking one's word
楽変化天【らくへんげてんrakuhengeten】: noun:
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term
化楽天【けらくてんkerakuten】: noun:
heaven of enjoying emanations; one of the six heavens of the desire realm - Buddhism term ➜ 六欲天
幾人でも【いくにんでもikunindemo】: expression:
any number of people; as many people as one likes
隔靴掻痒【かっかそうようkakkasouyou】: noun:
being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe); having an itch that one cannot scratch - four character idiom; もっとmotto 単刀直入にtantouchokunyuuni 言ってitte くれないkurenai かなkana。隔靴掻痒kakkasouyouのno 感kan なきにしもあらずnakinishimoarazu だda よyo。 You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
ひとり親【ひとりおやhitorioya】一人親: noun:
single parent; one parent
心を寄せる【こころをよせるkokorowoyoseru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to take to; to let one's heart go out to
本木にまさる末木なし【もときにまさるうらきなしmotokinimasaruurakinashi】本木に勝る末木なし: expression:
of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb
犬馬【けんばkenba】: noun:
dogs and horses; one's humble self

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