Results, one-upmanship

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いっしゅうisshuu

adverbial noun:

ふみぬくfuminuku Inflection

godan ~く verb / transitive:

  • to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)
えんこうそくげつenkousokugetsu

noun:

  • trying to reach above one's station and failing; trying to accomplish something beyond one's abilities and failing; monkey trying to catch the moon (and drowning) [literal] - four character idiom
めのほようmenohoyou

expression:

かたりつくすkataritsukusu Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
こどもをだくkodomowodaku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
  • to provide for a child (children)
どくごかんdokugokan

noun:

  • one's impressions after reading a book
ひとふでがきhitofudegaki

noun:

  • one-stroke sketch
ほんしょくhonshoku

noun:

  • one's real character
ぜんじゅうしょzenjuusho

noun:

  • one's former address
としそうおうtoshisouou

noun / ~の noun:

  • appropriateness for one's age
こうのくすりはおつのどくkounokusurihaotsunodoku

expression:

  • one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison
そとぼりをうめるsotoboriwoumeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective - idiom
じょうようしゅだんjouyoushudan

noun:

  • one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic - four character idiom
じだんだふむjidandafumu Inflection

expression / godan ~む verb:

  • to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
しゅうかつshuukatsu Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • making preparations for one's death - colloquialism
としがいもなくtoshigaimonaku

expression / adverb:

  • unbecoming to one's age - idiom
ねんばらしnenbarashi

noun:

  • clearing one's heart of doubts; reassuring oneself
あいしゃせいしんaishaseishin

noun:

  • spirit of dedication to one's company
およびもつかぬoyobimotsukanu

expression:

かたひざをつくkatahizawotsuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

よくよくyokuyoku Inflection

pre-noun adjectival:

  • the one after next
こいちじかんkoichijikan

noun:

  • nearly one hour
おっつけottsuke

noun:

  • technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt - Sumo term
レコーディングダイエットREKOODEINGUDAIETTOレコーディング・ダイエットREKOODEINGU/DAIETTO

noun:

  • weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - From English "recording diet" レコダイ

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