Results, one-upmanship
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- 踏み抜く【ふみぬく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to tread (a nail) into the sole of one's foot; to tread through (the floor)
- 猿猴捉月【えんこうそくげつ】
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
- 語り尽くす【かたりつくす】語りつくす・語り尽す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
- 子供を抱く【こどもをだく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to hold a child in one's arms; to embrace a child
- to provide for a child (children)
- 甲の薬は乙の毒【こうのくすりはおつのどく】
expression:
- one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison
- 外堀を埋める【そとぼりをうめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective - idiom
- 常用手段【じょうようしゅだん】
noun:
- one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic - four character idiom
- 地団駄踏む【じだんだふむ】地団太踏む Inflection
expression / godan ~む verb:
- to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
- 片膝を突く【かたひざをつく】片膝をつく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect ➜ 突く【つく】
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