Results, one-upmanship

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ひとくちあきないhitokuchiakinai

noun:

  • immediate deal; deal sealed by one word - archaism
みちをさぐるmichiwosaguru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to seek a path; to find one's way
わがよのはるwagayonoharu

expression / noun:

  • heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity
ふたりははんりょさんにんはなかまわれfutarihahanryosanninhanakamaware

expression:

  • two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb
あのよせんにちこのよいちにちanoyosennichikonoyoichinichi

expression:

  • a day in life is better than a thousand days in the afterlife; better one day in this world than a thousand in the next - proverb
便しょうべんいっちょうくそいちりshouben'itchoukusoichiri

expression:

  • if you visit the toilet while travelling, you will get behind your fellow travelers; one chou for a piss, one ri for a shit [literal] - archaism - proverb 里【り】
はっこういちうhakkouichiu

expression / noun:

  • universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof - WWII political slogan often seen as implying Japanese world domination - four character idiom
かんがえればかんがえるほどkangaerebakangaeruhodo

expression:

  • the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
もちかえりざんぎょうmochikaerizangyou

noun:

ぜんいんぜんかzen'inzenka

noun:

  • good action lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another - four character idiom
しょうてんshouten

noun:

  • tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese
てをひくtewohiku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
  • to lead by the hand
ごしょうのうgoshounou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

使いしishi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • bossing someone around; having a person under one's control あごで使う
かぶりつくkaburitsukuかじりつくkajiritsuku Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
  • to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to かじりつく
シングルヒットSHINGURUHITTOシングル・ヒットSHINGURU/HITTO

noun:

  • single; one-base hit - Baseball term - From English "single hit"
きがそがれるkigasogareru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened
べろっとberotto

adverb:

めがゆくmegayukuめがいくmegaikuめがいくmegaiku Inflection

expression / godan -いく/-ゆく verb (spec.):

  • to look toward; to have one's eyes attracted towards something
やなぎにかぜyanaginikaze

expression:

  • handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
ひっかぶるhikkaburu Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
しんすいのろうshinsuinorou

expression / noun:

  • menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly - usu. as 薪水の労をとる
マイラーMAIRAA

noun:

  • miler; competitor in one-mile races
  • person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"
けっこんねんれいkekkonnenrei

noun:

  • age at marriage; age at which one marries
こころをゆるすkokorowoyurusu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

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