Results, one-upmanship
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- 二人は伴侶、三人は仲間割れ【ふたりははんりょさんにんはなかまわれ】二人は伴侶三人は仲間割れ
expression:
- two is a company, three is a crowd; one companion is better than two - proverb
- あの世千日この世一日【あのよせんにちこのよいちにち】彼の世千日此の世一日
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
- 八紘一宇【はっこういちう】
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
- 善因善果【ぜんいんぜんか】
noun:
- good action lead to good rewards; one good turn deserves another - four character idiom
- 声点【しょうてん】
noun:
- tone mark; mark placed in one of the four corners of a hanzi to show the tone in Chinese
- 手を引く【てをひく】手をひく Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of
- to lead by the hand
- 頤使【いし】頤指 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《かぶり付く・噛り付く・齧り付く・齧りつく・噛りつく》かじりつく《噛り付く・齧り付く・齧りつく・かじり付く・噛りつく》 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]
- 気がそがれる【きがそがれる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be discouraged (from doing something); to have one's enthusiasm dampened
- 目が行く【めがゆく・めがいく】目がいく【めがいく】 Inflection
expression / godan -いく/-ゆく verb (spec.):
- to look toward; to have one's eyes attracted towards something
- 引っ被る【ひっかぶる】引っかぶる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to take upon oneself; to pull (a thing) over one's head
- 薪水の労【しんすいのろう】
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
noun:
- miler; competitor in one-mile races
- person who uses airlines' mileage services, frequent-flyer points, etc. - From English "miler"
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