Results, one-upmanship

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心が通じる【こころがつうじるkokorogatsuujiru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood ➜ 心が通う
四十路【よそじyosoji】: noun:
age forty; one's forties
天涯比隣【てんがいひりんtengaihirin】: expression:
a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom
タメを張る【タメをはるTAMEwoharu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be equal; to ostentatiously display that one is equal (to) - colloquialism ➜ ため
騎虎の勢い【きこのいきおいkikonoikioi】: expression:
having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through
頭を丸める【あたまをまるめるatamawomarumeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved
to become a monk
臥す【がすgasu】: ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:
to lie down (in bed); to take to one's bed - archaism ➜ 臥する
一歩も引かない【いっぽもひかないippomohikanai】 Inflection: expression / adjective:
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
身分詐称【みぶんさしょうmibunsashou】: noun:
false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position - four character idiom
リストカットRISUTOKATTO・リスト・カットRISUTO/KATTO Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
wrist cutting; slashing one's wrists - From English "wrist cut"
目角を立てる【めかどをたてるmekadowotateru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes
只管打坐【しかんたざshikantaza】祗管打坐・只管打座^irr.: noun:
shikantaza; meditation practice where one stays intensely focused without focusing on any particular object - Buddhism term
無い知恵を絞る【ないちえをしぼるnaichiewoshiboru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain
足を向ける【あしをむけるashiwomukeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
睨みを利かせる【にらみをきかせるniramiwokikaseru】にらみを利かせる Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over) ➜ 睨みが利く【にらみがきく】
to glare; to scowl at; to glower at
自活の道【じかつのみちjikatsunomichi】: expression / noun:
independent living; means of earning one's living
快食快眠【かいしょくかいみんkaishokukaimin】: noun:
good appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well - four character idiom
アットホームに出迎える【アットホームにでむかえるATTOHOOMUnidemukaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to greet in a friendly manner; to treat someone as if they were a guest in one's own home
意識改革【いしきかいかくishikikaikaku】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
renewing oneself; changing one's way of thinking
飛蚊症【ひぶんしょうhibunshou】: noun:
myodesopsia; seeing floaters in one's eye - Medicine term
職人気質【しょくにんかたぎshokuninkatagi・しょくにんきしつshokuninkishitsu】: noun:
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work - four character idiom; そんなsonna いい加減なiikagenna ことkoto はha わしのwashino職人気質shokuninkishitsuがga 許さないyurusanai。 My artisan pride cannot tolerate such sloppiness.
拝跪【はいきhaiki】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees
後ろ髪を引かれる【うしろがみをひかれるushirogamiwohikareru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to do something with painful reluctance; to have one's hair pulled from behind [literal] - idiom
賢兄【けんけいkenkei】: pronoun:
wise elder brother; polite reference to another's older brother, or to one's senior
家内中【かないじゅうkanaijuu】: noun:
whole family; all the members of one's family

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