Results, one-upmanship

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おもらしomorashi《お漏らし》 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants - children's language
最低ランク【さいていランクsaiteiRANKU】: ~の noun:
lowest-ranking; one-star (general, restaurant, etc,)
孝養【こうようkouyou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
filial duties; devotion to one's parents
専門分野【せんもんぶんやsenmonbun'ya】: noun / ~の noun:
(one's) (special) field (of study); one's line
災い転じて福となす【わざわいてんじてふくとなすwazawaitenjitefukutonasu】禍転じて福となす・災い転じて福と為す・禍転じて福と為す Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts); to turn the potential disaster to one's advantage - idiom
政治家肌【せいじかはだseijikahada】: noun:
being something of a politician; having something of the politician in one - four character idiom
目の色を変える【めのいろをかえるmenoirowokaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
手心を加える【てごころをくわえるtegokorowokuwaeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
アマシイラ科【アマシイラかAMASHIIRAka】: noun:
Luvaridae; family containing one extant species of perciform fish similar to a surgeonfish
全能力【ぜんのうりょくzennouryoku】: noun:
full capacity; all one's ability
没前【ぼつぜんbotsuzen】歿前: temporal noun:
prior to death; during one's lifetime
代用魚【だいようぎょdaiyougyo】: noun:
substitute fish; using an alternative fish variety instead of a traditional one
運賃箱【うんちんばこunchinbako】: noun:
fare box; place where one puts the money required to ride public transportation
韜晦趣味【とうかいしゅみtoukaishumi】: noun:
propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent - four character idiom
頼うだ人【たのうだひとtanoudahito】: expression / noun:
my lord; my master; one's own lord; one's own master - in kyogen, etc.
縦横家【じゅうおうかjuuouka・しょうおうかshououka】: noun:
School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】
相似る【あいにるainiru】 Inflection: ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
打って出る【うってでるuttederu】 Inflection: ichidan verb:
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
使命意識【しめいいしきshimeiishiki】: noun:
sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty (calling) - four character idiom
まんざらでもないmanzarademonai《満更でもない》 Inflection: expression / adjective:
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
向こう鉢巻き【むこうはちまきmukouhachimaki】向こう鉢巻: noun:
folded or rolled head towel; towel twisted around one's head
無精ひげ【ぶしょうひげbushouhige】無精髭・不精髭・不精ひげ: noun:
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
独我論【どくがろんdokugaron】: noun:
solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists
大切な人【たいせつなひとtaisetsunahito】: expression / noun:
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
死んだ子の年を数える【しんだこのとしをかぞえるshindakonotoshiwokazoeru】: expression:
crying over spilt milk; counting the age of one's dead child [literal] - proverb

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