Results, one-upmanship
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- 遊びまわる【あそびまわる】遊び回る・遊び廻る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect ➜ 遊び歩く
- 力不足【ちからぶそく】 Inflection
noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:
- lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
- 大恥をかく【おおはじをかく】大恥を掻く Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to feel really ashamed; to feel extremely embarrassed; to feel humiliated; to have egg on one's face ➜ 大恥
- 余り物に福がある【あまりものにふくがある】余り物に福が有る
expression:
- don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb
- 甘い汁を吸う【あまいしるをすう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom
- うまい汁を吸う【うまいしるをすう】旨い汁を吸う Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom
- うつつを抜かす【うつつをぬかす】現を抜かす・現つを抜かす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on) - as 〜にうつつ...
- 心を砕く【こころをくだく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains
- to be concerned; to worry
- 一発屋【いっぱつや】
noun:
- all-or-nothing gambler; power hitter (baseball); slugger; one hit wonder (e.g. in music)
- 断固反対【だんこはんたい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
- 鬼の首を取ったよう【おにのくびをとったよう】 Inflection
expression / adjectival noun:
- triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]
- すり寄せる【すりよせる】擦り寄せる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
- 腰掛け台【こしかけだい】腰掛台・腰かけ台
noun:
- bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け
- 頑固一徹【がんこいってつ】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- stubborn; obstinate; sticking to one's views or decisions - four character idiom
- 歯を食いしばる【はをくいしばる】歯をくいしばる・歯を食い縛る・歯を食縛る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper - idiom
- to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
- おごり高ぶる【おごりたかぶる】驕り高ぶる・驕りたかぶる・傲り高ぶる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others
- 女狂い【おんなぐるい】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a women)
- 格闘技【かくとうぎ】挌闘技
noun:
- martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
- シャッポを脱ぐ【シャッポをぬぐ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~ぐ verb:
- to concede defeat; to surrender; to take one's hat off (to somebody) [literal] - idiom
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