Results, one-upmanship

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かたよったかんがえkatayottakangae

expression / noun:

  • biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view
ししょうふちshishoufuchi

noun / ~の noun:

  • daredevil; reckless; thinking nothing of one's death - four character idiom
どうれdoure

interjection:

  • welcome; come in; response to a visitor at one's house who has asked to be shown inside - used by samurai families - archaism 頼もう【たのもう】
わるぶるwaruburu Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to act tough; to act bad; to act worse than one really is
めもとせんりょうmemotosenryouirr.

expression / noun:

  • beautiful eyes; bright-eyed; there being a sublime charm about one's eyes - four character idiom
やんぴyanpiやんぺyanpeやーんぴya-npi

expression:

  • I quit!; I'm out!; declaring one quits, mainly used in children's games - children's language - Ōsaka dialect

noun / counter:

  • nth person to quit a game - children's language - Ōsaka dialect
かえりぎわkaerigiwa

noun:

  • time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving
はらわたがにえくりかえるharawataganiekurikaeru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
いいかげんにするiikagennisuru Inflection

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

  • to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
ほねをうずめるhonewouzumeru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life
にくをきらせてほねをたつnikuwokirasetehonewotatsu Inflection

expression / godan ~つ verb:

  • to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom
ワンパターンWANPATAANワンパタンWANPATANワン・パターンWAN/PATAANワン・パタンWAN/PATAN

noun / ~の noun:

  • predictable; repetitive; being in a rut; set in one's ways - From English "one pattern"
こころここにあらずkokorokokoniarazu

expression:

  • there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other
だきとめるdakitomeru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
しりにひがつくshirinihigatsuku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire
にくをきらせてほねをきるnikuwokirasetehonewokiru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom
ききょどうさkikyodousa

noun:

  • behavior; bearing; demeanor; one's daily life - four character idiom
にょきりにょきりnyokirinyokiri

~と adverb:

  • feelings; memories; imagined items or dreams that sprout up one after the other - onomatopoeia にょきにょき
イッテンチョウチョウウオITTENCHOUCHOUUO

noun:

  • teardrop butterflyfish (Chaetodon unimaculatus); teardrop coralfish; one-spot butterfly
めにうつるmeniutsuru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
たもとをしぼるtamotowoshiboru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to shed many tears; to weep; to wring dry one's sleeve (which has been soaked by tears) [literal]
うちでのこづちuchidenokozuchi

noun:

  • magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave
あたまがさがるatamagasagaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom
くびをやるkubiwoyaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to be hanged; to be struck dead; to eat one's hat - usu. figurative
じせいのくjiseinoku

noun:

  • farewell poem; death poem; poem written during one's final moments

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