Results, one-upmanship
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- 冥土の土産【めいどのみやげ】冥途の土産・冥土のみやげ・冥途のみやげ
expression / noun:
- pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace
- 会を抜ける【かいをぬける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to withdraw from a society; to quit an association; to give up one's membership of a society
- 飛ぶ鳥跡を濁さず【とぶとりあとをにごさず】
expression:
- it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】・立つ鳥跡を濁さず
- 天は二物を与えず【てんはにぶつをあたえず】
expression:
- God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb
- 禍根を残す【かこんをのこす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)
- 仁義を切る【じんぎをきる】仁義をきる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to make a formal salutation (between gamblers); to formally greet; to pay one's respects
- 立つ鳥跡を濁さず【たつとりあとをにごさず】
expression:
- it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place one should see that all is in good order - proverb ➜ 跡を濁す【あとをにごす】
- 読み漁る【よみあさる】読みあさる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
- 目を走らせる【めをはしらせる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
- 心臓に毛が生えている【しんぞうにけがはえている】心臓にけがはえている Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be shameless; to have a lot of nerve; to have nerves of steel; to have hair on one's heart [literal] - idiom
- 振り立てる【ふりたてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to toss (i.e. one's head); to wave (i.e. a flag); to stand up energetically; to raise one's voice
- ありがたがる《有り難がる》 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to be thankful; to feel grateful; to show one's gratitude
- 踏みとどまる【ふみとどまる】踏み止まる・踏み留まる Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to hold one's ground
- to stop (doing); to give up
- 握りつぶし【にぎりつぶし】握り潰し
noun:
- shelving; pigeonholing; putting to one side ➜ 握りつぶす【にぎりつぶす】
- strangling; throttling; crushing ➜ 握りつぶす【にぎりつぶす】
- 精神修養【せいしんしゅうよう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- moral (spiritual) improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind (soul) - four character idiom
- 通ぶる【つうぶる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority ➜ 通がる
- 一応目を通す【いちおうめをとおす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to glance over; to skim through; to run one's eye over ➜ 一応【いちおう】・目を通す【めをとおす】
- 目を楽しませる【めをたのしませる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on ➜ 目を悦ばす
- 延頸挙踵【えんけいきょしょう】
noun:
- longing for someone or something; waiting for someone of great talent to arrive; stretching one's neck and standing on tiptoes [literal] - four character idiom
- 能う限り【あたうかぎり】あたう限り
expression / ~の noun:
- as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities ➜ 出来る限り【できるかぎり】
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