Results, one-upmanship

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しゃっきんじごくshakkinjigoku

noun:

  • debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
いなやinaya

expression:

  • as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another

noun:

  • objection

kareha警官keikanwo見るmiruya否やinaya逃亡touboushita As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.

めんもくいっしんmenmokuisshinめんぼくいっしんmenbokuisshin Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation - four character idiom
つうがるtsuugaru Inflection

godan ~る verb:

  • to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
いらだつiradatsu Inflection

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

  • to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

hahahaわたしwatashiraniいらだつiradatsuことkotohaないnai Mother is never impatient with us.

ものいみmonoimiものいみmonoimiものいまいmonoimaiぶっきbukki Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
つぎめなしtsugimenashi

~の noun:

  • seamless; jointless; one-piece
こべつしどうkobetsushidou

noun:

  • individual lesson; tutorial; one-on-one instruction
でかかるdekakaru Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
いっこくいっこくikkokuikkoku

noun / adverb:

  • hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom
しょうじるshoujiru Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest
つめにひをともすtsumenihiwotomosu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; to light one's fingernail (instead of a candle) [literal]
へんするhensuru Inflection

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

  • to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
きんたまがちぢみあがるkintamagachijimiagaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]
おもいをこめてomoiwokomete

expression / adverb:

むねにいちもつmuneniichimotsu

expression:

  • machination; secret plan; plot; trick up one's sleeve
むずとmuzutoateji

adverb:

  • strongly; violently; with all one's strength
どうはいdouhai

noun:

  • fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

kareha同輩douhaini相当soutou受けがよいukegayoi He enjoys considerable standing among his peers.

しょくしょうぎみshokushougimi Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of) - four character idiom
めからうろこがおちるmekaraurokogaochiruめからウロコがおちるmekaraUROKOgaochiruめからうろこがおちるmekaraurokogaochiru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

もうひとりmouhitori

noun / adverb:

  • another (person); the other person; one more (person)

watashihaもうひとりmouhitori中国chuugokuno友達tomodachiwo持っているmotteiru I have another friend in China.

かべパスkabePASU

noun:

  • wall pass (soccer); return pass; one-two pass - Sports term
しょうずるshouzuru Inflection

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

  • to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest
あわをくうawawokuu Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
そんざいいぎsonzaiigi

noun:

  • reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence

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