Results, one-upmanship
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- 否や【いなや】
expression:
- as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another
noun:
- objection
彼は警官を見るや否や逃亡した。 As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.
- 面目一新【めんもくいっしん・めんぼくいっしん】 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
- 通がる【つうがる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to act like a know-it-all; to pretend you know everything; to fancy one is an authority
- 苛立つ【いらだつ】いら立つ Inflection
godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:
- to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
- 物忌み【ものいみ】物忌【ものいみ・ものいまい・ぶっき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- fasting; abstinence; confinement to one's house on an unlucky day
- 出かかる【でかかる】出掛かる・出懸かる・出掛る・出懸る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
- 一刻一刻【いっこくいっこく】
noun / adverb:
- hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment - four character idiom
- 請じる【しょうじる】招じる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest
- 爪に火をともす【つめにひをともす】爪に火を点す・爪に火を灯す・つめに火をともす 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]
- 偏する【へんする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:
- to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
- 金玉が縮み上がる【きんたまがちぢみあがる】金玉が縮みあがる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to shrivel up in fear; to tremble in fear; one's testicles shrivel up [literal]
- 思いを込めて【おもいをこめて】
expression / adverb:
- affectionately; with love; soulfully; putting in one's all ➜ 込める【こめる】
- 同輩【どうはい】
noun:
- fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
彼は同輩に相当受けがよい。 He enjoys considerable standing among his peers.
- 食傷気味【しょくしょうぎみ】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of) - four character idiom
- 目から鱗が落ちる【めからうろこがおちる】目からウロコが落ちる【めからウロコがおちる】目からうろこが落ちる【めからうろこがおちる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes - idiom ➜ 目からウロコの落ちる
- 請ずる【しょうずる】招ずる・召ずる Inflection
ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:
- to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest
- 泡を食う【あわをくう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
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