Results, one-upmanship
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- 喉元過ぎれば熱さを忘れる【のどもとすぎればあつさをわすれる】
expression:
- danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object) [literal] - proverb
- 尻が重い【しりがおもい】尻がおもい Inflection
expression / adjective:
- lazy; indolent; reluctant to get up off one's backside
- clumsy
- 物申【ものもう】
expression:
- hallo!; excuse me!; announcing one's presence when calling at someone's house - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 物申す
- 自切【じせつ】
noun:
- autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator
- 見ぬふり【みぬふり】見ぬ振り
expression:
- pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り
- なぎ倒す【なぎたおす】薙ぎ倒す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to mow down; to beat; to cut a swath; to sweep off one's feet
- 十把一絡げ【じっぱひとからげ・じゅっぱひとからげ】十把一絡・十把一からげ・十把ひとからげ
noun / ~の noun:
- lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with various things under one head
- 釈然【しゃくぜん・せきぜん】 Inflection
~たる adjective / ~と adverb:
- fully satisfied; well satisfied (e.g. with an explanation or apology); to have one's heart completely cleared of doubt or grudge
- 乳繰り合う【ちちくりあう】乳くり合う Inflection
godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:
- to have a secret affair; to meet secretly (for two persons); to flirt with one another ➜ 密会
- 目を輝かす【めをかがやかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam - usu. 目を輝かせる, etc.
- 言い繕う【いいつくろう】言いつくろう・言繕う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
- 士気阻喪【しきそそう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken - four character idiom
- 目をかける【めをかける】目を掛ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
- to favor; to favour; to be partial to
- 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない【おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない】
expression:
- always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb
- 役者馬鹿【やくしゃばか】
noun:
- good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense - four character idiom
- 恩に掛ける【おんにかける】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done ➜ 恩に着せる
- 乳繰る【ちちくる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- 太刀打ち出来る【たちうちできる】太刀打ちできる Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own - often in neg.
- 師【し】
noun:
- teacher; master; one's mentor
noun / suffix:
- religious leader
suffix:
- specialist
noun:
- five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army) - archaism
彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。 He was respected as their teacher.
中学校時代に、入院中の祖父が病院の看護師に対して「ありがとう、助かるよ」とよく声をかけていたことがとても印象的でした。 In my secondary school days, I was much impressed by how my hospitalised grandfather would often tell the nurses there, "Thank you, I appreciate your help."
- 愛好者【あいこうしゃ】
noun:
- enthusiast; fan; devotee; one who loves something
彼は世間でいう音楽の真の愛好者だ。 He's what society calls a real lover of music.
- 芋る【いもる】イモる Inflection
godan ~る verb:
- to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve - slang
- (in an online multiplayer game) to camp - slang
- 頭を捻る【あたまをひねる】頭をひねる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
Kanji
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