Results, one-upmanship
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- 一人舞台【ひとりぶたい】独り舞台
noun:
- performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom
- やむえず《やむ得ず・止む得ず・已む得ず》
adverb:
- unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will ➜ 止むを得ず
- あったまくる《あったま来る》 Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - colloquialism ➜ 頭にくる
- 引っ返す【ひっかえす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps ➜ ひきかえす
- 身をよじる【みをよじる】身を捩る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
- 鱧も一期、海老も一期【はももいちごえびもいちご】鱧も一期海老も一期
expression:
- all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb
- 頭くる【あたまくる】頭来る・あたま来る Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool - abbreviation ➜ 頭にくる
- ついつい
adverb:
- unintentionally; unconsciously; by mistake; heedlessly; against one's better judgement (judgment) - onomatopoeia ➜ つい
- 天が下【あまがした・あめがした】
noun:
- the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way
- やむを得ず【やむをえず】止むを得ず・已むを得ず
expression / adverb:
- unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
- 対戦相手【たいせんあいて】
noun / ~の noun:
- opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy - four character idiom
- 湯気を立てて怒る【ゆげをたてておこる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to boil with rage; to seethe; to be furious; to fume with anger; to blow one's top
- 上す【のぼす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb:
- to raise; to record; to bring up (a matter); to serve (food); to send some one out - Kyōto dialect
- 区間快速【くかんかいそく】
noun:
- Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another
- 頭に来る【あたまにくる】頭にくる Inflection
expression / ~くる verb (spec.):
- to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
- 向こう見ず【むこうみず】向こうみず・向う見ずirr. Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; without watching where one is going [literal]
- よじ登る【よじのぼる】攀じ登る・よじ上る・攀じ上る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
- 如意自在【にょいじざい】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:
- freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases - four character idiom
- つかむ☆《掴む・摑む・攫む・把む・捉む》 Inflection
godan ~む verb / transitive:
- to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to clutch; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on
- to obtain; to acquire; to get; to win; to capture
- to understand; to grasp; to comprehend
先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。 First, in order to get a feel for your favourite author's work, transcribe and copy in full.
- そら来た【そらきた】
expression:
- there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes - colloquialism ➜ それ来た
- それ来た【それきた】
expression:
- there it is; there it comes; got it; of course; it figures; I knew it; expression one says when what is expected comes
- 上げる☆【あげる】挙げる★・揚げる☆ Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to raise; to elevate ➜ 手を挙げる
- to do up (one's hair) ➜ 髪を上げる
- to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.)
- to land (a boat)
- to deep-fry ［揚げる］
- to show someone (into a room)
- to summon (for geishas, etc.) ［揚げる］ - usually written using kana alone
- to send someone (away)
- to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll
- to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve
- to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice) ➜ 声を上げる
- to earn (something desirable)
- to praise
- to give (an example, etc.); to cite - usu. 挙げる
- to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.) - usu. 挙げる
- to arrest ［挙げる］
- to nominate ［挙げる］
- to give ［上げる］ - polite language
- to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.) ［上げる］
- to bear (a child)
- to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding) - usu. 挙げる
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- (of the tide) to come in
ichidan verb / intransitive verb / transitive:
- to vomit
auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:
調節レバーを上に上げると座面の高さを調節できます。 You can adjust the seat height by moving the adjustment lever up.
たこを上げることが危険なこともある。 Flying a kite can be dangerous.
彼らは給料を上げるように要求した。 They made a claim for higher pay.
彼女は小さな驚きの悲鳴を上げると、浴室に逃げて行った。 She gave a small cry of alarm and fled to the bathroom.
零細小売店などは新年度には利益を上げるでしょう。 Mom-and-pop stores will turn a profit in the new fiscal year.
「冬のソナタ」を例に挙げるまでもなく、いまや時ならぬ韓流ブームである。 You don't need to bring up "A Winter Sonata" to show that South Korean culture is having an unexpected boom in Japan.
- 持つ★【もつ】 Inflection
godan ~つ verb:
- to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
- to possess; to have; to own
- to maintain; to keep
- to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
- to take charge of; to be in charge of
猫は飼い主が持つ感情的な癖と同じような癖を示す。 Cats show emotional habits parallel to those of their owners.
私の生きているうちに共産主義が効力を持つことは無いだろう。 Communism will never be reached in my lifetime.
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