Results, one-upmanship
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- 頭隠して尻隠さず【あたまかくしてしりかくさず】
expression:
- burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom [literal] - idiom
- 逆立ちしても【さかだちしても】
expression:
- no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち
- 親思い【おやおもい】
noun:
- love or affection for one's parents
親思いの娘さんであることはわかります。 I can tell that you're a daughter who cares a lot for her parents.
- 知的能力【ちてきのうりょく】
noun:
- one's intellectual powers; one's mental faculties
しかし、多くの点で珍しい鳥である。というのは彼は、かつて科学者達が人間にしかないと思っていた種の知的能力を示しているのである。 But in many ways, the bird called Alex is unusual, for it has shown the kind of mental abilities that scientists once thought only humans had.
- 叩き箸【たたきばし】
noun:
- ringing one's chopsticks against a dish (in order to request seconds, etc.) (a breach of etiquette)
- 癇癪を起こす【かんしゃくをおこす】かんしゃくを起こす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to lose one's temper; to throw a tantrum
- 一殺多生【いっさつたしょう・いっせつたしょう】
expression:
- It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many - four character idiom
- 胸いっぱい【むねいっぱい】胸一杯
noun:
- getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる
~の noun:
- chest full of; lungs full of
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