Results, one-upmanship

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逃げを打つ【にげをうつnigewoutsu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)
要求に添う【ようきゅうにそうyoukyuunisou】 Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to meet (one's) demands
シンクレティズムSHINKURETEIZUMU: noun:
syncretism (interworking of two or more cultural perspectives into one system)
見かけによらない【みかけによらないmikakeniyoranai】見掛けによらない・見掛けに依らない: expression:
does not match (one's, its) appearance ➜ 見かけによらず
重陽【ちょうようchouyou】: noun:
Chrysanthemum Festival (the 9th day of the 9th lunar month) (one of the five annual festivals) ➜ 五節句
袖香炉【そでごうろsodegouro】: noun:
portable incense burner (ball-shaped and carried in one's clothes)
志望動機【しぼうどうきshiboudouki】: noun:
reason for (one's) application (esp. to a company)
眷属【けんぞくkenzoku】眷族: noun:
(one's) family; dependents; household
follower; retainer; underling
テンパイTENPAI《聴牌》 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
fishing (i.e. needing one more tile for completion) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "tingpai"
兌【だda】: noun:
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
第一形容詞【だいいちけいようしdaiichikeiyoushi】: noun:
type-1 adjective (i.e. one that uses "ku" conjugation) - obscure term - Linguistics term ➜ ク活用
頂門の一針【ちょうもんのいっしんchoumonnoisshin】: noun:
painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)
婁【ろうrou】: noun:
Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】
やっちまうyatchimau Inflection: expression / godan ~う verb:
to do (esp. something one regrets) - from 遣って + しまう - colloquialism
獣【ししshishi】猪・鹿: noun:
beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer) - archaism
hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 獣狩り; 人間ningen はha、考えkangae、話すhanasu ことができるkotogadekiruとtoいうiu 点ten でde、獣shishiとto 違うchigau。 Men differ from brutes in that they can think and speak.
総ざらい【そうざらいsouzarai】総浚い Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
general review (e.g. of one's lessons); dress rehearsal
八咫鏡【やたのかがみyatanokagami・やたかがみyatakagami】八咫の鏡【やたのかがみyatanokagami】: noun:
Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器
仕事観【しごとかんshigotokan】: noun:
(one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
初め【ぞめzome】初: suffix:
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) - after the -masu stem of a verb
青天白日【せいてんはくじつseitenhakujitsu】 Inflection: adjectival noun / noun:
being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent - four character idiom; 青天白日seitenhakujitsuのno 身mi となるtonaru。 He was completely cleared of the charge against him.
尺縑【せっけんsekken】尺けん: noun:
small amount of silk (i.e. only one foot of cloth)
unimportant painting; trivial work of art
大好物【だいこうぶつdaikoubutsu】: noun:
(one's) favourite food; (one's) favorite food
浴びせ倒し【あびせたおしabisetaoshi】: noun:
pushing down (one's opponent) by leaning on (him)
ポンプ車【ポンプしゃPONPUsha】: noun:
fire truck (specifically one equipped with a pump); pumper
徒【ずzu】: noun:
imprisonment (for one to three years) - archaism ➜ 五刑

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