Results, one-upmanship
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- こまぬく《拱く》こまねく《拱く・拱ねくirr.》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to fold (one's) arms
- to stand by and do nothing; to look on passively
- ひょうもんだこ《豹紋蛸》ヒョウモンダコ
noun:
- blue-ringed octopus (esp. one species, the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)
- 神足通【じんそくつう】
noun:
- unimpeded bodily function (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers) - Buddhism term ➜ 六神通
- 告る【こくる】コクる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to confess (one's love); to propose (marriage); to ask out (on a date) - from 告白する - slang ➜ 告白
- 腿上げ【ももあげ】もも上げ
noun:
- high knee (exercise drill where one brings one's knees up high while walking or running)
- 職権乱用【しょっけんらんよう】
noun:
- abuse of (one's) authority - four character idiom
ジムは職権乱用で免職になった。 Jim got dismissed for his misconduct in office.
- ネコザメ科【ネコザメか】
noun:
- Heterodontidae (family with one genus, Heterodontus, containing 9 living species of bullhead sharks)
- 托卵【たくらん】託卵irr. Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)
- 帰りなんいざ【かえりなんいざ】
expression:
- Come away home! (expression suggesting quitting one's job and moving back to one's hometown) - archaism ➜ 帰去来
- お目見え【おめみえ】お目見得・御目見・御目見得 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- (the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior)
- one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.)
- trial service (of a servant)
- 分籍【ぶんせき】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- establishment of a family registry (separate from one's parents')
- 尾【び】
noun:
suffix / counter:
- counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
- エンディングノート・エンディング・ノート
noun:
- booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.) - From English "ending note"
- 貞操堅固【ていそうけんご】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- chaste (usu. to one's husband); faithful - four character idiom
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