Results, one-upmanship

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自邸【じていjitei】: noun:
one's residence
ぶっちゃけbutchake: noun:
speaking one's mind and holding nothing back
片膝を立てる【かたひざをたてるkatahizawotateru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up
姉分【あねぶんanebun】: noun:
someone who one considers as an elder sister - honorific language ➜ 妹分
丸裸になる【まるはだかになるmaruhadakaninaru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to be stripped of all one's clothes
to lose everything one has
値遇【ちぐうchiguu】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
being appreciated by one's employer; meeting (someone)
座右の書【ざゆうのしょzayuunosho】: expression / noun:
one's desk-side book; このkono 本hon はha 我々wareware英学生学sei にとってnitotte はha 正にmasani座右の書zayuunoshoであるdearu。 This book is a must for every student studying English.
歴史に名を留める【れきしになをとどめるrekishininawotodomeru】 Inflection: expression / ichidan verb:
to inscribe one's name in history ➜ 留める【とどめる】
カタログレゾネKATAROGUREZONE: noun:
catalogue with the entire works of one artist (used to check authenticity); catalogue raisonne - From French
一気に飲む【いっきにのむikkininomu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~む verb:
to drink in one gulp
矢種【やだねyadane】: noun:
one's supply of arrows
貞節を守る【ていせつをまもるteisetsuwomamoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to keep one's chastity; to remain faithful to one's spouse; to remain faithful to one's lover
ダブリーDABURII: noun:
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ ダブル立直【ダブルリーチ】
歯を磨く【はをみがくhawomigaku】歯をみがく Inflection: expression / godan ~く verb:
to brush one's teeth
自分を持つ【じぶんをもつjibunwomotsu】自分をもつ Inflection: expression / godan ~つ verb:
to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself
跛行婚【はこうこんhakoukon】: noun:
international marriage which is recognized in only one party's country (e.g. same-sex marriage, polygamy, underage marriage)
一貫教育校【いっかんきょういくこうikkankyouikukou】: noun:
integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route
返事を延ばす【へんじをのばすhenjiwonobasu】 Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to delay one's answer
思うように【おもうようにomouyouni】: expression:
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction ➜ 思い通り
主恩【しゅおんshuon】: noun:
the favor (favour) of one's master
暇にあかす【ひまにあかすhimaniakasu】暇に飽かす Inflection: expression / godan ~す verb:
to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
頭を振る【かぶりをふるkaburiwofuru】かぶりを振る Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to shake one's head (in denial) ➜ 首を振る
脱教【だっきょうdakkyou】 Inflection: noun / ~する noun:
renouncing one's faith - obscure term
食が細る【しょくがほそるshokugahosoru】 Inflection: expression / godan ~る verb:
to lose one's appetite
光一【ぴかいちpikaichi】ぴか一: noun:
scoring hand in hanafuda with one 20 point flower card and six 1 point flower cards ➜ 花札
something (or someone) that stands out above the rest; きみkimi、人hito をwo おこらせるokoraseru 才能sainou だけdake はhaぴか一pikaichiだda よyo ねne。 You're really the best when, and only when, it comes to angering people.

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