Results, one-upmanship

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ラブコールRABUKOORUラヴコールRAVUKOORUラブ・コールRABU/KOORUラヴ・コールRAVU/KOORU

noun:

  • love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
  • phone call to a loved one
  • fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action
やまごしyamagoshi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • wind blowing down, coming over a mountain

noun:

  • immediately after one's draw - Mahjong term
  • winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left - Mahjong term
いもimo

noun:

  • darling (only of a woman); dear; honey; my betrothed - archaism - familiar language
  • one's sister - archaism
  • friend - archaism - familiar language - female language
やまのかみyamanokamiヤマノカミYAMANOKAMI

expression / noun:

  • mountain god やまのかみ
  • one's wife (esp. a nagging wife) やまのかみ - humorous term
  • roughskin sculpin (Trachidermus fasciatus) - usually written using kana alone
いっぽんやりippon'yari

noun / ~の noun:

  • guiding principle; single-minded policy - idiom
  • one's sole talent - idiom

noun:

おいとまoitoma Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • leaving; going home 暇【いとま】
  • quitting one's job
  • free time; leisure; spare time
せるseruさせるsaseru Inflection

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

  • auxiliary verb indicating the causative - せる is for 五段 verbs, させる for 一段; follows the imperfective form of (v5) and (vs) verbs; senses 1-3 of せる are sometimes abbreviated as 〜す
  • auxiliary verb indicating that one has been granted the permission to do something - usu. as 〜(さ)せてもらう, 〜(さ)せていただく, etc. - humble language
  • auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions - as 〜(さ)せられる, 〜あら(さ)せられる, 〜(さ)せ給う, etc. - honorific language
あとをおうatowoou Inflection

expression / godan ~う verb:

  • to follow; to pursue; to chase; to run after
  • to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one
  • to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
じゅんこうjunkou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • patrolling 巡行
  • acting in accordance with one's orders
  • direct motion; prograde motion - Astronomy term 順行
こうkou

noun:

  • thought

suffix noun:

  • report on one's investigation into ...
  • deceased father
かずくkazukuかづくkazuku Inflection

godan ~く verb:

  • to wear on the head - archaism
  • to have cloth, clothing, etc. bestowed upon one by their lord or master; to wear such cloth on the left shoulder
  • to be injured
もりばなmoribanaもりばなmoribanaせいかseika

noun:

  • flower arrangement in a built-up style
  • placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt もりばな 盛り塩
  • seasonal peak of flowers せいか
ひとかどhitokadoいっかどikkado

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

  • a cut above the rest; superior; respectable; full-fledged; something uncommon
  • one field; one matter

adverb:

  • suitably; reasonably
ブイエスオーピーBUIESUOOPIIブイ・エス・オー・ピーBUI/ESU/OO/PII

noun:

そそうsosou Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • carelessness; careless mistake; blunder
  • wetting one's pants

adjectival noun (achaic) / noun:

  • crude; coarse - archaism
クォータKUOOTAクォーターKUOOTAAクオータKUOOTAクオーターKUOOTAAクウォウタKUUOUTAクォウタKUOUTA

noun:

  • quarter
  • someone with one non-Japanese grandparent ハーフ
  • quota - esp. クォータ and クオータ
かんとくkantoku Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • deep realization (realisation); profound realization
  • one's faith being transmitted to a deity and one's wish then being granted
  • unexpectedly obtaining something
むてかつりゅうmutekatsuryuu

noun:

  • winning without fighting; method used to win without fighting - four character idiom
  • one's own way of doing things (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor)
  • Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) - colloquialism 新当流
ごぼうぬきgobounuki

noun:

  • pulling something out (in a stroke); plucking out
  • forcibly removing one after another (e.g. demonstrators)
  • overtaking multiple people (in a spurt); pulling ahead
べっけbekkeべっかbekka Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • branch family; cadet family; setting up a branch family
  • leaving one's employer to set up a new shop with the same name 暖簾分け

noun:

  • separate house - archaism
はらのむしharanomushi

noun:

いっぱくippaku

noun:

  • first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) 九星
  • white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
  • surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white
うたれづよいutarezuyoi Inflection

adjective:

  • able to take a lot of punishment (of a boxer, etc.); able to take a hit - Martial Arts term
  • able to keep one's cool when the batter gets a hit (of a baseball pitcher)
  • resilient; strong in the face of criticism or adversity
てくせtekuseてぐせteguse

noun:

  • having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery
  • habitual movement of one's hands
  • marks from being handled often
つめひらきtsumehirakiつめびらきtsumebiraki

noun / ~の noun:

  • bargaining; negotiation
  • turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
  • sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

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