Results, one-upmanship
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- 寂滅為楽【じゃくめついらく】
expression:
- Freedom from one's desires (Entry into Nirvana) is true bliss - four character idiom
- つまみ食い【つまみぐい】摘まみ食い・摘み食い・撮み食い Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- eating with one's fingers
- snitching food; snatched food; secret eating; food snatched and eaten without the meal starting
- embezzlement; misappropriation; exploiting something
- flirting
彼はケーキをつまみ食いするのを見られた。 He was seen to eat a piece of cake secretly.
- 多情多恨【たじょうたこん】 Inflection
adjectival noun / noun:
- going through life with one's heart on one's sleeve; sensibility - four character idiom
- 眼を付ける【がんをつける】眼をつける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
- 1コマ・一コマ【ひとコマ】1こま・一こま・一齣・一駒irr.【ひとこま】
noun:
- one scene; one frame; one shot; one exposure
- one cell; one panel (comic)
- 一汁一菜【いちじゅういっさい】
noun:
- one-plate meal; simple meal; austerity diet - four character idiom
禅坊主じゃあるまいし、毎日毎日、一汁一菜のダイエットメニューは勘弁してよ。 What? A little soup and celery is all I get? I'm not a Zen monk. I can't survive on an austerity diet like this.
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