Results, one-upmanship
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- 胸躍る【むねおどる】胸おどる Inflection
noun or verb acting prenominally:
- heart-pounding; exciting; thrilling; heartrending
godan ~る verb:
- to have one's heart pound; to be thrilled
- 手がない【てがない】手が無い Inflection
expression / adjective:
- not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
- having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom
- 巻き替え【まきかえ】
noun:
- winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
- changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt - Sumo term
- 食い逸れる【くいはぐれる・くいっぱぐれる】食いっ逸れる【くいっぱぐれる】食いはぐれる【くいはぐれる】食いっぱぐれる【くいっぱぐれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to miss a meal
- to lose the means to make one's livelihood
- 勝負服【しょうぶふく】
noun:
- jockey's racing uniform
- one's best clothes (esp. for women), normally put aside for important meetings, dates, etc. - colloquialism
- 不完全燃焼【ふかんぜんねんしょう】 Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
- being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom
一酸化炭素とは炭素化合物の不完全燃焼で発生する有害物質です。 Carbon monoxide is a poisonous substance formed by the incomplete combustion of carbon compounds.
- すがれる《尽れる・末枯れる・闌れる》 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
- to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline
- 入れ子【いれこ】入れ籠
noun:
- nest (of boxes); nesting
- concealed information
- adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner [入れ子]
- cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭
- もっぱらにする《専らにする》 Inflection
expression / ~する verb (irregular):
- devote oneself to
- to do as one pleases; to act selfishly
- もて扱う【もてあつかう】持て扱う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to take care of - archaism
- to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with - archaism ➜ 持て余す
- 壮【そう】 Inflection
noun / adjectival noun:
- vibrancy; strength; bravery; manliness
- (esp. of men) one's prime (approx. age 30)
- 相済む【あいすむ】 Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to finish; to end; to be completed - formal version of 済む
- to fulfill one's obligations - oft. as 相済みません, as an apology ➜ 相済まない
- 指を詰める【ゆびをつめる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to cut off a finger (as an act of apology) ➜ 指詰め
- to catch one's finger (in a door, etc.) - Kansai dialect
- 切歯【せっし】 Inflection
noun:
- incisor (esp. in humans) ➜ 門歯
noun / ~する noun:
- grinding one's teeth; bruxism; gnashing of teeth
- 歯噛み【はがみ】歯嚙み・歯がみ Inflection
noun / ~する noun:
- grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism
- grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
- 口が曲がる【くちがまがる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
- to warp one's mouth
- 生年【せいねん・しょうねん】
noun:
- year of a person's birth [せいねん]
noun / prefix noun:
- number of years since one's birth; age - e.g. 生年35歳
- ばっくれる・バックレる・バックれる Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to feign ignorance - colloquialism ➜ しらばくれる
- to evade one's responsibilities - colloquialism
Kanji
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