Results, one-upmanship

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しふくゆうひshifukuyuuhi Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish - four character idiom
サンキューハザードSANKYUUHAZAADOサンキュー・ハザードSANKYUU/HAZAADO

expression / noun:

  • thanking another driver by flashing one's hazard lights - colloquialism - From English "thank you hazard"
はらをみたすharawomitasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to satisfy one's appetite
わがこwagako

expression / noun:

  • one's own child; one's own children

彼女kanojohaわが子wagakonoshiwo悲しんでkanashinde泣いたnaita She wept over her child's death.

うでをみがくudewomigaku Inflection

expression / godan ~く verb:

  • to polish one's skills
宿じょうやどjouyado宿

noun:

  • one's regular inn or hotel
あっちけいatchikeiアッチけいATCHIkei

noun:

  • one of those; a you-know - colloquialism そっち系
  • gay; homosexual - slang
まつよいmatsuyoi

noun:

  • night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
  • night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism
しじゅうふわくshijuufuwaku

expression:

  • At forty, one has no doubts. (Confucius) - four character idiom
ばんせつをけがすbansetsuwokegasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
せつぎsetsugi

noun:

  • fidelity to one's principles
かんにさわるkannisawaru Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

しゅつらんのほまれshutsurannohomare

expression / noun:

  • surpassing one's master
うでをあげるudewoageru Inflection

expression / ichidan verb:

  • to improve one's skill
こうしゅごうかくkoushugoukaku

noun:

  • passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)
かたみちきっぷkatamichikippu

noun:

  • one-way ticket

バーミンガムBAAMINGAMUまでmadeno片道切符katamichikippuwoくださいkudasai Can I have a single to Birmingham?

わぎえwagieわいえwaieわがえwagae

noun:

  • one's house; one's home; one's family - archaism 我が家
いっしそうでんisshisouden

noun:

  • transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom

一子相伝isshisoudennowazato言うiuわりにwarinihakareno蹴りkeriha大したtaishitakotohaないnaine For a guy who was chosen by his father as the only son to be taught the secrets of this martial art, he doesn't have much of a kick.

ざんせいzansei

noun:

  • the remainder of one's life
つぼあらいtsuboarai

noun:

  • individually "washing" a partner's fingers or toes in one's vagina (esp. as a service at a soapland) - slang ソープランド
いっとうだてittoudate

expression:

  • one-horse (carriage)
せなかをだすsenakawodasu Inflection

expression / godan ~す verb:

  • to bare one's back
さんにんよればもんじゅのちえsannin'yorebamonjunochie

expression:

  • two heads are better than one; if three people gather; the wisdom of Manjushri [literal] - proverb 文殊
つとめむきtsutomemuki

noun:

  • one's business; one's duties
よせばしyosebashi

noun:

  • drawing a dish towards oneself using one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

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