Results, one-upmanship
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- 雌伏雄飛【しふくゆうひ】 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・サンキュー・ハザード
expression / noun:
- thanking another driver by flashing one's hazard lights - colloquialism - From English "thank you hazard"
- 待宵【まつよい】
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
- 晩節を汚す【ばんせつをけがす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
- 癇に障る【かんにさわる】癇にさわる Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to irritate one; to get on one's nerves ➜ 気に障る
- 甲種合格【こうしゅごうかく】
noun:
- passing the physical examination as a Grade One conscript (in the former Japanese military)
- 一子相伝【いっしそうでん】
noun:
- transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child - four character idiom
一子相伝の技と言うわりには、彼の蹴りは大した事はないね。 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.
- 壷洗い【つぼあらい】壺洗い
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
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